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#UPGRADE MACBOOK PRO HARD DRIVE AND RAM HOW TO#
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#UPGRADE MACBOOK PRO HARD DRIVE AND RAM PORTABLE#
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#UPGRADE MACBOOK PRO HARD DRIVE AND RAM HOW TO#

If you need how to use Time Machine see here: Plug in your power connector because this is going to take some time.īackup your Mac on external USB drive using Time machine.

#UPGRADE MACBOOK PRO HARD DRIVE AND RAM PASSWORD#

Next, you need to type in the Administator login and password to give Diskmaker X permission to create the disk.įinally something is happening! The Diskmaker X is copying files message appears on your screen and it will be there for quite a long time. Next you have to choose the actual dik or disk image to use, select the usb thumb drive, it may have a name other than "Untitled".ĭiskmaker does not want you to delete the wrong drive so they give you one last warning message before you zap your drive. Just remember whatever you use is going to get erased! We are using an inexpensive usb flash drive we picked up last black friday. You can use a larger flash drive if you like, but not smaller.

#UPGRADE MACBOOK PRO HARD DRIVE AND RAM PORTABLE#

Most people don't have portable drives that are partitioned, and will want to just go ahead and use an 8GB USB "thumb drive". If you have a portable hard drive that is partitioned into several volumes you could use one of those partitions. It should now find a copy of OS X in your Applications folder, click "use this copy"!ĭiskmaker X now needs to know what type of disk you wish to use for your bootable drive. You are now asked again for the version of OS X you want to make a boot disk of. Once that is downloaded Go ahead and restart Diskmaker X. This will take quite awhile depending on what kind of Internet connection you have. Download the Installer and accept the license agreement. If it can't find the installer open up the App store and search for "OS X Mavericks" or whichever OS version you have. You are now asked for the version of OS X you want to make a boot disk of. It's FREE!ĭouble click it once downloaded to start the installer.ĭrag the Application into your applications folderĬlick OK when you get the warning about it being an application downloaded from the Internet. There are a few good videos on youtube of how to get this done if you need a video how-to. You will need to create your own bootable USB Flash Drive using with your version of OS X. Getting Ready - Creating a usb thumb drive boot disk: It was actually very easy to do, the hard part, as usual, was departing from the cash. I decided to max out the RAM while I was at it, so I only had to crack open the case once. At the same time SSD's of a reasonable size just started falling into what I thought was a reasonable zone of cost per Gigabyte.

#UPGRADE MACBOOK PRO HARD DRIVE AND RAM PRO#

My MacBook Pro 13" has worked nicely for me for a good 3-4 years, and I was getting anxious that it was about time to replace the hard drive before it died on me. Based on Flash memory rather than spinning mechanical disks, Solid State Drives are finally getting inexpensive enough to justify using them in a desktop or laptop computer. Replacing your old "normal" hard drive with an SSD drive can do a whole lot towards making computing fun again.

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