ssd in Hard drive bay Macbook

jaybiz32 · jaybiz32 #1 (**permalink**)

12-08-2011, 08:55 AM

I was looking to have a Solid state HDD drive installed in my macbook optical bay to run my OS. COuld use the third party cradle optibay. ANyone know of any good third part techs or services that could do this and reconfigure mac to recognize hdd. (Not to tech savy).
Thanks

pigoo3 · pigoo3 #2 (**permalink**)

12-08-2011, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by jaybiz32

I was looking to have a Solid state HDD drive installed in my macbook optical bay to run my OS. I COuld use the third party cradle optibay. ANyone know of any good third party techs or services that could do this and reconfigure mac to recognize hdd. (Not to tech savy).
Thanks

Are you planning on shipping your MacBook somewhere to have this done?...since we have no idea where you are located (you didn't say & neither does your profile) in order to suggest local options.

- Nick

pigoo3 · pigoo3 #3 (**permalink**)

12-08-2011, 09:20 AM

Merged threads...no need to double post. Thanks.

jaybiz32 · jaybiz32 #4 (**permalink**)

12-08-2011, 09:55 AM

I am in Iowa but smaller town. I could ship my mac. I was thinking putting 30-60gb ssd in optical bay to speed up system.

chscag · chscag #5 (**permalink**)

12-08-2011, 01:09 PM

Placing an SSD in the optical bay is not going to speed up the system unless you make it your startup drive. The SSD really should be installed in place of your internal hard drive. The internal hard drive can then be moved to the optical bay. You want to use the SSD as your startup drive and where all your major applications are located.

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Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32,043 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	12-08-2011, 01:09 PM Placing an SSD in the optical bay is not going to speed up the system unless you make it your startup drive. The SSD really should be installed in place of your internal hard drive. The internal hard drive can then be moved to the optical bay. You want to use the SSD as your startup drive and where all your major applications are located. Community Guidelines
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jaybiz32 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 27, 2010 Posts: 36	12-08-2011, 08:55 AM I was looking to have a Solid state HDD drive installed in my macbook optical bay to run my OS. COuld use the third party cradle optibay. ANyone know of any good third part techs or services that could do this and reconfigure mac to recognize hdd. (Not to tech savy). Thanks
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jaybiz32 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 27, 2010 Posts: 36	12-08-2011, 09:55 AM I am in Iowa but smaller town. I could ship my mac. I was thinking putting 30-60gb ssd in optical bay to speed up system.
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