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Thinking about upgrading hard drive in aluminum macbook....
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Totally feasible
It's absolutely feasible to do this. See the above posts with links. It's just going to cost more but could be well worth it in the end. The good news about the aluminum MacBook and MBPs is that the hard drive is super easy to access.
It's absolutely feasible to do this. See the above posts with links. It's just going to cost more but could be well worth it in the end. The good news about the aluminum MacBook and MBPs is that the hard drive is super easy to access.
It is very easy to do and I have done this with my MacBook Aluminum using an SSD I bought on eBay. Works like a dream. It will take about 5 minutes to do, as someone has posted.
You only need a single thin philips screwdriver as well as a torx one in order to get the brackets off the original and put them on the new HD. If you are lucky you can probably get both as part of a repair kit at the dollar store (not the best quality, but will do if you only use it a few times in your life).
The risk is absolutely minimal as you can expose the HD by removing the battery door - it will be just right there. It is also isolated from all other components so there is virtually no chance to damage anything while doing this. You don't have to be a computer genius or whatever to do this.
You only need a single thin philips screwdriver as well as a torx one in order to get the brackets off the original and put them on the new HD. If you are lucky you can probably get both as part of a repair kit at the dollar store (not the best quality, but will do if you only use it a few times in your life).
The risk is absolutely minimal as you can expose the HD by removing the battery door - it will be just right there. It is also isolated from all other components so there is virtually no chance to damage anything while doing this. You don't have to be a computer genius or whatever to do this.
