I have a 2014 MacBook Pro with a corrupted hard disk. I cannot repair it with a fresh Mac OS install because of very poor internet connection in my area. I am thinking of replacing the corrupted hard disk with the hard from my other mid 2010 fully functional macbook. I would like to know that after this process whether my 2012 MacBook Pro will boot in a normal manner.
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Corrupted Mac OS - want replace hard disk from another functional Mac
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Because it will fail. Upon boot, it will generate all kinds of errors because it will be looking for 2010 hardware and fail to find it.
Better answer but have you actually tried? Otherwise a supposition.
A suitable internet connection is the best approach. No supposition. Try it yourself and see.Better answer but have you actually tried? Otherwise a supposition.
I don't need to light myself on fire to know that it will hurt and I might burn to death. You might, however, ask yourself why I would state that it would generate lots of errors from incompatible hardware...Your supposition, prove it.
The 2014 machines use a proprietary connector for the SSD while the one from 2010 uses a standard SATA drive. So there is no way to physically install the drive from the 2010 MacBook in the 2014 model.
