Then my macs hard drive crashed, and what i have on my external hd is all i have left. How to connect an external drive to your imac dummies. I have an iomega 500gb external hard drive that i used exclusively with my macbook. Compare portable, usb and external hard drive models for office and home and shop online. How to upgrade your macbook pro hard disk toms guide forum. How to restore a late 2009 imac after disk replacement. Jan 24, 2014 owcs stepbystep video of how to install a hard drive or ssd in the apple macbook pro mid 2009 unibody with model. How to install a hard drive in a 2009 mac pro wonderhowto. If the drive does not appear in finder or on your desktop, see the next section. I replaced my 2011era macbook pros 500gb hard drive with the 500gb samsung 850 evo.
Online shopping from a great selection at electronics store. Click the file menu, and select get info, or press comandi on your keyboard. The hd on my mid 2009 macbook pro died yesterday it was the original 160gb hd from 2009, so i cant complain, i guess and instead of shedding a few hundred euros to the apple geniuses, i saw this tutorial and thought i could give it a try. How to install a hard drive or ssd into a macbook pro inch. Fix wd my passport for mac not showing upnot working on mac.
Im replacing the hard drive in my 2009 macbook unibody. This formats the hard drive using the mac os extended journaled file system. Apple has determined that certain seagate 1tb hard drives used in 21. How to scan a drive for errors on your mac dummies. Kindly note that the products chosen below are mainly based on our personal preferences and the guidelines as shown above. This mode is only available on apple computers made after 2009 that were running os x lion or later. Since apple doesnt even sell a mac with that much disk space, you could back up five or more computers to that drive without running out of. Disk utility also fixes incorrect file permissions automatically. When i turn on the machine, it displays a white screen with a lightgrey folder bearing a question mark, flashing. Interested in using these videos on your site view our video usage policy.
Wonder if this is a sata cable issue or an issue with the hard drive. The original hdd works fine but ssd isnt working it works fine over usb. Opening a macbook air is difficult because apple uses uncommon screws, and most people dont have the right tools. Pcie ssd enclosure external hdd hard drive disk usb 3. To see storage information about your mac, click the apple menu in the topleft of your screen. Internal hard drives free delivery possible on eligible purchases. I have a macbook pro mid 2009, its no longer booting properly from the existing hard drive and just gets stuck at the loading screen and eventually reboots in a loop. When you try to plug in the drive again, your mac no longer sees it.
Owcs stepbystep video of how to install a hard drive or ssd in the apple macbook pro 15inch mid 2009 unibody with model id. Apr 06, 2020 by default, your mac starts up from its builtin hard disk, but a startup disk can be any storage device that contains an operating system compatible with your mac. Normally a system hard drive would be faster than an external drive. How to transfer data from your old drive to a new drive. Can i put a hard drive with windows 10 on it in a macbook pro. Lacie 2tb mobile drive external hard drive usbc usb 3. I have a 17inch macbook pro with a 320gb hard drive. Owc solid state drives for imac 27inch late 2009 4 x.
Looking to add storage, or for a smart way to back up your mac. The simplest way to install macos or os x on a new hard drive is by using internet recovery mode. Jun 18, 2019 no, the drivers wont be set up correctly, and windows will either fail to boot or come up as unlicensed due to hardware change. For most reasons to erase, including when reformatting a disk or selling, giving away, or trading in your mac, you should erase your entire disk.
Although every effort is made to provide the most accurate and useful information in owc videos, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made. Tkd 2tb ssd hard drive replacement for macbook air pro 11 15 a1502 a98 a1465 a1466 late 20, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 mac pro a1481 mojave 5yr warranty. How to boot a mac from an external drive or alternate. Discover the world of external hard drives for mac.
Tkd 1tb ssd hard drive replacement for macbook air pro 11 15 a1502 a98 a1465 a1466 late 20, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 mac pro a1481 mojave 5yr warranty. To see the size of a specific file or folder, click it once and then press commandi. Ive discounted getting a time capsule because im only going to backup the one machine. Backup is on time machine so im not worried about data loss right now. When you open the back of your macbook, the hard disk drive is located next to the builtin battery. How do you upgrade the hard drive in the mid 2009 inch, 15inch, and 17inch macbook pro core 2 duo models. Use the arrow keys to select which drive to boot from and then simply press enter. Jun 22, 20 which macbook pros can still be used to boot up an old os i. Turn on the mac whilst holding the alt option key, see if your hard disk is recognized at all or if the system is trying to boot from the wrong volumedevice. Which external hard drive is best for a macbook pro 2009. Choose the best external hard drive for your mac or ios. Heres what you need to know, along with our toprated applefriendly drives. Macbook pro mid 2009 wont boot, detect usb and cant. I do not own any installation discs for this laptop, yet i somehow need to get an operating system loaded.
The problem is that i tried one of the new internal hard drives and none of them works with my computer. Sometimes our macbooks, macbook pros, or macs dont recognize our external drives or external thumb drives. You can check for the drive in the left frame of any finder window, under the devices heading. How to fix internal hard drive not showing upmounting on mac. Connect the ssd to one of the available usb ports on the. The whole procedure took less than an hour not counting the half a day it took to clone my macbook s hard. If your mac is more than a few years old, you can almost certainly upgrade the hard drive. Your wd hard drive is not recognized, so its not showing up in disk utility at all. I want to buy an external hard drive for my new macbook pro 2009, and i want one that is fully compatible and runs time machine as well. The hard drive has three volumes wolfgang, ludwig, and johann, and the usb drive has one volume time machine. Ive tried all sorts of things to repair it, as well as replacing the hard drive with a crucial mx500 ssd but nothing is working properly. Jan 31, 2020 the best external drives for macbook pro in 2020. Macbook pro 2009 blinking question mark mifix youtube. Here, you see one internal hard drive the 1tb sata entry, which is selected and one usb external hard drive the toshiba entry.
Owcs stepbystep videos of how to install memory, hard drive, an owc data doubler, and a battery in the macbook inch unibody late 2009 mid 2010 quality gear. You can reinitialize if you would like to quickly erase the contents of the drive. If you have a mac pro, a power mac g5, or a power mac g4 or g3 with free drive bays, you can install an additional internal hard drive instead of upgrading your. How to check a macs free hard drive space macworld. Reclaim your macs old hard drive or build a new one. External hard drive 1 tb to 2 tb storage mac accessories.
How to install a hard drive in the macbook inch unibody. You can get an apple external hard drive in any size ranging from about 60gb to 20tb, depending on your needs. How to add second hard drive to white macbook unibody. How to boot a mac from an external drive or alternate startup. How do i go about installing osx and can i go straight to yosemite or do i have to install mavericks and then upgrade. How to add a fast new ssd to your old mac or macbook for only.
Aug 27, 20 using external drives to save space on your mac. Questions about lacie 2tb mobile drive external hard drive. External hard drive usb storage for your imac, mac mini. To transfer your data, youll need to have both your original drive and your new drive connected at the same time.
Apr, 2015 when you buy any fullyassembled external hard drive for your mac, youre really buying two things. Choose the best external hard drive for your mac or. This option on boot trick works for quite literally any boot volume, whether its an external usb drive of any sort, a thunderbolt hard drive, boot dvd, cd, the recovery partition, even in dualboot environments with other versions of os x, or a linux or a windows partition with boot camp, if its bootable and connected to the mac it will be visible at this boot manager. Traditional hard disks are the most common options of external drives for mac, but you can also use them as laptop internal hard drives. Install, boot, and run mac os x from an external hard drive. Go to disk utilities and format the new drive guid macosx extended. How to backup mac to an external hard drive 5 steps. Im down to 70gb and i heard that a full hard drive is a slow hard drive. Owcs stepbystep video of how to install a hard drive or ssd in the apple macbook pro mid 2009 unibody. Connect the firewire, thunderbolt, or usb cable betwixt the drive and your computer. I need an upgrade from the original hard drive 500 gb or more. With thunderbolt, usb or firewire, you can install an external hard drive without opening your imacs case.
Ive torn between the ease of use of a usb powered portable drive with smaller size or a usbfirewire external harddrive of much bigger size and better value. Install and launch iboysoft mac data recovery on the healthy mac computer. Speed up your older imac by booting to an external solid. This situation often occurs after you initially eject the external drive and unplug it from your computer. How to make any external hard drive mac compatible youtube. The best external hard drives for mac in 2020 pcmag. This is what owc would provide if you went with one of their kits. Unfortunately, if youve got a newer model, youre probably out of luck. Verify that you can boot your macbook from the ssd. Drive speed is measured in revolutions per minute rpm, based on how fast the drive can spin. Click iboysoft data recovery on the menu bar and then select create boot drive.
Prepare the hard drive click disk utility, click continue, click the newly installed hard drive from the internal section in the left pane vmware virtual sata hard drive media for this example, click erase, give a name to the hard drive main for this example, click erase again, and click done upon completion. The higher a disks rpm, the faster its working speed. For time machine backups, its good to use a drive that has at least twice the storage capacity of your mac. Follow the wizard to create a bootable recovery drive on the usb drive.
Mac hard drives typically spin at rates of 5,400 to 7,200 rpm. With your imac turned on and the external drive disconnected from the ac outlet, follow these steps. I dont want to spend loads but i dont want a low quality, budget scrappy drive and, after searching around a bit, i narrowed it down to 2 hard drives. Boot from the new drive and use migration assistant to move your old data. How to upgrade a 15inch macbook pro mid 2009 hard drivessd. Sometimes, hard drives cannot be automatically mounted in disk utility, even though mac has detected the hard drive. Replacing a macs 500gb or 1tb hard drive with a samesized ssd. You can set drives to appear on your desktop by clicking the finder menu, selecting preferences, and then checking the external disks box. The system i get back from apple will contain an empty hard disk only. For example, if you install macos on an internal or external drive, your mac can recognize that drive as a startup disk. I installed a new hard drive in my 2009 macbook pro 15. In the us and many other countries, site sponsor other world computing sells storage upgrades for this macbook pro. How to upgrade a42 unibody white macbook hard drive.
Desktop external hard drives usually run at 7200 rpm to offer all the speed they can. If your hard drive icon doesnt appear there, go to go computer, then click the hard drive icon under devices. Gtechnology 10tb g drive usbc desktop external hard drive. Macbook air retina, inch, 2020 macbook air retina, inch, 2018 2019 macbook air inch, early 2015 2017. You can use all of these external hard drives with mac. More specifically, the white unibody macbook models each support a 2. You can then follow the steps in this article to start up. Its my first attempt at replacing a hard drive so ive no idea what to expect. How to connect external hard drive to macbook pro wikihow. While drives are sold as plugandplay, formatting prior to use will give you optimal performance and compatibility with your mac. My late 2009 imac will get a new hard drive this week thanks to apple s replacement offer.
How to replace the optical drive with a second hard drive or ssd in the white polycarbonate unibody macbook late 2009 and mid2010 models. How to select a different startup disk apple support. Oct 18, 2019 i have a macbook pro mid 2009, its no longer booting properly from the existing hard drive and just gets stuck at the loading screen and eventually reboots in a loop. Im looking to get an external harddrive to backup my macbook pro. Plug in the external enclosure with the old hard drive. The macbook itself is too old to have current support for windows 10, and none of the current supported versions of th.
Mount wd my passport for mac in disk utility manually. New 8212049a hdd hard drive cable for apple macbook pro inch a1278 mid 2012 year md101 md102 laptop hdd hard drive cable 8212049a. External hard drive usb storage for your imac, mac mini, mac. When the creation process completes, you can insert the usb drive into the. Owcs stepbystep video of how to install a hard drive or ssd in the apple macbook pro mid 2009 unibody with model. The drive enclosure, which looks like a flash drive with a usb port on it, serves. How to erase a disk for mac use disk utility to erase format a hard disk, ssd, flash drive, or other storage device. The right hard drive macbook pro 2009 apple community. These systems were sold between october 2009 and july 2011. Is it worth it to fix my 2009 macbook pro with a failed hard. There are two different white unibody macbook models the macbook core 2 duo 2. If you plan to use your old drive for external storage when the migration. How to install macos or os x on a new hard drive for your mac.
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