- #SSD MACBOOK PRO MID 2010 MAC OS#
- #SSD MACBOOK PRO MID 2010 INSTALL#
- #SSD MACBOOK PRO MID 2010 FULL#
- #SSD MACBOOK PRO MID 2010 SERIES#
Just as SSDs will break the traditional SATA interface barriers, we’ll see the same happen to form factors as well. There’s nothing particularly innovative about the form factor of the SSD, other than Apple did away with the unnecessary space a 2.5” SSD would require. Presumably 3rd party SSD manufacturers (ahem, SandForce partners I’m looking at you) could produce drop in replacements for the MacBook Air SSD. The SSD isn’t in an industry standard form factor, although the connector appears to be either micro or mini SATA. The 11-inch MacBook Air SSD, courtesy of iFixit
iFixit already confirmed Toshiba is in the new MacBook Air with its teardown:
Again, nothing can trump Apple's tight integration between hardware and software.Īpple likes to work with two different controller manufacturers for SSDs: Samsung and Toshiba. The new Airs both go to sleep and wake up from sleep quicker than any of the other Macs, including my upgraded 15-inch Core i7 MacBook Pro. I’d be willing to bet the SSD in the MacBook Air has tight integration with OS X to guarantee quicker than normal boot times.Ĭlearly the new Air isn't instant on from a boot standpoint, but it's pretty much there from a recover-from-sleep standpoint. Apple does customize the firmware on its SSDs. You'll notice that even the SF-1200 SSD in my 15-inch MacBook Pro takes longer to boot than these new Airs. It’s even a shorter boot than my MacBook Pro with a SandForce SF-1200 based SSD in it: System Performance Comparison That time is significantly reduced compared to the old MacBook Air and any other Mac with a conventional hard drive. From a completely powered off state the MacBook Air still takes time to boot. You'll want a SATA to USB adapter cable like this one: Startech 2.5" SATA to USB adapter.Apple advertises the new MacBook Air as being instant on as a result of the internal SSD. You'll still want to hook up your old drive to your system so you can leverage the Migration assistant to bring everything over.
#SSD MACBOOK PRO MID 2010 INSTALL#
Once the new SATA cable & drive are installed you'll need to boot up under either your old drive or the thumb drive we created to install a fresh copy of OS. Here's the better cable: MacBook Pro 13" Unibody (Mid 2012) Hard Drive Cable - Apple P/N 923-0104.
#SSD MACBOOK PRO MID 2010 SERIES#
This serves two functions one to get you comfortable on what you'll do with your SSD when you install it and create a boot drive just in case!įollow this IFIXIT guide to take your old drive out and put in the new SSD in, as well as replace the drives SATA cable as well as thins series has a known issue with them: MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Mid 2010 Hard Drive Cable Replacement.
#SSD MACBOOK PRO MID 2010 MAC OS#
First reformat the thumb drive using Disk Utility with GUID partition mapping and format the partition Mac OS Extended (Journaled) the launching the copy of the installer to install the OS onto the thumb drive. I would recommend making a copy then create a bootable USB thumb drive. Now go to the App store and download the OS installer if you don't have it in your Apps folder already. I would go to 8 GB (light user) or 12 GB. You also may want to up the RAM if you have a 4 GB model. Take the time to review the spec sheet if it doesn't state it supports SATA II you'll need to find another SSD. You'll want to get a SSD that can work in a SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) system.
You'll want to leave 1/3 of the SSD free for a 256 GB unit and 1/4 for a 512 GB or larger. You'll likely need to trim down as SSD's tend to be smaller (cheaper) than HD's.
#SSD MACBOOK PRO MID 2010 FULL#
Next, If your drive is quite full delete some of the stuff you don't really need. The first thing you'll want to do is make sure you have a full backup of your stuff on an external drive.
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