Andrew Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 As a side note, where are those backups? On the local drive? You can turn local snapshots off if you want...I do, but then my laptop stuff has everything elsewhere anyways. Run Terminal, and then type: Sudo tmutil disablelocal You'll need to enter your password. I'm not sure where they are. I have the time capsule so didn't expect to need local backups too. Mind you, if it makes no difference then I might as well leave them on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabby Posted April 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Read this before you commit to a purchase! http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/04/owcs-aura-ssds-are-a-good-way-to-add-storage-to-newer-macbooks-with-caveats/ Guessing this IT-illiterate buffoon is missing something here? Couldn't see anything negative in that article other than bootcamp compatibility which I don't use. Please enlighten . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Seriously? I thought it was a Scottish Accent:-) #Ya Numptie I thought MrMe lived in or around Newcastle. If i was doing Scotch there'd have been an och an aye and probably a noo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 I thought MrMe lived in or around Newcastle. If i was doing Scotch there'd have been an och an aye and probably a noo. I thought it was targeted at Andrew with him living in Edinburgh :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 I thought MrMe lived in or around Newcastle. If i was doing Scotch there'd have been an och an aye and probably a noo. Newcastle is south of me. However, I'm still a long way short of Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 I don't understand the locals so it was lost on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 However, I'm still a long way short of Scotland. Not as much as I am... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 It was Jamaican right? What do I win? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Guessing this IT-illiterate buffoon is missing something here? Couldn't see anything negative in that article other than bootcamp compatibility which I don't use. Please enlighten . I don't think you can use that its for newer PCI-E Macbooks which yours isn't. I'd just put a big SSD in or a hybrid drive depending on how much storage you want and need and are prepared to pay. Amazon has been having a lot of daily deals on SSDs recently Sandisk 960Gb for £149. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Yes, those replacement SSD units don't work on new Retina Pros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabby Posted April 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 SSD purchased and on its way - http://www.ebuyer.com/665518-sandisk-960gb-ultra-ii-sataiii-2-5inch-ssd-sdssdhii-960g-g25. Ebuyer had an offer yesterday which reduced this to £160. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 £1 less on Amazon.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabby Posted April 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Also got free Saturday delivery (ordered at 7 last night) so reckon I'm at least £2.95 up . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Also got free Saturday delivery (ordered at 7 last night) so reckon I'm at least £2.95 up . Ah, I was basing it on your being a Prime member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Prime member. The aristocracy of the digital age 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Hee hee "member" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 So 8 months on am getting round to this. Going for a 500gb Samsung 850 Pro as that is what Mac said was best. Still the case Mac? Then going to follow these instructions: http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/how-to-replace-your-macbook-pros-hard-drive-with-an-ssd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabby Posted November 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 Andrew - may be worth buying a case for your 'old' HD like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Screw-drive-Enclosure-laptop-Laptop/dp/B003RIL0EM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1479162650&sr=8-2&keywords=usb+hard+drive+hdd+case. Once removed you can keep it and either user as a backup or reformat and use for additional space. Re: instructions, I used these http://www.instructables.com/id/Upgrade-the-hard-drive-on-a-MacBook-Pro-HDD-SSD/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 The drive replacement is a piece of cake if you have the correct Torx screwdrivers. Cheap as chips to buy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 15, 2016 Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 I'd love to sort my music library out as it seems split between media and music ... but I really can't be arsed! A friend is lending me the caddy to do the cloning so in the next two weeks the poor thing gets me attacking it. Used to do this for a living ... 17 years ago. Traded those useful skills into some less useful selling ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Cabby - I'm using the same instructions as you (nothing better than a successful recommendation) with Carbon Copy Cloner. Once done do I really just swap the drives out? Don't I need to make it bootable or something or will CCC make it so exact the MBP will just think it is the same drive that was taken away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 First time may take a while to start as it trie to find the drive. Hold down the ALT key and select the drive. Once it's booted, go in to preferences and select startup disk. Make sure the new drive is selected. That way it wont spend an age trying to find the old one before looking for any other bootable drives. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 Lovely, thanks Mac. USB2 transfer taking a while so it is likely to be December or maybe January before I get to booting stage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 Much better! CCC worked a dream, much quicker (obviously) and with any luck the battery will last longer too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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