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ssd upgrade

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    SSD hard drive on macbook retina 13-inch

    I recently bought this PNY SSD drive with 480Gb to upgrade by macbook pro retina (model 11)... It seems branded largely at PCs but the tech guy at the store I bought it from assured me it would fit inside most laptops (including a macbook pro) and I've found bits of information on the net to...
  2. s.miran

    Macbook not detecting new ssd

    MacBook Pro 2012 mid mod Hi, I just changed my hdd on my mac because it was very slow so i replaced it with a ssd. The lion operative system didnt read my ssd so i made a bootable El capitan OS X on my ekstern hard drive. when i booted it i saw the ssd once but when i restarted the mac it was...
  3. ViNDi

    iMac 2011 iSight thermal sensor damaged during SSD upgrade.

    The title says it all. I bought an SSD upgrade kit from OWC and in the process of unplugging the thermal sensor that goes up to the iSight camera (identified as TEMP 4 on PCB) the plastic connector broke. I'm guessing due to its age and heat exposure the plastic became brittle. I taped off...
  4. LucasLand

    can you upgrade iMac 27" (mid 2015) to SSD?

    can an mid 2015 27"iMac 5K with a 1 TB hard drive be upgraded with a an SSD drive? If yes, anyone have a link for instructions on how todo it or a place that does?
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    New SSD, Howto restore user account without media?

    Hope someone can offer advice. I am upgrading my mac with a 240GB SSD and 3TB HDD. My plan is to put the operating system and User accounts on the SSD and place the media folders (Music, Video and Photos) on the HDD. Current usage size of 1TB Drive for User account is about 700GB. What is the...
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    Resolved SSD upgrade, HELP!

    Hello, I am quite the techie .... in the Windows world so my friend asked me if I could upgrade his Mac Mini (late 2009 version) with an SSD drive and some RAM. I said sure, I mean how hard can it be? Well, I am stuck. I tried all I could find on forums, YouTube etc... Nothing works, for me at...