Can I upgrade the HD on my mid 2009 macbook pro 13" to a SSD higher than 256gb?

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Can I upgrade the HD on my mid 2009 macbook pro 13" to a SSD higher than 256gb?

I have a mid 2009 MacBook Pro 13". I use it every day for school since september of 2009. I have a HUGE iTunes library (around 150gb) and I use DAW software to create music. I'm looking to upgrade from my current 250GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive to a larger SSD. I want to do this for the speed of an SSD and I need more hard drive space. Is there anyway to upgrade my macbook to a SSD in the ballpark of 500GB-1TB?? On Apple's technical spesifications it says I cannot upgrade to an SDD with more than 256GB. Is this really true or is there any way around this?

Thanks in advance!

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), Mid 2009 13"

Posted on Apr 9, 2014 5:11 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 9, 2014 5:12 PM in response to ChiefMershKeef

Just to clarify, this is where I found the tech specs that said I cannot upgrade to more than 256GB for a SSD:

http://support.apple.com/kb/SP541?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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BobRz

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Apr 9, 2014 5:35 PM in response to ChiefMershKeef

That's saying your model was originally sold with no more that 256GB SSD. You can put a 1TB in there if you want to.

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Andy-J-D

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Apr 9, 2014 5:38 PM in response to ChiefMershKeef

The tech specs list the upgrades that were available from Apple when that model was being sold new. They don't necessarily reflect the aftermarket-upgradabaility. I don't believe there'd be any reason you couldn't put a hard drive/SSD of whatever capacity you want in that MBP (of course it needs to be the right physical size).

That being said, it's good practice to make sure you have a window to return it just in case.

Yeah what Bob said.

Message was edited by: Andy-J-D

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