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Apple MacBook Laptop SSD Drive Take-Apart Installation Tips




"Classic" White Intel MacBook SSD Insights

A reasonably easy SSD drive swap: The Classic white and black Apple Intel MacBook has 3 screws in the battery compartment to access the MacBook's "L" shaped metal strip that covers the memory slot. Remove it and you'll see the plastic tab that allows you to pull out the SATA I speed hard drive. 4 Torx screws on the standard drive mount holes remove the thin 'tray' that holds the drive. Put tray that onto your new SATA SSD and slide it back in. Replace the "L"-shaped memory cover, then the battery. That easy.



Early Aluminum MacBook Pro SSD Replacement Insights

Dozens and dozens of micro screws, the need for specialized tools, fragile plastic latches hidden along the edge of these earlier MacBook Pro's case... Are things that you need to know about in advance. It makes a SATA SSD drive replacement a painstaking upgrade attempt that only skilled bench technicians with Apple laptop experience should attempt. It's just too risky: One slip of the screwdriver or spudger could be fatal, broken latches and clips, stripped out MacBook micro screws are all to common. If you're not a bench tech PAY SOMEONE QUALIFIED TO INSTALL THE SSD. Otherwise its an excellent way for the average person to wreck their $2000+ computer and relearn "You can always take something APART, but you can't always put it BACK TOGETHER..."

UniBody MacBoook And Pro SSD Drive Upgrade Insights

Apple finally got design decisions right to finally make Unibody MacBook and MacBook PRO SATA II speed hard drives easily replaceable. They're right under the battery cover - and along with Mac Pro towers - the easiest solid-state Mac upgrade to perform yet. You'll want a TORX T-6 and small Philips screwdriver. In a nutshell: turn off the notebook, disconnect cables, flip it over and push down the latch to release the access door, discharge static electricity, unscrew the drive retention bracket, disconnect the SATA connector, remove the 4 T-6 screws and install them on the new drive, and reassemble the computer. It's really that easy!



Rev A and Rev B MacBook Air SSD Insights

It's important to know Apple changed the TYPE of SSD in the MacBook Air : When first introduced, the Rev. A Air used a PATA - Parallel ATA 40-Pin ZIF interface 1.8" 5mm thick SSD made by Samsung. See this article about the MTron Mobi PATA SSD at notebookreview.com which can be used to upgrade/replace an SSD in the Rev A MacBooks. Note: Later Rev B models of the MacBook Air switched to an unusual, somewhat nonstandard LIF SATA Interface somwhat unique to Samsung and perhaps custom spec'd for Apple.



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