Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Date: 5 Oct 2015 03:45:45 GMT Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <56106305$0$24765$2c56edd9@usenetrocket.com> <6cadndJMYdYtuYzLnZ2dnUU7-VudnZ2d@earthlink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 2e7cB5yM6lkVYv0vH+VBwQt5xID367rFMUCVRiVDXogzWctbcZ Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= sha1:vY2NTdpvHz6ldzuIMIJC5lXF7uI= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.0 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:81522 Ant wrote: >>>> I put a Crucial SSD into my 2010 MacBook Pro 13", and it made a world of >>>> difference. >>> >>> Funny, that's the same brand too for the 500 GB SSD as of yesterday. It >>> was about $200. > >> Have you enabled FileVault? > > Yes, that was fast too. It only took an hour compared to HDD that never > finished! I guess HDD got stuck during FileVault? Also, we physically > destroyed the old HDD. :P So did you end up skipping going to Apple to let them run a diagnostic to see if anything else was wrong with it? They would have done that for free and given you a quote, I believe. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR