Upgrading Macbook Pro A1398 Hardrive

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Upgrading Macbook Pro A1398 Hardrive

Hello everyone,

I am new to Macs so please be patient with me, I have a Macbook Pro A13198 and I would like to upgrade the hard drive as 256GB isn't enough, i'd prefer 1TB if possible.

If any one can advise me on how to do this I would appreciate it, I googled the question and I saw SSD drives, would this be the best way to go? also, how would I get the OS on to that hard drive?

Thank you in advanced,

Regards,

Kian

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on Apr 18, 2016 11:38 AM

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OGELTHORPE

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Apr 18, 2016 11:48 AM in response to TheKianDonoghue

OWC has compatible SSDs available:

https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro-retina-display/2012-2013

Not cheap.

Not that the replacement of a SSD in a retina MBP will void any warranty or Apple Care.

Ciao.

Addendum: A new SSD must be properly formatted and the OSX must installed for operation. Installing is usually easiest by cloning from the original SSD.

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