I have a mac book pro early 2012. My macbook doesn't identify it as internal drive. But as external drive it can identify. Can't it be used as internal drive for my macbook pro?
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It can't be used as internal drive of MacBook Pro. The solution is only Change another brand of harddisk.
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Yes. It should work. But please check out this video first. http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Unibody+Early+2011+Hard+Drive+Replacement/5119There may be a cut-off between early 2011 & eary 2012. There are also some kits that allow you to upgrade to Hybrid or SSD.Hope this helps.
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Yes. It should work. But please check out this video first. http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Unibody+Early+2011+Hard+Drive+Replacement/5119 There may be a cut-off between early 2011 & eary 2012. There are also some kits that allow you to upgrade to Hybrid or SSD. Hope this helps.
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Yes, I bought this drive a year ago and have been very happy with it. Rather than use the software that came with it I did my backups manually, just the folders I wanted saved such as photos and documents. I've updated it regularly and never had any issues other than the cord can easily come out of it so I suggest when you do a backup to place both your MacBook Pro and the drive on a table and leave them alone after the backup starts to take place. I also make sure I have the power plugged in and have the screen set to remain on rather than hibernate so I can take a quick look to check the progress. Yes, I bought this drive a year ago and have been very happy with it. Rather than use the software that came with it I did my backups manually, just the folders I wanted saved such as photos and documents. I've updated it regularly and never had any issues other than the cord can easily come out of it so I suggest when you do a backup to place both your MacBook Pro and the drive on a table and leave them alone after the backup starts to take place. I also make sure I have the power plugged in and have the screen set to remain on rather than hibernate so I can take a quick look to check the... » Read More Yes, I bought this drive a year ago and have been very happy with it. Rather than use the software that came with it I did my backups manually, just the folders I wanted saved such as photos and documents. I've updated it regularly and never had any issues other than the cord can easily come out of it so I suggest when you do a backup to place both your MacBook Pro and the drive on a table and leave them alone after the backup starts to take place. I also make sure I have the power plugged in and have the screen set to remain on rather than hibernate so I can take a quick look to check the progress. « Show Less
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as an external usb 3.0 hard drive, yes. I bought one for my new mac 2012 as 2nd hard drive. using usb 3.0 its nearly as fast as internal flash ssd that came with it. I just got a 2nd one that connected directly to motherboard of new home server, lightning fast !
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Steven, I removed the optical drive from my MacBook Pro and in its placed I installed a Hard Drive. I ordered this part to connect the removed optical drive and still use it with my laptop through a USB port. It works as though the optical drive is installed inside the Mac. All you need is this connection.
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Open the back case. Look at the current drive label. Do a search of Amazon, using that number. If this product pops up, then yes. However, as in my review, the DVD drive case may not be an exact match; thus necessitating a delicate transplant of DVD covers, before insertion into the Macbook Pro.
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If you go to the online Apple store you can still buy a Macbook Pro with an internal DVD drive. I just bought my daughter one for Christmas. Click on Macbook Pro, then click buy now, a page will open up with a selection of macbook pros, the one your looking for is on the very left of the page. Hope this helps.
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I was going to install this SanDisk into my 2013 Macbook pro but decided to use an external case and just use it as backup instead of using it as my actual internal harddrive.
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You should probably find out if you have a USB 3.0 port on your machine or plan on getting a docking station in case your Macbook doesn't recognize this external drive.Personally, I have it working on a Toshiba laptop using W8.1 without any problems (read/write DVD single and dual layers + read/write Blu Rays) however it needs at least two USB ports to get enough power to function (I'm using 1 usb 3.0 port and 1 usb 2.0 port) so make sure you have enough available ports to power this.
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You have a MacBook Pro that has a built in Superdrive. Per Apple the new, external Superdrive will not work with an of the older, aka Built in Superdrive computers. If you have time to return it, I'd return it to Amazon for a credit.
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Yes - all the macbook pros earlier and 2012 have 2.5" SATA drives, go to the about this Mac icon in the finder and see it under hardware storage , its the same size as the one you have
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I think it's not necessary if talking about mac book pro. But if you need to fit a 2.5 drive in a 3.5 bay, you should have no problem. It fits any of the standard ssd an hdd in avaliable in the market.
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I bought the drive to use as a drive to store books, movies and photos. I'm not sure if it is a backup clone of an intel Mac with Mavericks. I know it works very well for what I bought it for. However, I am getting the Airport by Apple to use with Time Machine. It should arrive at my house today. That boosts your wi-fi as well as backs up automatically.
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I use a Mac Book Pro and it works fine. Not a desktop, but I can't see how it would be any different there?
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No. This macBook pro uses IDE type of drive. SATA interfacewill not work.Mike
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I had the same problem. I have late 2011 MBP. My SSD was recognized but not HDD. I had problems reading/writing/erasing/partitioning the SSD in the optical bay with Disk utility but when I tried with Ipartition it would erase and make partitions in it. I was running OSX 10.7.4. As I was not able to read/ write so I was not able to boot from SSD/HD from the optical bay. I returned the caddy. I am looking for alternatives.
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I have a late 2009 iMac i7 my internal drive for writing isn't functioning like it should. I borrowed a friends external rw dvd/cd drive by Apple and haven't had any difficulties. Writes perfectly fine. I'm not running Yosemite.
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Just got one and it works great, but no, it doesn't show up in Mac OS X as a drive. I'm using 10.4.6 and can't see it in the finder, disk utility, or in /Volumes/. Bummer.