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Hard drive upgrade macbook pro

I bought a new seagate 7500 rpm drive as an upgrade, because my macbook ir running critical on memory. I have been reading a lot of instructions on the best way to install it; however, I still have not found the best explanation. I am ok withthe actual drive replacement, but not sure how to handle the O S data transfer the. Best way.

My setup:

Macbook mid 2009

Osx Lion( upgraded via app store)

Osx snow leopard & apps ( original cds)

Auto Back up on time capsule/ time machine wirelessly.

Help is greatly appreciated! Thanks

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Sep 10, 2012 9:39 AM

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Randy Jedlink

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Posted on Sep 10, 2012 11:07 AM

Once you put the new drive in your machine, you can Migration Assistant to either take data off your old drive (through an enclosure) or from your most recent TimeMachine backup. Once you install the OS, it will ask you if you want to move applications, data, settings, etc... Enjoy your bigger HD!

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Feb 18, 2017 4:30 PM in response to Courcoul

How do I work around things if I don't have the original harddrive? The original harddrive is unavailable.

Hard drive upgrade macbook pro