Hey Everyone,
Just got a Late-2013 MacBook Pro Retina (15") and I was told there is a chance the hard drive was replaced, but they aren't sure.
Without tearing open the laptop, is there a way to tell if the hard drive is original or third party?
Thanks!
MacBook Pro Retina
None of the Retina models has a hard drive per se. They are all solid state drives in a card form factor in yours. Newer models have the SSD parts soldered and integral to the logic board.
Have you looked in Disk Utility? That might give you a clue. There are a couple of sellers (OWC and Transcend) of aftermarket replacements. Their listed capacities are 240/480/960 GB. Apple specs it’s SSDs at 128/256/512/etc. GB capacity. And if you suspect it’s not original, it could be a salvage part from another Mac.
None of the Retina models has a hard drive per se. They are all solid state drives in a card form factor in yours. Newer models have the SSD parts soldered and integral to the logic board.
Have you looked in Disk Utility? That might give you a clue. There are a couple of sellers (OWC and Transcend) of aftermarket replacements. Their listed capacities are 240/480/960 GB. Apple specs it’s SSDs at 128/256/512/etc. GB capacity. And if you suspect it’s not original, it could be a salvage part from another Mac.
On my iMac that came directly from Apple with an SSD, System Information (in the Utilities folder) shows this:
To see this information for your drive, select "Storage" from the left-hand Contents pane. What mine says does not mean Apple made the SSD, just that is was installed by Apple when the computer was made.
Even the original hard drive would have been third party since Apple does not manufacture hard drives or SSDs. Run apple diagnostics or take it to your nearest store for an evaluation to see if the drive is failing.
What difference does it make?
The computer has random rebooting issues and this is part of figuring the issue out. Previous owner thinks it was replaced but isn't sure.
How Can I Tell If MacBook Pro's Hard Drive Is Original?
