Swap harddrives?

[mercuryguy]

Hey guys,

I have a early 2011 macbook pro and early 2011 macmini.
I would like to swap hard drives, macbook pro has SSD and macmini has regular hdd.
Is this possible?
I am planning to sell the laptop and get a new 13 retina, that is why i am swapping and selling the laptop.

Thanks

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Yes, if both Macs have at least Mac OS X 10.7 Lion installed on their storage devices.

www.ifixit.com has guides on how to dismantle those Macs to get to the SSD and HDD.

 

[disasterdrone]

Hey guys,

I have a early 2011 macbook pro and early 2011 macmini.
I would like to swap hard drives, macbook pro has SSD and macmini has regular hdd.
Is this possible?
I am planning to sell the laptop and get a new 13 retina, that is why i am swapping and selling the laptop.

Thanks

Bear in mind that you won't be able to change the drive on the retina.

 

[maflynn]

Bear in mind that you won't be able to change the drive on the retina.

I think he's selling his old laptop (and swapping that drive) so he can buy the rMBP

 

[disasterdrone]

I think he's selling his old laptop (and swapping that drive) so he can buy the rMBP

Absolutely - it's just not necessarily intuitive that Apple would remove that feature from new machines.