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Non Unibody MacBookPro Optical drive Caddy Recomendation

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lloyd709

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Can anyone recommend a caddy I can use to replace my optical drive with a hard drive in my non unibody (4,1) MacBookPro.

I live in England so a UK supplier would be best but I'm expecting to have to order it from the US.

Thanks
 
Yes, I have one in my MBP4,1 and I have had no issues with it. You have to remove the faceplate for it to fit, but since the MBP has felt over the CD slot, you will never see it.
 
m85476585 said:
Yes, I have one in my MBP4,1 and I have had no issues with it. You have to remove the faceplate for it to fit, but since the MBP has felt over the CD slot, you will never see it.
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Not to thread hijack, but would you mind linking me to one for a 13" Unibody MacBook Pro?
 
Just look on the same site for one that is 9.5mm SATA-SATA, preferably with no faceplate, but you can remove the faceplate if it comes with one.
 
I think there are cheaper solutions out there for SATA-SATA (for the unibodies). Ones on ebay can be found for as little as ~$13 I think.
 
agentemo1 said:
Question. What kind of connector does the optical/drive use? I am under the impression it was not Sata? I have the 2.6ghz 4,1 model. I am trying to add in a second drive in place of the optical. OWC said they did not have a solution.

Best,

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Pretty sure it connects through IDE. I've opened up my MBP a few months back to change my hard drive and I'm pretty sure the ODD wasn't connected with a SATA cable.
 
Hi, found this thread through google. Did you find a solution? I have a MBP 4,1 and want to put a SSD in where the SuperDrive is.
 
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