Comments on: Upgrading Your MacBook http://iboughtamac.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fiboughtamac.com%2F2008%2F10%2F22%2Fupgrading-your-macbook%2F&seed_title=Upgrading+Your+MacBook Safe haven for new Mac users Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:30:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jason http://iboughtamac.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fiboughtamac.com%2F2008%2F10%2F22%2Fupgrading-your-macbook%2F&seed_title=Upgrading+Your+MacBook/comment-page-1/#comment-4568 Jason Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:16:10 +0000 http://iboughtamac.com/?p=920#comment-4568 The best way to do the HDD backup/upgrade is to buy yourself a SATA to USB2 enclosure. You can probably pick up a cheap one on EBay, or from your friendly independent computer spares store.<br><br>Once you're connected up to the new drive, open up Disk Utility and Restore the internal HDD to the new one. This'll be very bad if you do it the wrong way around! So be careful.<br><br>Now you can go ahead and replace the HDD with the new one, or get a mac hardware helper person to do it for you. (without the additional cost for the hours of transferring your stuff.) The best way to do the HDD backup/upgrade is to buy yourself a SATA to USB2 enclosure. You can probably pick up a cheap one on EBay, or from your friendly independent computer spares store.

Once you're connected up to the new drive, open up Disk Utility and Restore the internal HDD to the new one. This'll be very bad if you do it the wrong way around! So be careful.

Now you can go ahead and replace the HDD with the new one, or get a mac hardware helper person to do it for you. (without the additional cost for the hours of transferring your stuff.)

]]> By: Bob http://iboughtamac.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fiboughtamac.com%2F2008%2F10%2F22%2Fupgrading-your-macbook%2F&seed_title=Upgrading+Your+MacBook/comment-page-1/#comment-4566 Bob Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:52:26 +0000 http://iboughtamac.com/?p=920#comment-4566 Even before Apple moved to Intel powered machines, their laptops used industry standard hard drives and memory. Sure certain machines may have been a bit more picky about memory specs, but that's also true in the Windows world as well. Even before Apple moved to Intel powered machines, their laptops used industry standard hard drives and memory. Sure certain machines may have been a bit more picky about memory specs, but that's also true in the Windows world as well.

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