I have a Macbook Pro purchased in 2006--any chance this external drive is compatible with my ancient but loved laptop?
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I have a Macbook too is 2012. I would recommend that u get the external drive from the apple store because one month ago I bought an external usb in Amazon and sometimes I have a problem with some movies.
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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"
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mine is a 2011 macbook air..it is just a storage.. works as an external drive
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I don't have a MacBook (but I have used macs in the past and like the ability to just plug something in and have it work - but would encourage you to look elsewhere for a good external USB drive - the one I got was a POS!
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I bought one of these drives to put in an older MacBook. I would suggest you remove the old old hard drive (it's very easy, takes 5 mins) Read the spec written on the hard drive and if this matches the new drive, should help ensure it will work. If your unsure how to remove, you tube it. Hope this helps
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My macbook was much older then 2011 and it wasn't even the pro it was the white acrylic macbook from 2009. So if your still unsure you can look to see if this hardrive is compatible with your computer. I'm pretty sure your compatible but you should still look to make sure.
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Hi Gabby, I don't see why it wouldn't work. With an older Mac, you could prob use a smaller external drive though, say 500gb.
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Hey Nelson, i'm not sure, i installed this drive into my late 2007 Intel Macbook Pro 15" 2.4/2.2GHz and it worked like a charm. :) i would research your computer model on google and what cd drives it is compatible with. sorry i wasnt more help!
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Can't see why not, it is Mac compatible and most likely not OS dependent. Double check the tech specs. The only issue I've had with mine was some type of overheating or other issue, couldn't access the drive and it did not show up in Finder. Next day all was well and has been since.
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Sorry, no idea. Stopped using Macs about 15 years ago. But afaik, no, its a standard hard drive with no other special pieces.
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I am not sure but since everyone I know uses Mac and this external drive and many are on latest version of Mac, I would HIGHLY suspect that it will work just fine. This drive, with Time Machine, totally ROCKS. It is the best investment you could make.
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You should have no problem. My mac has USB 2.0 and this drive supports USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 natively. The only difference you will see is the data transfer speed, and honestly, even with USB 2.0 interface, the data transfer is pretty fast.
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Yes this is compatible with SSD drives. I read this article on CNET (http://www.cnet.com/how-to/upgrade-your-macbook-install-ssd-hard-drive/) which gave me the idea to change the hard drive on my 2008 MacBook Pro with a Samsung SSD. The change made a huge difference.
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It should. Format it as a Mac OS X (Journaled) file system using Disk Utility, and you should be good to go.I only use it as a Time Machine backup HDD, so there's no troubles there.
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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.
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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.
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Mine is a late 2011 and it is compatible. Go to Apples page and go to support. Type in "MacBook pro memory". It will pull up a page and choose your year/model. That will tell you exactly what memory you can use