many older Mac's were designed with disk
drives that use spinning plates to write
and read information but even if your
older Mac is running just fine why would
you rely on spinning plates for speed
mechanical parts are just a recipe for
disaster
but thankfully our SSD upgrade kits can
give your laptop a boost and today we're
gonna show you how to set up your new
drive after you install solid-state
drives use chips to store information
eliminating the need for moving parts we
tested it and found that they were ten
times faster than traditional spinning
hard drives the kits come with the SSD
drive and includes all the tools you
need to complete your repair before you
get started if your computer was
released in 2010 or after you may need
to update to the latest version of Mac
OS to enable internet recovery before
starting the upgrade process if you need
help installing your drive check out our
guides in ifixit.com
the process of upgrading is super simple
for most machines and requires little
more than removing a few screws and
setting up your new hard drive we've got
a link in the description below once
you've installed your new drive using
one of our upgrade kits we'll reinstall
Mac OS and then copy data to your new
drive start by completely shutting down
your machine then press the power button
then immediately press and hold the
command option and our keys a spinning
globe animation should appear and you
can release the keys the globe will
continue to spin while Internet recovery
starts up if you're not using a wired
internet connection choose network box
Wolfe here you can select the Wi-Fi
network from the menu once a network
connection is established a progress bar
will show up below the spinning globe
after Internet recovery has loaded the
Mac OS recovery screen should pop up
before you install Mac OS to the new
drive you'll need to format the drive so
the installer can recognize it go ahead
and open Disk Utility from the recovery
menu select your drive and click the
erase button towards the top of the disk
utility window make sure you select your
new drive for this step erasing your old
drive will delete all your data if you
can't see your drive on the disk utility
menu click show all devices from the
view section on the menu bar
make up a name for your drive and make
sure that the format is set to Mac OS
extended journaled or AP FS after your
new drive has been formatted press
command cue to exit Disk Utility and
you'll return to the recovery menu once
you're at the recovery menu click on
install Mac OS and then follow the
prompts to install mac OS choosing your
newly formatted disks as the target for
the installation now you're halfway
there all that's left to do is to
migrate all your info to your new SSD if
you forgot to make a backup of your old
hard drive before upgrading you can
install it into an external enclosure to
transfer any data you need after you've
inserted the drive into the enclosure go
ahead and connect it to your machine
then open up the migration assistant app
after the migration assistant window
opens do not press continue until you're
ready to begin the migration process
pushing continue will automatically
force close any open applications and
log you out after you're logged out
you'll be taken to the migration
assistant screen select the first option
which is transfer from the Mac Time
Machine backup or startup disk then
select continue and migration assistant
will list any connected Mac OS or Time
Machine backups choose the drive you
wish to restore from and select continue
again if the drive you selected is a
Time Machine drive a migration assistant
will list all the backups available from
which you can transfer information next
select the backup you'd like to transfer
information from and click continue
choose all the items you'd like to
transfer to your new drive you may be
prompted to enter a new password for the
account on the drive or the old password
for your account on the old drive as the
transfer begins you'll notice a loading
bar up here and it will cycle through
all your selections after all this your
machine might need to restart more than
once during the transfer process once
all this is said and done a migration
complete window will appear and that's
it if you've got a newer machine that
uses PCIe style assist II we've got SSD
upgrades and enclosures for you too
they're perfect if you need to increase
your storage or replace a dead or dying
drive so if your machine is acting super
slow and you're ready for the upgrade
head on over to our id your Mac page on
ifixit.com
identify your machine then grab the SSD
upgrade kit for your model we've got a
kit for mac books and Mac
Pros kits for Mac minis and even a
couple for IMAX and to put the cherry on
top we've also got tons of hard drive
replacement guides on our site happy
upgrading and most of all happy fixing
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