Will this drive work for a Late 2008 MacBook Pro 5,1
216879
yes...it wont use all the oem screw positions, but I installed it on a 2.4ghz Macbook Pro 5.1 can it's been working flawlessly
748030
sorry not to answer your question directly but be I wanted to warn you that this drive only lasted 10 months before dying when installed on a macbook pro 2010 model. if you comb through other reviews you'll see the same report by others.
1156437
Yes, I used this for my 2012 MacBook pro drive and it had no problem reading it. I use this drive as an external now as well
1600737
Yes I believe so should all be in the specs. I have had no trouble with the drive, Seems very reliable using it with my macbook retina.
364126
as long as you have a SATA original drive. you can check by going to about this mac, than more info, than system report.
514550
Sorry, I do not know anything about Macs. But, I would check your owners manual. The SATA connector should be the same, but the height of the drive could be an issue, it might not fit in your HDD slot. Good luck.
1291898
Michael,Yes this drive will work in a hard drive enclosure to a Macbook Pro. The only thing you might have to do is change the formatting on the drive to an Apple compatible one.
2137736
Yes. If you have not replaced a drive on a mac before, you may want to take a look at this or other tutorials first to make sure you have the right tools on hand, and how to back up your old HD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfiGF_pjqvM
2148953
It should work short term, but there might be a concern about putting a 7200RPM drive in a 2006 Macbook Pro. The faster drive might run a little hotter than is good for it. Check your MacBooks specs (use the A-number on the bottom with Mr Google) and find out what it shipped with. If it shipped with a 5400 RPM drive, you might want to stick with that speed just to be safe. If it can handle the heat (also a function of what type of surface you are using it on, ambient temp, and how clean you keep the vents) it will probably be a nice performance upgrade to the OEM drive.
2133772
Unclear on what the question is; if the older HDD is SATA, then it should work fine. (This suggests that is the case, http://support.apple.com/kb/SP11?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US).
284868
Yes, it will work as a SATA 1 with no problem. You will not get 6GB/sec, but it will still be faster than anything else the macbook pro has seen <G>. Don't know what OS you are running. In the windows world, XP does not support the TRIM feature of the drive natively. But there are some 3-party utilities that can perform that function. Win7 and 8 support TRIM, and certainly the more recent Apple OSes do as well.
87568
I have it on my late 2008 MacBook Pro model so its best to check with your model compatibilities.
738485
I have the same model, a mid 2009 15" unibody MacBook Pro. Did this drive end up working for you?
2006924
This Drive is NTFS formatted so it will not work on MAC. For MAC system you will need either FAT32 or MAC journal formatted.
1040838
I would say no since the latest drives I could find were for Power PC. It looks to be pretty dated drivers for the Mac.
2228483
I am not sure, but I have a late 2008 Macbook. Pro and it worked great on mine. It is actually only used to remove the screws on the back of the computer. It is also important that you put the same screw back into the same place it came out of. Hope this helps.
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I installed the 500 GB on a 2008 macbook. same size 2.5" Sata, 5400 rpm. It works great. Your model is a year newer than mine, it should work. Check the specifications of your comp Hd (u can google macbook 2009 specs) and make sure they match description of this HD. Hope this helps, changing hd is easy and if you're not sure how to do it, check youtube.