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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Looking for some SSD reccomendations
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<blockquote data-quote="Stretch" data-source="post: 1382692" data-attributes="member: 25432"><p>I too recommend the OWC SSDs. I have one in my 2011 MacBook Pro. Works great, and is extremely fast.</p><p></p><p>Best installation method, and its what I did.</p><p>Remove optical drive, place SSD in Optibay, and put in the optical bay. I'm guessing you have Lion, so boot and hold Cmd + R, and you should boot into the Lion Recovery partition. Format the SSD, then install Lion on it.</p><p></p><p>Copy over everything you want on the SSD, leave behind the stuff you want to keep on the HDD, then delete the System, Library, and Applications/Users folders. This will probably require an admin password, and take a while to empty trash.</p><p></p><p>After than, check your Start-up disk settings in System Prefs, make sure the SSD is the selected drive and you should be good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stretch, post: 1382692, member: 25432"] I too recommend the OWC SSDs. I have one in my 2011 MacBook Pro. Works great, and is extremely fast. Best installation method, and its what I did. Remove optical drive, place SSD in Optibay, and put in the optical bay. I'm guessing you have Lion, so boot and hold Cmd + R, and you should boot into the Lion Recovery partition. Format the SSD, then install Lion on it. Copy over everything you want on the SSD, leave behind the stuff you want to keep on the HDD, then delete the System, Library, and Applications/Users folders. This will probably require an admin password, and take a while to empty trash. After than, check your Start-up disk settings in System Prefs, make sure the SSD is the selected drive and you should be good. [/QUOTE]
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