Question: Upgrading MacBook Pro with SSD

[OwenBurns]

Hi everyone,

I would like to upgrade my old MacBook Pro with a SSD. But I do not want to clone my HD to avoid transferring errors.

Once I have installed OS X on the new SSD. Is there anyway to connect the HD and extract the data from it. Or I'll be forced to boot on it and could not simply transfer them?

Thanks a lot.

 

[Bending Pixels]

Yes - you can get a USB cable that attaches to the HD and to your MBP to copy over your data.

 

[zombiecakes]

you can also get an optibay and just use your old HDD as a second drive for backup or extra storage in place of the dvd burner

 

[snaky69]

Hi everyone,

I would like to upgrade my old MacBook Pro with a SSD. But I do not want to clone my HD to avoid transferring errors.

Once I have installed OS X on the new SSD. Is there anyway to connect the HD and extract the data from it. Or I'll be forced to boot on it and could not simply transfer them?

Thanks a lot.

You simply need a USB to SATA adapter, then all you have to do is a lot of copy and pasting.

With that said, this isn't Windows, there isn't a crummed up registry or weird drivers and software that transfers over. You could simply clone it and I doubt you'd have any problems.