MacBook Pro SSD Upgrade (OCZ Vertex 3)

[swaggalikeriz]

no homo, i love how u talk, like a BOSS!

[joscastro1984]

So I'm a total noob at all this but what will these upgrades do for it? I want to know because I'm thinking about buying one before they change the body styles with the new versions if they end up changing them only because I've heard that they might keep it like the MacBook air

[surajfind1]

hi i have mid 2009 macbook pro 13in 2.53 ghz core 2 duo i want to upgrade the ram to 8gb and hard drive to ssd 250gb plz tell me which is the fastest and best ram and ssd for my macbook pro...2 of my motherboard screws and one super drive screw are striped what should i do remove them the head of the screws are damaged i want to remove them and replace them with new ones...what should i do...thank you mate...

[MrVarwor]

i use tork t8 to take apart my xbox 360 controller

[MrReRe16]

Can you show me the video for the setup of the usb os install ?

[ArjunVirdi1]

i got the same screw driver as you it comes with philips,flat and torques its very handy and gets the job done.

[minecraftboy2000]

can i have the optical drive ?

[Macintoshmani12]

you sound like vwestlife xD

[iMatthewTV]

@ThePohster the vertex 3 120gb costs $180

[iMatthewTV]

@ThePohster the vertex 3 120gb costs $180

[ThePohster]

How much does the SSD cost?

[dMaTzZ]

lol toshiba pre installed in a mac hah

[Udontgetmymetal]

I currently can't justify solid state. It's so much less memory for the same money you could easily get a great like 2TB traditional drive. As a photographer at least, capacity is really important.

[Megadeth6633]

@Udontgetmymetal just use a machine with an ssd, I dare you. it feels like a brand new machine. don't forget hdd's use the same technology since ages, they're slow as hell. when you install an ssd it feels like a new computer, it's super fast.

[rollsroyce666]

why was the drive a TOSHIBA?!?!!?

[letun007]

Of all the long, convoluted, and junky videos on various "how tos", this one is a bit of a refresher. Very well done. I just ordered a new MacBook Pro 15" with 2.5GHz and have ordered a OCZ Vertex . Now I need to find a good video that clearly explains how to create a boot media using my USB flash drive. I plan on immediately replacing the 750GB HDD with 240 SSD upon arrival of both items. I even already bought an adapter from amazon.com as well, to move the HDD to replace Optical Drive. :)

[jim1621]

do i need the adapter or can i just put in the new ssd and then what?

[xxslayer66xx]

@jim1621 You pretty much need an adapter as nobody actually makes anything that can house a 2.5 HDD. Although since an ssd does not have any moving parts and isnt affected by vibration you can gheto rig it ive seen people literally tape them in their desktop pc's. Might not want to do that with a laptop though since it will be tilted in travel.

[RobbieDelacruz]

Is this Jake Gyllenhaal speaking

[lBugslBunny]

does the Macbook Pro (Late 2011) come with a 6 gbps optical drive? or they're all the same?

[charalambous94]

how can i update the firmware of it?

[sajeemathew1]

Very helpful video. As a new MBP user, it make swapping the SSD really easy. Thanks.

[mangimorobe88]

what happens to your 750gb hardrive do u still get to use that memory or do you stick with the 120g ssd

[eatcarpet]

No need to pay Apple outrageous fees for upgrading HDDs.

[Habitualtech]

1. Where did you buy the adapter used for the original HD? 2. Cost? Other 3. Are there other comparable adapters?

[97Pedrox97]

@fedefuentes well firstable you need to download the lion recovery disk and put it into a usb thumbdrive you can download it on the apple website. to transfer the data you need to use an enclosure and put it in to your computer and transfer the data hope this work for ya

[lexlexutz]

hey,how can i see the firmware version of my vertex 3? i have a macbook pro 13''.thx

[perishingflames]

@lexlexutz Apple icon - About this Mac - More Info, click Serial ATA in the left sidebar, click the SSD

[hrushimehta1990]

awesome !

[huadavid]

very helpful, thank you

[MrMonarch11]

Ok I have a question ... I´m definitely getting and SSD for my Macbook Pro Mid 2010 (2.24 Ghz I think) I´m toying with either an Intel 320 160, OCW Mercury Extreme 6gb-s, and this OCZ Vertex 3 ... I´m running Lion but I´ve heard bad things about TRIM support for 3rd party SSD´s and I don´t want to shell out the cash for a drive that´ll dissapoint me especially since I´m heading overseas in the next week and not having a working mac would be a hemorrhoid on a crotchrocket advice? @unboxtherapy

[MarineCobraR]

So let me get this straight. This allows you to not only have a solid state drive, but also, your regular hard drive as well, while still having an optical drive to insert disks?

[AppTech2020]

Lou, what type of SSD does apple install? They charge $240 for 120gb. Which is the same price as a vertex

[perishingflames]

@AppTech2020 The vertex 3 is $170 after a rebate on Newegg right now (has been for the last month or so)

[BismillahHandcrafts]

Hi,

Can you use this vortex 3 drive in a Macbook Pro 13" 2009 model?

[ninjakid164]

@BismillahHandcrafts probably but i recommend the agility 3 because i know that it works

[mofoman69us]

@BismillahHandcrafts I'm also wondering this. Looking to upgrade mine asap!

[MrTristen420]

@BismillahHandcrafts no i tried

[TheAuroraTechShow]

@BismillahHandcrafts Yes, any one with a 2.5" hard drive.

[iPhoneTipster]

@BismillahHandcrafts yes u can but the 2009 macbook pro utilizes only sata 2 (3gbps) but the vertex 3 is Sata 3 (6gbps) so you wouldn't be able to utilize the speed of the vertex 3 so i recommend you to buy the vertex 2 (3gbps).

[perishingflames]

@BismillahHandcrafts Yes but you'll want to keep the optical drive because theres a speed fix you need to do and have to do that off a bootable Linux disc

[kinsi55]

the ocz CAN handle 6gbps, but it has not enough speed :)

[Domitruco]

Hey where can I get one of those optibay style adapters? I want to take out the optical drive out of my MacBook Pro 13" and move my stock hard drive in its place.

[perishingflames]

@Domitruco Search Amazon for Brainytrade Hard drive caddy that's the one I got, it works well

[modeltrain9500]

This is a very very very helpful video, thanks for posting!

I do have a few questions though. I Would like to put an SSD in my computer as well. I have the late 2011 15inch macbook pro. At some point, I would like to put an SSD in the computer so that it can run a bit faster. I am confused with the "SATA XX(X)" What is this sata thing? What type of sata should I get for my computer? my email is modeltrain9500@gmail(dot)com If you could help me that would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance

[teuntjuuhxd24]

@alastheskullhead

Sollid State Disk. Its much faster than a regular HDD, saves up battery power, makes less noise, doesnt' get very hot and doesn't break as easy as an HDD.

Downside: it's expensive.

[tolisBFMV]

So, you will have 120 gb as the main disk capacity.???

[harpersneil]

superb video! subscribed :-)

[AllAboutMac27]

Could you just leave the HDD out?

[RedJimmy3]

@AllAboutMac27 Yes, absolutely: As long as you're happy with having not much in the way of internal storage. It doesn't make much much sense however, as you can easily use an external drive for your old school compact disks. I for one, would happily trade my internal superdrive for ssd performance plus an extra 750Gb or so of internal storage. Who carries disks with them when on the road anyway? This is a portable computer...

[AllAboutMac27]

@RedJimmy3 True! Thanks

[ahsan101]

I heard apple has not allowed lion to enable trim with non-apple ssds? is this true? how much does it affect performance?

[japanempirefree]

@ahsan101 yes its true and if you leave trim off your ssd performance will be slowed down over time. and you can enable trim using "trim enabler"

[anokah]

@ahsan101 As i understand it, the new sandforce chipset drives have hardware trim, so OS trim isn't necessary. The crucial m4 is supposed to be the most stable.

[pavilionalex]

if i got it right, why remove the dvd drive and put a hdd in it's place?

don't you need to read/write cds?

[comeondown]

@pavilionalex USB adapters exist to still allow you to use your SuperDrive externally.

[RedJimmy3]

@pavilionalex A lot of people here seem to want to keep their old superdrives installed. If that's what you want, do it: There's no problem with it. I'd think that buying an external superdrive for burning cd's and such would be a more sensible solution as one can have much more internal storage which [I'd think] is faster and more convenient... The external superdrive is pretty small, and it will ft into your bag easily. I see it as an accessory that is only used occasionally.

[MrSpraycanproduction]

when do you make the usb tutorial or did you already made it , in that case where can i find it?

great vid anyway ;)

[qzapp]

where can I get this adapter?

[mkultrah]

Hey I know this is going to sound pretty ignorant, but for someone who uses the optical drive somewhat frequently, and of course assuming the larger storage capacity of the 240gb vertex 3 model, I don't actually need to remove the optical drive do I? I can't see why it would be required, but thought id ask anyways..I apologise for the stupid question. Also, would I just create a recent time machine backup and boot from osx disk? Any info from anyone would be appreciated, thanks for the video.

[jacobean]

How much more weight increase is there for your macbook pro after you replace the optical drive with the hdd?

[fedefuentes]

i already bought all the accesories needed for this, but now i have a quick question if anyone can help me.

how do i transfer all the data to the new ssd hd. i need to reinstall lion and do a time machine restore or is there a way to mirror the info from the old hd to the new one?

[MrVinney96]

@fedefuentes Do a clean Lion install, and the make a Time Machine backup, this way the computer works at it's finest.

[fr8cture]

@fedefuentes carbon copy cloner

[belbers9715]

@fedefuentes use superduper

[BigidyBooh]

@fedefuentes if you do this method just boot from your hard disk with the OS on ;)

[mariokid2115]

@fedefuentes If you do a time machine restore then it should mirror the old drive onto the new one and OS X should be right where you left off.

[Ravnenravn08]

@fedefuentes "SuperDuper!" Does a perfect job for it! Search it on youtube :)

[pdpedro310]

I want to buy a ssd,

I have a couple of questions for you:

Optical bay Caddy - are any of them fine or should i look at specific ones?

I read that the CORSAIR FORCE GT 120GB SSD is better than

OCZ VERTEX 3 SSD DRIVE. Do you know if that's true?

Does the normal HDD work well as the original location?

How about the life of the battery?

Are there any sleep drive issues and things of that sort?

[sharkpyro93]

the 3.5'' adaptor is included in the vertex 3 box?

[shakourifard]

how much does that cost all together ?

[fadayzfadayz]

thank you

[bdodds1985]

totally new at this so im going to ask.. did you have to update the ssd? did you boot from the optical? how did you install lion and is there any more videos for noobs like myself who want to do the same thing but have only had a mac for a month... ;)

[RxZ95sssPG]

So why did you move your original HDD over to the Optical Drive? Is the performance on the original spot so much better?

[a2zproductions]

Get on with it! I don't want a Ram Commercial you Fags!

[7simocr]

where you can buy support for the Toshiba disk? thanks

[ItsBenaWhile13]

how much is the 480? I wanna get a pro but put ssd and was wondering how many gigs I can get in it!

[Lowdyz]

thumps up if ur viewing this while doin it.

[1994mathgeek]

@carmyn87 You most likely disconnected the SATA connector from the hard drive. The flashing folder w/ question mark usually means that the computer cannot find the operating system, and it can't find it because there is no hard drive. I would recommend unscrewing the back and checking that connector. Hopefully that fixes your problem. If not, then you will need a new hard drive, which in reality, won't be that expensive.

[TheHootinaniyumyum]

Hey i was just wondering, does anyone know if you can swap out your hdd for a ssd without having to put your hdd in the optical drive area. Beacause i want to keep my optical drive but still upgrade to a ssd, Thanks.

[jonashoechst]

@ unboxtherapy Is this a 13'' 15'' or 17'' Macbook Pro? I've heard that the 17'' got problems because of the LED battery indicator.

[carmyn87]

i accidentally pushed my bf mac book from the bed, it was in his bag, when i inspected the laptop, it had a tiny dent underneath in the center from when it landed on the charger, other than that it was still in good condition until i turned it on and was faced with the flashing question mark. is it fatal? would i need to take a look inside to see if something has come loose. i feel so bad

[rosspownzu]

@carmyn87 lol just bring it in to a shop it will be ok and i think that means a file is bad :D

[eggfacepudding]

How do you tell which SSD to use (Sata 2 vs Sata 3)?

[ckentertainment10]

@unboxtherapy how can install my ssd if i aint got my lion disk, apple shipped my laptop with lion installed already please help me

[tacomonka]

@ckentertainment10 apple is now selling lion on usb drives

[spiceyxxwiener]

where did you get that optical drive to hdd thing?

[supermariom1998]

Toshiba Harddrive? wtf?

[TheFrandiego]

Two questions, what does switching the optical drive do? And where can I get an Optbay adapter?

[TheVedicStudent]

Is the battery removable? If battery fails can we just replace it ourselves?

[madmadmax321]

where did you get your optical bay adapter?

[sequoiababa]

have you had any firmware or driver problems with the ocz vertex ssd? ive seen some people having problems with them online

[yuanz90]

I'm thinking of getting a ssd/hdd combo on my mbp, how is the battery life after having 2 drives?

[amerisian1]

Awesome presentation! What a Pro....thanks for the show....gonna get my macbook air much LIGHTER....oh yeah.1

[Turban84]

they just don't make computers like they used to anymore. it's all cheaply (non-mac) made. Computers have no character anymore.

[MrBazzzzinga]

Woah your macbook is so clean do you occasionally clean the guts of it? cause even my newest laptop by hp wont be that clean. i like that man.

[supersonicsam1]

does lion support trim for other ssd's other than the ssd's that apple offers?

[mchegeni]

why did you choose OCZ over OWC 6g. I want to upgrade but I have a hard time to decide. can you do some hdd benchmark?

[earlbee31]

Awesome

[Cheezwizhi9]

does this erase all of the stuff on your MacBook?

[paintpro785]

@Cheezwizhi9 obviously

[sLepK07]

I'd still like to see a vid about the bootable USB drive you talked about at 5:24

Great vid though lou.

[JDFrates]

I'm not so intelligent computerwise, but exactly what is an SSD and what does it do?

[Dustin872006]

@JDFrates similar to an SSD card that you put in a digital camera. SSD a similar to a hard drive but doesn't use moving parts to retrieve and write data..therefore it makes the response time much quicker than the traditional hard drive

[AellaLeigh]

What optical drive caddy are you using?

[handsome2302]

Great video as always, and your voice is amazing.

[erosaffinity115]

I got my SSD drive, but I can't install it yet until you post the next video..

[jpkalupa]

@0100010010EB If something breaks as a side effect of the installation then yes BUT you would always try reverse the whole process back to the state it was purchased as and pray they don't realise when you take it in for repairs...

[MrSoysos]

Hi, would you please tell me where you purchased your optibay adapter?

[ZeeJules67]

You've taught me something new :)

[soisyamum]

If you install the OS on a HDD or SSD in the Optibay you will have problems with sleep. Because the PC doesn't wake up the Optibay when returning from sleep.... so if you have a RAID or install in the Optibay disable sleep...

[AlexPR2123]

Have you had any problems with the Vertex 3? im buying mine either today or tomorrow and idk if i should get the vertex 3 max iops or the OWC Mercury extreme pro 6g. Any suggestions?? i have a 2011 13 inch macbook pro

[TheMacAttack1111]

Why do you need 2 HDD's and no optical drive?

[jpcwa74]

#00 is wrong size. That will strip out or round off the screw more easily. You should use a #000 or #0000. Just depends on the width of the head, some are fatter than others.

[SuperTechguru1]

checkout blackbirdreview



[bluedrangon69]

is this a 13 inch mac book pro?

[fedsanity]

I'm not too familiar with the technicalities of SSDs, so i ask: did you do any firmware updates? And is there anything extra you have to do after installing the drive to take care of it such as enabling any TRIM support?

[cetchmoh]

Wouldn't it be a better idea to install the SSD in the optical bay area and leave the HDD in the cage? As I see this, the HDD area provides a better shock protection and noise reduction (using those hooks on the side).

[unboxtherapy]

@cetchmoh The optical bay is only 3 Gigabit. The traditional bay is 6 Gigabit. I would've loved to put the SSD in the optical drive bay, but would have suffered a significant performance hit.

[xaero212]

@unboxtherapy Would it really? Have you been testing it? I thought 6 Gigabit bus is overestimated. Thanks for the answer, I'm planning to upgrade my MBP with SSD too.

[Rayvandy]

@unboxtherapy how to check whether the port is at 3gb/6gb? i heard this problem only occurs in 15/17inch 2011 model.. cmiiw

[comeondown]

@unboxtherapy I've also read that MacBook Pro's have experienced problems waking from sleep when the SSD is in the optical drive bay. They still attempt to access the original HDD bay area to wake while the OS is running through the optical drive bay subsequently causing some silent confusion.

[reivilortega]

@cetchmoh Also it has been documented that you get problems waking up from sleep mode if you put it in the opti bay, cuz the system doesn`t look there for OS.

[Robrob007]

BSOD yet?

[unboxtherapy]

@Robrob007 Nope.

[jpcwa74]

MacBook Pro is not Sata III 6Gb?

[unboxtherapy]

@jpcwa74 Only on the hard drive bay, not optical.

[rock23299]

i need to know how to install the OS over USB 

[haomingho]

Any can u please tell me wat did does and how does it improve the performance??

[Psweezy14]

I would LOVE to do this for my MBP, but I've been reading online about how to actually use an ssd. From what I understand, it's slightly different as far as writing. You can't rewrite? So TRIM is supposed to help with that? It's a little confusing.. And also, how can I save the bootup process to my ssd and then save files/documents to the hdd? That confuses me too!! Lol. Any help/video? would be GREAT! I'm not apple savvy. In fact this is my first and I don't want to screw anything up on this b

[airbornghost123]

So no optical drive means no more playing dvd's and Cds?

[rockercjathere]

Your voice is AWESOME! o_o

[dropkinn]

this is the kind of video i want

[itsoutty]

Ah, brings back memories. Good vid!

[joshdbskateforlife]

i would be wat to scared to do thins lol

[itsoutty]

@joshdbskateforlife yes.

[ig33ku]

I bet power consumption is almost the same when u exchanged the dvdrom with the hdd.

[notebookplayer]

thanks for the video

[DaPuReViBe]

pspvita unboxing ??? just a suggestion.

[Annasz9]

@mingostech

faster. better. less breakable.

[Annasz9]

@Annasz9

hahaha my bad, that was supposed to be a reply to crazygal365

[mikedelgado8888]

pretty awesome.

[unboxtherapy]

@mikedelgado8888 I'd have to agree with that statement.

[AlexPR2123]

Have you had any problems with with the firmware updating or with freezing or getting the blue screen of death? I'm looking into getting the vertex 3 max iops cuz I'm getting a good deal on one

[unboxtherapy]

@AlexPR2123 No problems yet. Just insane speed! Guess I'll have to wait and see, it's only been in for a couple days.

[AlexPR2123]

@unboxtherapy Ohh ok cool... Post a review to see how everything is going... I'm putting in a data doubler from OWC so I can run dual ssd and HDD so I'm debating whether the OWC mercury pro 6g and the vertex 3 max iops. I know OWC makes more Mac friendly products that's why I'm leaning toward them right now but idk any suggestions???

[FillingTheGap1]

@AlexPR2123 yea, that seems a bit scary. I was going to recommend the V3 for my cousin but without TRIM support and proper mac firmware support I figured it was a bad idea.

[unboxtherapy]

@FillingTheGap1 The Vertex 3 uses a Sandforce controller with it's own background garbage collection system. Because of this - TRIM becomes less important. Anandtech tested the drive after significant usage and it still showed a major performance advantage over competitors.

The only SSDs currently supporting TRIM in OSX are the factory installed Toshibas. That being said they are about half as fast as this Vertex 3. Also, most are expecting TRIM support (for most SSDs) with the release of Lion

[FillingTheGap1]

@unboxtherapy thats good news. Except, I saw in the forums some are having chugging issues. It's killing me that I can't recommend this. Shes not computer literate and if it gets slow downs/lockups at college that's no good. Without lion and/or TRIM this drive could suffer. I'm going to have to recommend the Apple SSD, it's Samsung now so that's better. I need something she can truly rely on. Maybe a year form now she can get a different SSD. Even with the Apple SSD shes going to get spoiled. :)

[crazygal365]

Ok noob question here...

what is an ssd?

[TheCheezitmonster]

@crazygal365 Solid State Drive

[FreaShxMeGia]

am first yay !!!! lmao