Re: [Avid-L2] Advice on migrating to SSD

OWC has a video on it. They describe the expertise level as: easy. I would agree. They sell the drive in a kit with all of the tools. Unscrew about 8 screws. lightly pry off the back. Unplug power from the drive (pry loose a simple connection), unscrew the retainer clip on the drive. Pop off the e-sata connection easily. Unscrew four mounting screws from the old drive. Put them on the new drive. Pop the e-sata connection back on. Put the retaining bar back and screw it in. Reconnect the battery. Pop the back back on. Screw in the eight or so screws for the back. That's it.

Then, put your old drive in a little USB enclosure that comes with the kit and plug it in and book off it. Format the internal drive. Transfer anything from the old drive to the new drive. Reboot and you're done.

RAM was also fairly easy and cheap. I put in 16gigs instead of the 4gigs that mine has had for years.

Steve

On Aug 11, 2013, at 3:34 PM, Dom Q. Silverio <domqsilverio@gmail.com> wrote:

> Fairly easy.
>
> On 8/11/2013 3:52 PM, johnrobmoore wrote:
> > How easy is swapping the hard drive on a MBP? I've never tried or looked into it.
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@...> wrote:
> >> So, my new SSD and RAM from OWC arrived just now and I have to move my current MacBookPro hard drive info over to the SSD.
> >>
> >> They recommend putting the SSD into the Mac, then running the old HD in an enclosure that they provide which attaches via USB. Then booting off the old attached drive, formatting the SSD and installing a fresh OS version onto it. Then duplicating the drive info to the new drive.
> >>
> >> Since this is just a new drive and not a new computer, am I cool not de-commissioning or deactivating all of my apps, specifically Avid and Adobe?
> >>
> >> I'm fine with not even really "ghosting" the old drive since I kind of want to start fresh anyway, other than my email.
> >>
> >> Any thoughts or dire warnings on this process? The instructions from OWC on the whole procedure seem very good. My main concern is in how the apps will respond to the new drive. No need to deactivate, right?
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
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