You can either turn this on through Terminal or through this nifty little program called Trim Enabler (http /It is a simple "ON" or "OFF" switch. Lastly, Apple does not by default turn on the Trim feature for your aftermarket SSD, only their own, from the factory, SSD's. If it is then just shut the computer down and replace your current HD with the SSD. Choose the SSD and just ensure that everything is just as you have it on your HD. This will allow you to choose which hard drive you want to boot from.
Once this is done you want to shut down your computer and restart while holding the Option key. I believe that it is Mac OS Journaled, but you may want to double check that part.Īfter the hard drive has been properly formatted just run through the setup in Carbon Copy Cloner (there are many step-by-step guides out there). Once your computer reads the drive you need to go into Disk Utility and format your SSD the same way as your current HD. Next put your new SSD into the external hard drive enclosure and plug it into your usb port with the provided cable. Once you receive everything you will need to download the trial version of Carbon Copy Cloner. This allows you to remove the 4 screws in the side of your current hard drive and put them into the new SSD (http /- $9.13 Again purchased off of Amazon (http /- $7.99ģ. The Mac then reads the SSD as an external hard drive. This will actually hold the SSD which will plug into the USB port on your Mac. I purchased a 512GB Crucial M4 off of Amazon myself (http /- $389.99Ģ.
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You can actually download the trial version for 30 days and it is a full version during that time period.įirst thing you want to do is to get all the correct tools and parts that you will need:ġ. It is easiest to use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your existing hard drive to the new SSD. The overall process is actually rather simple. I'm not sure which year MBP you have but I just recently did this exact same upgrade to my mid 2010 MBP 13in.