Upgrading macbook pro 13″ hard drive

Posted on August 7th, 2010 by thiswayup.
Categories: Gadgets.

I thought I'll post up my process to upgrade my Mac book pro 13" hard drive that I bought autumn 2009. I couldnt be bothered to find the exact model

Shopping list

I decided to upgrade my macbook pro hard drive recently as I'm going to use it as my primary method to store my photos. Having only 80gb left on my disc, I decided to buy most of my kit from Ebuyer. My shopping list was :

• 500Gb Western Digital Sata Hard drive - Good ratings and only £46!
• External portable 500Gb Samsung S2 hard drive "This is it!" (Michael Jackson edition) - Bloody cheap for £39! Reason I bought the MJ "limited" version was because it was cheaper then buying the regular edition, go figure! They must've had a over stock on the buggers
• Extra Value USB External SATA drive case - £4. So I can use the spare drive as another backup drive and also was a quick way to transfer my existing data
• Torx T6 (aka "star" style ?) screw driver - Forgot to get this and had to run down to the local bric a brac shop to get one in the end. If I was more prepared, I would've bought one from ebay as they are dirt cheaper.

Step by step guide

Well not much much to it but here we go.

1. After putting your new hard drive into the external case, I then backed up the whole thing using SuperDuper. The main reason being is that it not only backsup your drive but prepares it also for the switch by making it fully bootable! The benefit being is that it saves you having to install OSx and restore from the Time machine backup
    
2. I then followed this video and you are done!

Other stuff

Don't forget to perform another time machine or SuperDuper backup after!

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