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Is there any way to increase hard drive? On macbook late 2013 & 2014

Kozre

Kozre

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Nov 4, 2013
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Hello everybody,
I've macbook pro retina late 2013 with 128GB SSD, can anyone help, I am searching for any way to increase memory without any external hard drives, is there any hhd or ssd on market to swap or place into body ?
Sorry for my English.
 
used parts pulled from retina macbooks imacs and mac pros.

Usually only found on ebay.

some examples to search for, MZ-JPU128T/0A2, MZ-JPU256T/0A2,MZ-JPU512T/0A2,MZ-KPU1T0T/0A2
 
Other then pulled parts found in eBay no. So far there is no one selling eSATA SSDs that work in 2013 and 2014 MBA/MBPs. I'm not sure what the hold up is, we're inching our way to 2 years of having these laptops and still nothing.
 
maflynn said:
Other then pulled parts found in eBay no. So far there is no one selling eSATA SSDs that work in 2013 and 2014 MBA/MBPs. I'm not sure what the hold up is, we're inching our way to 2 years of having these laptops and still nothing.
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The 2013/14 rMPB don't use SATA. They use PCIe flash storage. Newer tech and costly at the moment.

At the moment eBay is the best place. The only challenge is if you replace it and something happens to your machine, the warranty isn't valid because there are 'no end-user serviceable' parts inside.

If I had a MBP with 256 of storage, I would sell my machine and buy a new one.
 
You're right, my fingers were faster then my brain. The point remains though - no option to buy a new SSD storage unit for the laptop.
 
maflynn said:
You're right, my fingers were faster then my brain. The point remains though - no option to buy a new SSD storage unit for the laptop.
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Thanks for responses, I've already found all that info but had a hope that missed something and there is any aftermarket ssd.

Ok, so no way to put 2,5 hhd in ?
Yes?
 
Wow, nice price, better to buy taiwan turbo kit for car, ok, I understand, only usb3.0 harddrive can help me
 
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Samuelsan2001 said:
How about this

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...drive+retina&sprefix=Nifty+Mini+drive,aps,320

Not the fastest but fine for storing movies and music and docs
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SkimMilk168 said:
or the Transcend Jetdrives:
http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-Jet...r=8-10-spell&keywords=nifty+mini+drive+retina

Take note as different models cater for different rMBPs.
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I'm always disappointed in the speed of the SD cards, but I guess if you're using it to store data that does not require the bandwidth or instant access its a viable option.
 
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maflynn said:
I'm always disappointed in the speed of the SD cards, but I guess if you're using it to store data that does not require the bandwidth or instant access its a viable option.
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I need sonething to install parallels with win7 to work with car manuals like ELSA vw (30GB database) other car sw,
 
A second hand windows laptop??

Your cheapest option may well be a second hand windows laptop to run ELSAwin, rather than a new ssd for your mac.

SD card as a boot drive is certainly possible as is a usb drive.

There are a fair few tutorials for creating one around the internet, a 64gb of either should be all the space you need for OS and the ELSAwin 30gb.
 
Kozre said:
I need sonething to install parallels with win7 to work with car manuals like ELSA vw (30GB database) other car sw,
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I've read somewhere that some folks who installed windows on an SD card was surprised at how hot the card got due to the constant read/writes. I have no direct experience with that, but it could be an issue.
 
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