#IFIXIT MACBOOK HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT HOW TO#
#IFIXIT MACBOOK HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT INSTALL#

Use CCC to clone your external drive to your internal drive.

Costs a little more, but makes a noticeable speed improvement on your mac. So, there is no need for a starter macOS on it. You cannot be booted from the internal drive while cloning. I did find a step by step guide on iFixit and have a friend with tools and nimbler fingers than mine. Once youve bought your parts and tools, check out iFixits MacBook Pro 15' Unibody MacBook Pro 15' Unibody Repair for step-by-step instructions on how to. Choose a model for more specific information. I'm an elderly woman who is partially blind. The most common repairs with the MacBook Pro 15' Unibody models are replacing a dead battery, upgrading the hard drive, or upgrading the RAM. One thing you missed is that you do not need an operating system on you new drive before using ccc to clone to a new drive. The System Profiler will open where you have to navigate to the SATA. Another option is to click the Apple logo in the top left and select About this Mac and click the 'More Info.' button. So I switch to a USB 3.0 external drive which gives me great performance. To get your current Hard Drives size: Select the Macintosh HD icon and in the menu select 'File > Get Info' ( cmd + i) or simply 'right-click > Get Info'. At first, I tried my usb 2.0 external drive. Performance is much improved over my rotating internal drive. I'm running an SSD off of an external drive. They will be able to advise you on which external drive for you machine will give you the best performance.

I would get an external ssd drive and use the current drive as backup. I'd recommend a second drive as a backup. Have him look over the instructions and see if it is within his skill set. Your friend should have experience working with pc laptops. The iMacs are rather tedious to disassemble and re-assemble. I understand you are running off of an external drive now. If you have advice, I'm grateful.Ĭlone (Carbon Copy Cloner) my current working OS - I'm booting into it on a peripheral drive Will this even work? 1) Have a OS ready on the new internal drive, 2) clone (Carbon Copy Cloner) my current working OS - I'm booting into it on a peripheral drive - over the new OS on the new drive.

#IFIXIT MACBOOK HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT INSTALL#

Do I have to borrow a dvd player and burn a disk, and use the dvd player for an install - or is it good enough to have the dmg on my current peripheral drive?

#IFIXIT MACBOOK HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT HOW TO#

There's a 20$$ Mountain Lion OS in the Apple mac store, but I don't for sure know how to install it on the iMac - the Mountain Lion OS is a download. Most of my important apps and games aren't compatible after High Sierra. If I do (I think) I won't be able to clone my current OS (High Sierra) backwards over it.

My problem is: How to get a functioning OS on the new drive so I can clone my old drive onto it. I'm an elderly woman who is partially blind. I know almost nothing about computer repair.

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