The life of technological devices is short, it is something that anyone knows very well. Despite the fact that Apple computers are well supported by the company, with official updates for several years and with quite acceptable performance, in older models the passing of the years is inevitable, and when one begins to demand more advanced tasks, it shows.
This is the case of my MacBook Unibody Late 2009, upgraded to OS X Yosemite with good performance, but that is already five years behind. With the RAM memory expanded to 4GB, one more step to improve its performance was change your conventional hard drive for an SSD, with a much higher data transfer speed and lower energy consumption, aspects that both the battery and the performance of the computer would appreciate. We show you in video how to carry out the whole process so that you can do it yourself.
As you can see in the video it is about a very simple procedure, and with the necessary tools (just a screwdriver with Philips and Torx bits) you can do it in just a few minutes. When it comes to choosing your hard drive, the options are many. With this MacBook model I can't benefit from the speed of a SATA-III, but the price difference with a SATA-II is minimal, so I opted for the model first. Regarding the capacity, I opted to keep the same as my laptop was standard. In short, I found in amazon the SSD that was perfectly suited to what I was looking for in performance, capacity and price.
Once the hard drive has been changed we only need a USB memory previously created with the installer of our operating system. In SoydeMac you have fabulous tutoring how to create this USB stick with OS X Yosemite. We turn on our MacBook with the new hard drive and the USB connected, and we press the Alt key during startup. As seen at the end of the video, our installer will appear on the screen and by pressing Enter we will access the installation program. Once inside the installation program, we must form the newly installed hard disk with Mac OS Plus format (with registry) and GUID partition table. Once the formatting is done, we can install OS X Yosemite without problems.
Another alternative is to first connect the SSD to USB with a SATA-III to USB cable. and install the operating system, so once the hard drive is changed we can directly start our system without problems. So we can have the peace of mind that everything is in perfect condition before removing our old hard drive or putting in the new one.
If you are not yet ready to jump to the SSD or change the hard drive for a higher capacity one but you suffer from the problem of «startup disk full on Mac«, In the link that we have just left you we give you solutions to free up space since it is a factor that will also give some fluidity to the system.
I heard you on the iPad News Podcast saying that you were going to change it and make a video. Congratulations, I see that you have not had to buy a Windows 10 chinorro hahaha.
Good tutorial thanks for your work
LOL thanks!!!
Good tutorial Luis, now to enjoy your new MacBook !! 😀
A hug!
Thanks Jordi !!
And installing a solid ssd and hd is it possible?
An ssd is a solid hard drive. Or did you want to say something else?
Yes you can, but you have to sacrifice the DVD player to add the HDD at the site of this, and at the site of the HDD add the SSD.
I have it installed like this and it is the cane, it looks like a new computer and the DVD reader because with an external box you connect it when
you need it by USB.
Salu2.
Add to what has already been said by juanca that the kit that is purchased to replace the dvd with an HD or SSD comes equipped with a Slim plastic box in which you put the DVD drive that you remove from the Macbook or iMac and thus have a drive External DVD in case you need to use it sometime, I checked it a long time ago with an iMac.
Hi Luis! Good tutorial! but I have a question: have you been able to enable TRIM on the SSD?
All the information I have found so far on this topic says that this feature cannot be enabled in Yosemite at this time. Thanks and greetings!
Hello!! Yes you can now enable TRIM in Yosemite, you just have to disable the Yosemite security system to allow you to install unsigned "kext" (drivers). It is not a highly recommended solution, and it is also not without its flaws. For these reasons and because as I have read in many forums, TRIM is no longer necessary, or at least the experts cannot agree on whether it is or is not, I have decided not to activate it.
Crucial has a "garbage" management system that is not a substitute for TRIM, but at least maintains proper hard drive maintenance. The only requirement is to disable the "put the hard disk to sleep" option within the system settings, because it is during these "non-use" periods that the SSD performs maintenance tasks.
If you are a "power user" of those who have very large photo or video files, then it may be worth the risk to use TRIM, but if you are a normal user, I think not.
I hope the information has helped you. Here is the TRIM enabler link where you can read more. http://www.cindori.org/software/trimenabler/
Hello, I have a 13 ′ Macbook Pro with 500GB but it is already short, I have a 1TB hard drive the same brand as my Mac. How can I replace it? How can I install Yosemite on the new 1TB Hard Drive
Good Marcos,
There are tutorials for all MacBook models, what year is yours? To install the system you only need to create a USB with Yosemite. https://www.soydemac.com/como-instalar-de-cero-os-x-yosemite-10-10/
regards
Hello
I have installed a new ssd in the place of the floppy drive and left the hdd where it was.
Is there any difference if I put it on the hdd site or are they identical connections and will the ssd work exactly the same in the hdd site or in the hdd site?
Thank you!
How do I have to create a bootable usb boot, my hd of my macbook pro died and I have no operating system, if I put an ssd it will be clean and if my previous hd is dead as I think said usb? I could do it from windows 10
Greetings and thanks for the guide, I want to comment on a problem with the installation of ssd in the hdd bay, and the matter is that it does not recognize me, I installed it without having the hdd connected to the superdrive and I recognized it, I installed the hdd em the super drive to install yosemite on the sdd and I no longer recognize it !!? Only the hdd mounted on the super drive ... what did I do wrong? / How can I solve it?
Greetings and happy holidays.
Haa I forgot, my machine is a macbook pro 17 ″ early 2011 16 ram
Good afternoon and happy new year everyone! These with the doubt of what to do with my MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) that is a bit slow, I have read about the option to change the hard drive for a solid SSD type. What SSD model do you recommend for my Mac? Thanks a lot
Hello good day. Happy New Year to everyone. I have decided to put an ssd disk in the superdrive of my Mac book pro mid 2009. I think I am quite cautious and I have seen a lot of tutorials on how to change it and how to optimize later to extend the life of the ssd. But my question now is: if I have the OS installed on the ssd and the users folder on the original HD hard disk, how can I make the time machine copy of the entire complete system. And another question, the HD that contains the users folder as it should be formatted, as if it were an external disk in fat 32 or as ???
Thank you very much.
Hi there! thank you very much for the tutorial.
I have a doubt. Is it possible to change the hd disk for ssd and then directly load a backup copy of the Time Capsule? Without having to create a USB memory?
regards
it is possible to install a sata 3 disk if my mac is a 2010 and it works with sata 2
Hello, good to all. I need help with the following:
I have a mid2012 MBP and want to swap the HD for an SSD. The loaded OS is El Capitan. Does the suggestion to save a USB stick work for this OS? thanks for your help.
Hello, I have a Macbook Pro 2012 with a 1T disk, can I change it with an SSD disk? Should I buy some other adapter? Thanks in advance
Hello, there is a problem spread by several Mac users with whom I have contact, and that is that when making the change to SSD the Mac is restarted every two or three for no reason, I don't know why. I'm talking about Macbook pro from mid 2010.
I'm a bit desperate already, for the rest I love the change to the better on the Mac.
Greetings.
I find it a great webmaster article
I have installed a Crucial Mx300 2.5 ssd in a white MacBook from mid 2010. I think I installed well and the idea was to load the operating system via usb or with the original dvd's. The problem is that the ssd disk cannot be detected. It does not appear in Disk Utility. I have read that it could be the connection cable, but if I put the original hard drive back, it loads without problem. Can somebody help me?
Hi Luis, thank you very much for the post. I have a retired 13-inch MacBook mid 2009 with OS X Yosemite. When watching your video, in this model (mid 2009) can I change the disc without problems?
A greeting!
Yes, it is the same model as mine
Good morning, I want to revive my macbook, it is the same model from the video,
In the video you comment that these models support up to 4GB of RAM, if I'm not mistaken, they occupy 2 memories (each of 2 RAM)
Regards. Thank you.
Good morning, I have a macbook pro from 2012.
I have changed the hard drive and instead of installing the Lion OS, which is the one that the home computer had, and installed my copy of time machine, which was with the Capitan OS, the fact is that now it conflicts and does not start , is left with the apple thinking and nothing.
I have pressed control + alt + p + r and thus I managed to return to the screen where it tells me if I install the lion OS, the copy of the Time machine, get help from safiri or format the hard disk again.
What should I do 🙂