Upgrading My MacBook Pro's Hard Drive

[zachcheatham]

You should avoid getting the one with the sensor. The MBPs don't like it very well. Also, if you are looking at a WD Caviar, it won't fit in your computer. It has to be one of the scorpios (blue - 5400 RPM, black - 7200 RPM)

I'm getting a scorpio... the caviars are 3.5" not 2.5" I know

And I meant will the Mac's Built in sensor still stop the drive if they're is a sudden movement.

And And... I still am concerned about this clicking sound while idle.

 

[jephhy]

I have a Hitachi Travelstar 7K series 500GB 7200rpm in my MBP. Runs fast and quiet. I did have the clicking noise every 5 sec - the heads keep parking - and had to implement the fix outlined here:

http://mymacfixes.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-do-i-stop-clicking-noise-from-hard.html

There's also a discussion about it in the Apple forums here:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2250690&start=165&tstart=0

 

[davidlv]

I'm getting a scorpio... And And... I still am concerned about this clicking sound while idle.

This issue hits some people and not others, even those using the same model of MBP. It is a hit or miss type of thing, if you install the WD and it works good, fine. If you gets constant beachballs, there are several workarounds, but IMO it is best just to buy another brand HD and use the WD in an USB enclosure, where it will work just fine. See the long thread linked below.
I had a very bad experience with the WD Scorpio Blue in my 15" MBP, good results with both a Seagate Momentus and a Hitachi, both 7200 rpm drives.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/729883/
It seems that more people using the 13" MBP have good luck with the WD so you may be OK.

 

[zachcheatham]

Thanks you guys are so helpful!

 

[RedReplicant]

Cool, I dont understand why people are complaining about this thing parking several times a minutes and having to use something called hdapm to make it stop.

Also, do drives still work with the macbook's built in drop sensor?

The stock drive also parks several times a minute, so I'm not blaming the WD for it. It's inaudible though.

I used this guide, but I had issues with the stock drive too.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2250690&start=165&tstart=0

 

[philrunclimb]

good guide to upgrading/swapping macbook drive

How to transfer data to new hard drive?

http://www.macinstruct.com/node/130