I removed the four screws from the caddy and removed it from the old hard drive. I untucked the plastic tab and gently pulled: the hard drive slipped right out.ĥ) The hard drive is mounted on a thin metal caddy: you will need a #9 Torx screwdriver to remove the drive from the caddy. Then I removed the bracket.Ĥ) The hard drive is in the left end of the case inside the battery compartment. Then I used a small (jeweler's) Phillips-head screwdriver to loosen the three screws on the memory/hard drive bracket in the battery compartment. I shut down the MacBook and disconnected the external drive.ģ) I laid out a clean cloth, turned the MacBook over and removed the battery. (I've been using this application for a long time, and I'm a huge fan- it's what I use for regular backups.) My drive had about 55 GB used on it, and the backup took under an hour.Ģ) I shut down and rebooted, holding the "Option" key to see my boot device choices: I chose the external drive and booted from that, just to make sure everything on the backup worked okay.
ġ) I backed up my existing hard drive to an external firewire enclosure using SuperDuper. It arrived quickly, as newegg orders usually do (unsolicited plug. I decided to go the simple route and get the same model drive in a larger capacity: has the Fujitsu MHV2120BH for $122, so I ordered that one.
#Macbook hard drive power on time upgrade
My MacBook came from the factory with an 80 GB drive (Fujitsu MHV2080BHPL), and I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to a larger drive because of my audio work and the fact that I've become a Parallels junkie. Here's another MacBook hard drive replacement story for everyone:
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