

For mass storage like that standard platter drives are better. I would also like to point out that I believe it's foolish to buy a 1tb SSD right now unless you have money to burn. Connector are not equal: the SSD connector is wider than the MBP Optical drive connector and there is no way to fir them.

Best ssd for macbook pro mid 2010 install#
Always recommeded to install a new SATA cable at the same time. I then started to replace the drives, with no problem, till I discovered that the SSD doesn't fit in my mid-2010 MacBook Pro Optical drive cable. therefore 3G might be a more cost effective compared to a 6G SSD. The 2010 MBP only has SATA II which only means it has speed limitations that wont allow it reach the speeds of the SATA III SSD. When buying a hard drive make sure that it's 2.5" (standard laptop size). Look at some options here: SSDs (Solid-State Drives) Designed for the Mac from OWC. Download the OS from the App store, get a USB key and run LionDiskMaker. The bus on the optical bay is smaller so it's pointless putting a smaller drive in place.īooting was simple. The HDD is a 500Gb drive, using a optical bay caddy I removed my CD drive and put the HDD in there instead. Programs follow the link and write things normally.

After the initial system install (off a USB) I moved the majority of my home folder to the HDD (Documents, Downloads, Movies, etc) and symbolically linked them back to my home folder. I chose to use a cheaper option and buy a smaller SSD as a boot drive and replaced my CD driver with an HDD. I just upgraded my mid 2010 macbook pro with an SSD. MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010) Crucial MX500 4TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-inch 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal SSD CT4000MX500SSD1 Configuration ID: CT20721190 4TB 2.5-inch internal SSD SATA 6.0Gb/s 560 MB/s Read, 510 MB/s Write compare 359.99 Add to Cart Where to buy Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-inch 7mm (with 9. Cloudeck NVMe SSD 512GB PCIe Gen3x4 Internal Solid State Drive with 3D NAND for MacBook Air (Mid 2013-2017), MacBook Pro(Retina, Late 2013-Mid 2015).
