When plugging in a firewire 400 external hdd the compute. How to use target disk mode to boot from another macs hard drive. In kens situation, he would put the mac mini into target disk mode, attach it to his macbook pro using firewire or thunderbolt, and then boot. Replacing a macs 500gb or 1tb hard drive with a samesized ssd required at least.
With the mid 2009 model inch macbook pro unibody laptop, apple brought back the firewire 800 port, and added an sd card slot. Owcs stepbystep video of how to install a hard drive or ssd in the apple macbook pro mid 2009 unibody with model. Firewire is faster than usb 2, but i dont know of any way to upgrade your computer to usb 3. The later model also abandoned the ubiquitous firewire 400 port. Get everything you need to upgrade your 2009 2012 mac pro ssd for a total system performance and capacity boost. Install a 2nd hddssd by replacing the optical drive.
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Use firewire with devices that connect using a firewire 400 or firewire 800 cable. Upgrading ssd for mid2009 macbook pro apple community. Apple reimplemented the inchs firewire connectivity in the form of a single backwardscompatible firewire 800 port. Differences between late 2008 and mid2009 macbook pro. In the us and many other countries, site sponsor other world computing sells storage upgrades for this macbook pro. The most common repairs with the macbook pro unibody models are replacing a dead battery or upgrading the hard drive or ram. Shinestar 2nd hdd ssd hard drive caddy tray replacement for macbook pro padarsey 9229034, 9229314, 9229751 8210812a, 8211198a, 8210989a. Mhz ddr3 sdram pc38500, support for serial ata hard drives. Macbook pro unibody mid 2009 parts for diy repair. What are my options for upgrading to an ssd for my mid 2009 macbook pro. In early 2009, the 17 macbook pro joined the 15 version in having a. You can also configure your macbook pro with a different hard drive. The advantage of cloning your hard drive is that you will be able to boot from the ssd without removing your hard drive for testing. Dates sold, processor type, memory info, hard drive details, price and.
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