How much should it cost to have a professional remove the hard drive from Macbook Air

[ezramoore]

The battery is quite delicate in the 11" Air. They are dangerous if damaged.

[lambo]

All right, success! That was STUPID easy.

Originally Posted by macfly4

Tis is the easiest thing in the world to do. Take off the back screws, open back,detach battery cable to drive then remove ssd drive. I replaced mine with a bigger one from OWC and it took about 10 minutes...if that. Go to their website and look at the videos on how to do it

Word.


Total time: 5 minutes
Screws: 11
Cost: Less than $20 [$12.95 (pentalobe) + $6.00 (T5 torx)]
Savings: +$50

Thanks so much for the great suggestions to do it myself. I'm horrified that I almost paid a store $75 to remove it for me.