How do i set up macbook pro with two drives? I replaced optical drive with ssd drive and installed yosemite now i would like to link drives. How do i do this? still using original hard drive as secondary drive internal.
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
It's generally thought that your SSD should be in the internal SATA drive bay. I think what you're referring to is a fusion drive.
Theses are blogs from OWC:
It's generally thought that your SSD should be in the internal SATA drive bay. I think what you're referring to is a fusion drive.
Theses are blogs from OWC:
What I did was move original hard drive to optical slot and then installed sad drive in hard drive slot. I would like to merge both drives to work as a larger singular drive. The set up now list them as drive 1 and drive 2. Drive 1 being the sad drive.
It will make it easier to help you w/ your problem to know know more information about your computer; size, exact year built, RAM installed and OS you're running. Any history prior to your incident would also be helpful.
Here's a quote from that OWC Blog that I referenced:
http://blog.macsales.com/15617-creating-your-own-fusion-drive
"Setting up a Fusion Drive
Items Needed:
Here's an interesting alternative to a fusion setup:
http://blog.macsales.com/24915-splitting-your-data-an-alternative-to-fusio
I'm using a Macbook Pro,built late 2011 16GB ram, Running Yosemite with original HHD 420GB and I added an SSD 240GB.
So you should be able to do it:
"How Do I Create A True DIY Fusion Drive?
Items Needed:
using two hard drives..
