anyone have success swapping in a different/larger/faster SSD? Did it work over thunderbolt? Thanks
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Worked great for me. Have it running as a bootable drive over thunderbolt through a Thunderbolt Display.
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Yes I swapped in a Crucial 512GB M4 SATA. Thunderbolt works fine but believe it or not the USB3 interface had faster read times!
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Didn't try. It'll probably void the warranty, but should theoretically work.
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My only experience is with the Icy Dock and a Samsung 840 Pro SSD. In that case my first attempt produced the same results you saw. Checking things over, I realized that I hadn't made a full connection although the SSD appeared to be in the dock. With a bit more care, I was able to make a connection and the computer found the drive.
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I'm sorry. I'm not all that up to date with SSD's. I'm not sure if it will work.
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I'm using a "Crucial M500 M.2 2280 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT120M500SSD4 " that I caught on sale for $46 for boot and antivirus, with a 500GB ssd for pgms and a 1TB for snapshots and data. No problems with install from optical disk, no problems running Win7. Not any faster than a standard ssd. Consider what you will do when the M.2 ssd fails, do you have a back up replacement ready to go? Or will you revert to a standard ssd?
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I don't understand why you would upgrade the SSD. It is blazing fast as is. If you need storage, using cloud services has worked for me. I read that upgrading these machines on your own is generally not recommended.
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Steffan is correct. Look up overprovisioning in google. Sandisk and Intel does this for you while companies like Samsung expect you to just partition the drive smaller or use their tool to shrink the drive if you install it using the Max size. You need to over provision an ssd for it to work properly, but some companies want you to see that 256GB on the box and think "Well, that is bigger than 240GB, Ill get the bigger one"
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It's very different with this drive , I am having difficulty in transferring large files as 500 GB in with normal hardisck, but with this I am very happy and relieved, especially with Thunderbolt , but if you mean the thunderbolt with normal disk .. i don`t know actually .
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You can use the disk utilities built into OS X when you boot up while holding down the Option button. If you have an external dock you can use to connect the new drive via USB you can easily restore the MacnintoshHD drive to the new larger SSD, then swap the drives and you are done.
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Yes. I was disappointed. I really did not see a speed increase. My friend bought the same one and said there was. However, he upgraded to Win 8 and did clean installs. That was probably why. If want SSD speed buy an SSD drive.
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You know, I am not an expert. I do not do computers for a living. I do know that this SSD is only 500GB, which is half the size of the 1TB drive you currently have. I would presume that this drive would work for you, as long as you are willing to settle for half of the disk space that you currently have. I was able to swap out the 750GB SATA hard drive on my MacBook Pro for this 500GB SATA hard drive and it worked like a charm and make the computer much faster, though her old SATA drive only had a speed of 5400RPM which is standard for a 13" MacBook Pro.
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"Hi, I've installed this drive in my late 2010 MacBook Pro and it worked without problems.I don't know your drive, but according to this page: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HTS545025B9SA02-NDW-R it seems that it is a SATA drive.Since all SSD drives are SATA you should not have any problem at all by replacing it.Now, since your MacBook is 2009, the drive won't be able to deliver more than 1.5 Gbps or 3.0 Gbps ( it is capable of delivering 6.0 Gbps in a faster system such a Core I5 or Core I7) But don't worry, your laptop will be way faster than it is now. Should you have more questions, please contact me via e-mail: rrllamas@gmail.com" "Hi, I've installed this drive in my late 2010 MacBook Pro and it worked without problems.I don't know your drive, but according to this page: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HTS545025B9SA02-NDW-R it seems that it is a SATA drive.Since all SSD drives are SATA you should not have any problem at all by replacing it.Now, since your MacBook is 2009, the drive won't be able to deliver more than 1.5 Gbps or 3.0 Gbps ( it is capable of delivering 6.0 Gbps in a faster system such a Core I5 or Core I7) But don't worry, your laptop will be way... » Read More "Hi, I've installed this drive in my late 2010 MacBook Pro and it worked without problems.I don't know your drive, but according to this page: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HTS545025B9SA02-NDW-R it seems that it is a SATA drive.Since all SSD drives are SATA you should not have any problem at all by replacing it.Now, since your MacBook is 2009, the drive won't be able to deliver more than 1.5 Gbps or 3.0 Gbps ( it is capable of delivering 6.0 Gbps in a faster system such a Core I5 or Core I7) But don't worry, your laptop will be way faster than it is now. Should you have more questions, please contact me via e-mail: rrllamas@gmail.com" « Show Less
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I do not see the point of changing the one it has already for the one you mentioned, because both are hybrids and the hybrids have a flaw when we talk about proper speed. Change for a proper SSD (http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MZ-7TD250BW-Solid-State-2-5-Inch/dp/B009NHAEXE/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1373543806&sr=1-2&keywords=samsung+ssd) than it will make a lot of difference on speed (boot up time and every day use). If you need more space, use an external drive for storage.
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True. But you'll be getting a tremendously noticeable faster speed simply from the thunderbolt interface cable. I was surprised at how well it performs while not in a Raid config.
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The 2006 MacPro doesn't support the full speed of an SSD, because of its PCI bus spec. Those Macs were PCI 1.0 I think. So you'd be looking at SATA I speeds at best. If you were using a very fast HDD, an upgrade to a SSD might not give you that big a boost. It certainly won't give you the max speed specs listed for the SSD.
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I would not buy this item. The drive is one of the slowest thunderbolts out there. The drives are not user serviceable. If a drive fails u need to send it in. I experienced cooling issues with this unit as well.
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I bought that computer for my son, he loves it, no problems. Unfortunately I don't know what a ssd drive is, nor does he, so I can't give you any info on that.
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Pretty much out of the question. You could put a larger SSD in place of the original. The USB 3 port gives excellent performance with a compatible external drive.