Upgrading 2011 macbook pro hdd to ssd toms guide forum. Apr 12, 2019 in this article, you will learn how to speed up your older imac by booting to an external solid state drive. Since this uefi update a long time a go my early 2011 17. Jan 29, 2020 but the truth is, not all drives are physically spinning hdds anymore, and the solid state drive or ssd is becoming an increasingly common upgrade for macbook pros of all ages. The biggest speed increase comes from a macbook pro ssd upgrade.
When i service macbook pro s when replacing drives, i always replace the hd sata cable as they tend to wear as they rub along the uppercase. Owcs stepbystep video of how to install a hard drive or ssd in the apple macbook pro early 2011 unibody. This instructable explains one method for updating a macbook pro to use two solid state disks ssds and using bootcamp to partition one ssd to support windows 7. A faulty sata cable in a macbook pro connects the hard drive and also the. Booting from usb drives on 2011 macbook pro macrumors. Apr 24, 2020 same file system, mac os extended journaled, everything running fine with this drive installed in the standard hd bay of my early 2011 mbp. A complete ssd upgrade kit for macbook pro early 2011. Macbook pro 15 unibody early 2011 ssd installation replace the hard drive in your macbook pro 15 unibody early 2011. I have a 2011 17 which i put in a 2 tb ssd for photo editing on the road. When i service macbook pros when replacing drives, i always replace the hd sata cable as they tend to wear as they rub along the uppercase. I have installed refit on my new 17 mbp so i can boot of a couple of external usb hard disks. Mar 07, 2017 if you have an old macbook pro with one foot in the grave, the single best thing you can do to breathe new life into it is replace its traditional spinning hard drive with a solidstate drive. This silver apple macbook pro laptop has intel hd 3000 integrated graphics, producing crisp, detailed visuals on the. Macbook pro 15 unibody early 2011 ssd installation crucial.
Jul 11, 20 owcs stepbystep video of how to install a hard drive or ssd in the apple macbook pro inch early 2011 unibody with model id. Not all ssds are equivalent in reliability and performance, but ones from. I would like a ssd as boot drive, and then buy a huge 2gb. Ssdsata problem on mbp early 2011 macrumors forums. The intel core i5 processor and 16gb of ram run multiple programs simultaneously, while the 500gb ssd offers ample file storage space and fast booting times. Macbook pro 15 unibody early 2011 ssd installation. Macbook pro, i carried that drive over but soon had it replaced with a crucial m4 51. I have a macbook pro early 2011, core i5, 8gb and ssd 128 gb as main drive and running latest version of mac os sierra, however i cant setup the second ssd drive replacing the dvd just because the format system applied when i place the drive inside isnt compatible to the os sierra. Thank you for helping us maintain cnet s great community.
Owcs stepbystep video of how to install a hard drive or ssd in the apple macbook pro inch early 2011 unibody with model id. This is the same macbook pro late 2011 booting before and after ive upgraded it with an ssd. I upgraded the ram to 8gb and put in a ssd in place of the traditional hard drive and this thing is a screamer. The blog speaks of the problem of macbook pro booting process getting stuck halfway and also outlines macbook pro data recovery as a solution to this problem. Booting from usb drives on 2011 macbook pro macrumors forums. Windows 10 on early 2011 macbook pro coding with titans. Installing windows 10 on a macbook pro 2011 without. Due to faulty graphics my logic board has been replaced. Differences between early 2011 and late 2011 macbook pro. Ram has been replaced with 2x4gb no problem, but now that ive started the ssd swap nothing is going right for me. Jul 28, 2019 i did this in two live streams the other night, and continued the process over the following days and now ive got a more or less working windows 10 installation on my macbook pro early 2011 edition. How to fix macbook pro that wont boot toms guide forum.
Ive had no problems dualing booting and i recommend this as a cheap alternative to ssd drives. Sometimes on a cold reboot after an os failure the drive cannot be seen to boot fromanother cold start works etc etc etc. Macbook pro 15 unibody mid 2009mid 2010 early 2011 hard drive bracket 1 ssd upgrade kit 1 macbook pro 15 unibody early 2011 ssd installation guide id. The ssd you chose here is dependent on what your model id is. Troubleshooting issues replacing early 2011 macbook pro hdd with ssd so i recently acquired a secondhand mbp 2011 on the cheap and started upgrading parts. Sat, 22 aug 2015 by pawel hofman in apple, macbook, windows.
This will be followed by the macos utilities window where youll need to select disk utility. Tweet share post just before the latest macbook pro s aapl updates were released, rumors swirled that the new models would adopt solidstate drives ssd in addition to hard disk drives hdd and drop internal optical dvd drives across the line. Samsung t5 500gb external usb type c portable solid state drive alluring blue. I have run boot camp without a problem on all but the macbook air.
Its worth pointing out that macbook pros from 20, 2014, and 2015 have very few ssd upgrade options. Making the ssd as my boot drive and placed in the optical drive carrier. He decided it was the hard drive and wanted to replace it with an ssd, but he wasnt comfortable installing it. Press the power eject key to boot your macbook pro on macbook pro with removable battery 1. I did this in two live streams the other night, and continued the process over the following days and now ive got a more or less working windows 10 installation on my macbook pro early 2011 edition. As i dove for the couch cushions in search of spare change to add to my computer. Macbook late 2011 heating after installing ssd and ram. This tells the mac to find all disks attached that it can boot from. How to solve macbook pro booting stuck halfway problem. In fact i place electicans tape where the cable rests. Same file system, mac os extended journaled, everything running fine with this drive installed in the standard hd bay of my early 2011 mbp. Do not allow macos to turn it into a time machine drive. First off, i would not put the ssd in the optical bay macbook pros much prefer to have the boot disk in the hard drive bay where its supposed to be. Best ssd upgrade for old macbook pro 3 great choices.
Think twice if your computer is rather old, say a 2011 macbook pro, and only has usb 2. Troubleshooting issues replacing early 2011 macbook pro hdd. Macbook pro early 2011, osx yosemite, samsung ssd 840. Its 500gb of storage space lets you travel with essential documents, and its 560mbsec. Apr 24, 2020 the post speaks of macbook booting stuck halfway issue, macbook pro data recovery and guides users on how to resolve it. My machine boots up quickly but its not super fast but for me it works perfectly. A mac that once took over a minute to boot can now start working in seconds. At first for the connector, i often seen the sintech adapter recommended to use the ahci ssd above in a macbook airpro. Its possible to install and have perfectly running copy of windows 10 on this extremely old early2011 macbook pro, even though apple latest bootcamp 6 doesnt officially support this hardware. Ram and ssd upgrade, macbook pro 15 early 2011 ifixit meta. Macbook pro early 2011, kingston ssdnow 240gb macbook pro inch 2011 02 mc700da intel core i5 2415m, intel hd graphics 3000. New ssd wont boot my 2011 15 macbook pro i have seen a similar question show up a million times but i have not seen a straight forward simple answer. For this example, you will discover how you can boot to mac os mojave using a samsung.
So lets see if we can figure out why your system is having problems. Installing dual ssd drives and bootcamp in macbook pro. Graphic is back to normal but i have massive data errors while readingwriting fromto the ssd again just like i had after purchasing the device in 2011. Next, select mac hard drive from the lefthand panel, go to the first. Press and hold down the power button for 5 seconds 4. Replaced my faulty cable and added a 1tb ssd drive to my mid. I upgraded the ram to 8gb and put in a ssd in place. The first drive i considered seriously was the samsung 470 series, but i had seen that the. Macbook pro 8,3 was running smoothly with a sata 3 ssd in the main drive bay. Aug 26, 20 this is the same macbook pro late 2011 booting before and after ive upgraded it with an ssd. I have a late 2011 macbook pro on which i used a kingston 60gb v300 ssd in my primary slot and in the secondary slot i used the 500gb toshiba hdd the macbook pro came with. And newer macbook pro 2016 and 2017 models are not upgradable at all. I have a samsung evo 850 ssd in my macbook pro late 2011 whit macos 10. How to install a hard drive or ssd into the macbook pro inch.
Dozuki system macbook pro 15 unibody early 2011 ssd installation guide id. My hard drive failed so i have decided to make an upgrade i picked up a new ssd samsung 860 with 500gb. I was having boot up issues, with the computer freezing at the login screen for several minutes, and app icons seemed to bounce endlessly before the app would open. Back when i had a late 2008 15 unibody macbook pro, i had it outfitted with the intel x25m 80 gb ssd and it was awesome. Because ssds have a number of advantages compared to hdds, they are more speedy, reliable and quieter yes, you wont hear the click sound from a spinning hard drive. A lot of people have had trouble with trying to boot from a storage device in the optibay. If youre not familiar with it, the short form is that in many 17. Apr 01, 2011 just before the latest macbook pro s aapl updates were released, rumors swirled that the new models would adopt solidstate drives ssd in addition to hard disk drives hdd and drop internal optical dvd drives across the line. However, because these lines are so similar, a detailed comparison can be particularly useful to help tell them apart. But the truth is, not all drives are physically spinning hdds anymore, and the solid state drive or ssd is becoming an increasingly common upgrade for macbook pros of all ages. So lets see if we can figure out why your system is. Making the ssd as my boot drive and placed in the optical drive.
Replacing ssd in 2011 macbook pro anandtech forums. I used this ssd as a replacement hard drive in a mid2012 macbook pro into which id already installed 16gb of ram, and the improvement is nothing short of dramatic. We also recommend trying data recovery utility that can offer a helping hand for bootable drive creation. I have a 2012 15 which i use for writing and on the web, it has a 1 tb ssd. Followed the installation to the tee, but upon booting into the startup internet recovery. These max out at 60mbs, which just cant do justice to these ultrafast ssds. The problem is that as soon as you try and boot from either of them the usb ports seem to shut down causing the. How i turned my obsolete early 2011 macbook pro into a. Even internally, the late 2011 macbook pro models are almost identical with the later line only packing modestly faster processors across the board and faster graphics or larger hard drives in some models. For some reason, i cannot get it loaded on my 2011 macbook pro and i cant figure out why. How to upgrade your macbook pro with an ssd 2019 updated. Fixing a 2011 macbook pro booting to a grey screen amd.
The owc drives are sandforcedbased and very popular. If you have an old macbook pro with one foot in the grave, the single best thing you can do to breathe new life into it is replace its traditional spinning hard drive with a solidstate. Macbook users seldom need to troubleshoot their system as the probability of encountering any issue related to mac is minimal but still there instances when users experience certain issues and. Jun 20, 2011 back when i had a late 2008 15 unibody macbook pro, i had it outfitted with the intel x25m 80 gb ssd and it was awesome. I thought id take some notes on how i did this step by step, and give you my opinions if this was an adventure worth undertaking. Protect your files from the elements with this gdrive mobile solidstate drive. Replacing a macs 500gb or 1tb hard drive with a samesized ssd required. Ive been working on this for four days now without a. There was a major flaw in the amd radeon gpus included with that model years logic board which seemed to cause gpu failure either due to overheating, internal chip problems, bga solder joints getting broken, or a combination of the above.
I have just installed a new 500gb samsung evo 850 ssd, 16 gb ram, and a new battery on my early macbook pro 2011. Ssd in mbp early 2011 optical drive apple community. We describe the most common and doable solutions for this difficult problem. I program in android studio with a 2010 macbook pro. Early 2011 macbook pro starts to gray apple logo, freezes cnet. Apple macbook pro inch early 2011 unibody with model id. Ssds for macbook pro early and late 2011 hard drives. If you do not enable trim, the sandforce drives have builtin garbage collection and will help stabilize performance as time goes on. Your ssd is not causing the excessive heat in your macbook pro.
From mid 20102011, most macs shipped with part of the macos embedded in the logic board. However replacing the memory doesnt void the warranty but i believe taking out the optical drive and replacing it with a ssd will. During the boot and the apple logo i receive a message in more languages that the mac cannot start because of a problem. I just ordered a 256gb crucial m4 for my mid2010 mbp. As for your choices on ssds the ifixit kit is what they offer its not. Owcs stepbystep video of how to install a hard drive or ssd in the apple macbook pro 17inch early 2011 unibody with model id.
Everything is working fine knock on wood so far, and i have installed a bunch of web editing software on it too. Troubleshooting issues replacing early 2011 macbook pro. Optical to ssd and ram upgrade for early 2011 15 mbp. Many early buyers of the 2011 macbook pros were quite disappointed and frustrated that their systems might not fully support sata iii. Interested in using these videos on your site view our video usage policy. How to add a fast new ssd to your old mac or macbook for only. The product page clearly stipules only compatible with a limited set of ahci ssds, but i do not see any reason for these incompatibilities, as there is no other softwarehardware standards for the pcie m. There are many programs that run in the background and a possible quick fix is enabling powersave mode in android studio. I have an early 2011 macbook pro 2ghz i7 and all i can say is do it. Reading the description, i was aware that the mac needed at least high sierra os installed in order for the ssd to work. Now, ive never worked with a mac but figured it couldnt be that complicated famous last words. Even though the main chipset used for the sata iii controller is present on the motherboard, many suffer from not being able to achieve a 6gbs throughput, or even having a 6gbs option. Ssds and hdds do not contribute much to a cpus overall temperature.
A friends macbook pro started booting to a screen with a folder and a question mark. I purchased the ssd as an upgrade for my macbook pro early 2015 which came configured with 128gb. I had a 1tb ssd, a samsung 850 if memory serves, which id been backing up files from after the os suffered a power outage while booting and i basically messed up and accidentally formatted it while. Jul 22, 2012 i have used intel and kingston drives. How to install a hard drive or ssd into the macbook pro. Some macbook pro s have a messed up optical drive sata port it wont support sata iii 6. Macbook pro 15 unibody mid 2009mid 2010 early 2011 hard drive bracket. Also, this post was initially published two years ago, ive thus come back to revamp the content making sure the information in the article is accurate as the ssd market. The 2011 mbp is still a very good machine and with an ssd. I owned the early 2008 15 macbook pro, and late 2011 15 macbook pro.
When i upgraded to an early 2011 15 macbook pro, i carried that drive over but soon had it replaced with a crucial m4 51. Apr 08, 2011 some owners have noted an issue with apples latest macbook pro model early 2011, where the machine will start up to the gray apple logo screen without a progress indicator and freeze. This gdrive mobile solidstate drive is resistant to water and dust, making it suitable to take outdoors. So i have no idea where you got that idea it wasnt. Ssd recommendations for a 2011 macbook pro ars technica. Some owners have noted an issue with apples latest macbook pro model early 2011, where the machine will start up to the gray apple logo screen without a progress indicator and freeze. Jump down to storage interface where it clearly states 6. Early 2011 macbook pro starts to gray apple logo, freezes.
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