swapping out the hard drive of a macbookpro

[mrgreeneyes]

hi, i dont remember exactly how i did it the last time.
i have a 500gb hard drive that was in my old macbook pro 17ich.
and now my macbook pro 15inch unibody, is what i want to put the hard drive into. the hard drive is already in a enclosure, but i dont remember what i am supose to do now, what do i format the drive as?
and what app do i use to clone it?

thanks

 

[Romanesq]

OWC has the videos up for your old 17 inch and the new 15 inch notebook. The new ones are so easy to do. Just looked at the video of it and marveled.

Recently changed the 15" on my Penryn, late 2008 model. Kept the OWC youtube video at the ready on my iPhone. Glad I did. There were a couple of times I really stopped and looked and took my time.

As for cloning, there's the disk utility from Apple. I copied my internal drive first to a backup drive before the hardware swap and then back. Carbon Cloner is also good and some folks like Super Duper.

 

[mrgreeneyes]

OWC has the videos up for your old 17 inch and the new 15 inch notebook. The new ones are so easy to do. Just looked at the video of it and marveled.

Recently changed the 15" on my Penryn, late 2008 model. Kept the OWC youtube video at the ready on my iPhone. Glad I did. There were a couple of times I really stopped and looked and took my time.

As for cloning, there's the disk utility from Apple. I copied my internal drive first to a backup drive before the hardware swap and then back. Carbon Cloner is also good and some folks like Super Duper.

where on OWC can i find the video?

 

[Romanesq]

here ya go:

15 inch unibody:
http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/macbookpro_15_unibody_hd_h/

17 inch, (same as the 15 aluminum):
http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/macbookpro_15_mem_hd_opt_h/

I also saw the aluminum hard drive upgrade on youtube. They have a bunch of stuff up there.

 

[rowsdower]

iFixit also has some very nice step-by-step guides.

 

[thermodynamic]

Does Apple glue in the screws on the mid-2009 MacBook Pro releases?

 

[twoblacklabs]

Thread Lock

Thread lock aka loc-tite (TM) is on every screw in my MBP. Personally, I think it's a nice touch.

 

[motownflip]

just make sure to read or watch all instructions before you get started. It's a simple process. Be patient and have at it.