Need help New harddrive late09 macbook

[213inc]

I ordered a new hard drive for my late 09 macbook i never changed a hard drive and i keep seein to beware of static and to get a anti static mat. Is there anything i can do beside buy a anti static mat. Also i would like to know should i upgrade to lion.

Thanks for any input.

 

[MagicBoy]

You don't need an anti-static mat to install a hard drive.

It's advisable if completely disassembling a laptop to fit a new logic board or the like but not for drives or other user-replaceable parts.

 

[213inc]

You don't need an anti-static mat to install a hard drive.

It's advisable if completely disassembling a laptop to fit a new logic board or the like but not for drives or other user-replaceable parts.

thank you for that info my hard drive should b here tomorrow

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also i had a friend put some programs on my macbook is there away i can transfer them over to the new one i dont want to copy everything from my old hard drive to the new one.

 

[MagicBoy]

thank you for that info my hard drive should b here tomorrow

Just don't go moonwalking on a nylon carpet with the drive in your hand and you'll be fine.

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also i had a friend put some programs on my macbook is there away i can transfer them over to the new one i dont want to copy everything from my old hard drive to the new one.

Depends what the apps are. Some will drag and drop from the applications folder, others install stuff into the system folder.

When I put a bigger drive in this MacBook I backed everything up via Time Machine, installed a clean copy of Snow Leopard onto the new drive then used Migration Assistant to restore all my settings and applications from the Time Machine Backup and deleted the crap I didn't need any longer.

Others will advocate disk cloning utilities like CCC or SuperDuper but they didn't work properly for me.

 

[213inc]

Just don't go moonwalking on a nylon carpet with the drive in your hand and you'll be fine.

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Depends what the apps are. Some will drag and drop from the applications folder, others install stuff into the system folder.

When I put a bigger drive in this MacBook I backed everything up via Time Machine, installed a clean copy of Snow Leopard onto the new drive then used Migration Assistant to restore all my settings and applications from the Time Machine Backup and deleted the crap I didn't need any longer.

Others will advocate disk cloning utilities like CCC or SuperDuper but they didn't work properly for me.

i have the cs5 master suite thats all that i care about i really dont want all the other crap i have