#Macbook pro 2010 ssd upgrade upgrade#
#Macbook pro 2010 ssd upgrade series#

Installed the replacement battery and then using the time machine backup, restore everything to the new SSD SATA.

#Macbook pro 2010 ssd upgrade upgrade#

So the first stage of final upgrade begun. The choice for SSD SATA is Patriot 960GB. replacing the DVD drive with a second disk) bear in mind that the two SATA ports are of different speeds in the mid-2010 MBP. OWC NuPower battery replacement for MacBook Pro Mid 2010.

One final point, if using a data-doubler or similar (i.e. And unless you're doing some heavy video editing or really disk-heavy work, I'd suggest the performance differences won't be noticed. Sure it was nice having ~400MB/s+ (not sure what speed it actually ran at) but I didn't do a lot of work that truly utilised the top-speed of the SSD, so the performance differences were pretty moot. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. For me, the top-end drive speed difference didn't mean all that much, because primarily I was after the low seek speeds. I also found some vendors saying that (at the time) the Intel 330s were seeing less RAs than some other similarly priced brands I was looking at this may or may not be the case right now, and I was only able to compare a few brands. I found people saying they'd successfully used the Intels (and well most brands actually).

At the bottom of the window is a box labelled Options. Under where it says Partition Layout, select 1 Partition. Click on the icon for the new drive, and select the Partition tab. Open the Disk Utility in the Applications folder. MacBook Pro 15 Core i5 2. Place your new SSD into the external caddy and connect it to your Macbook. Personally I looked around for info on the most reliable SSDs rather than the fastest. (16) 16 product ratings - 2010 Apple MacBook Pro A1286 15' 3.06GHz 8GB 240GB SSD - FOR PARTS / REPAIR 124. It worked for me, and it's TRIM compatible but you need to use TRIM Enabler or similar to turn it on. The performance difference (compared to stock 500GB HDD) was amazing.

#Macbook pro 2010 ssd upgrade series#

I put an Intel 330 series SSD in my mid-2010 MBP.