thanks for the tips yo

did u pry out the battery socket connector when u are upgrading the ram?

This post has been edited by xbbshampoo: Aug 12 2011, 09:09 AM

HI since i'm a mac noob, i'm planning to upgrade my MBP 2011 13" HDD from 320GB to 1TB.

My question is how do i install the OS X into the new HDD?

The ram is spring loaded, just push the tabs holding the ram and it'll pop up and you just pull it out. Actually the little booklet that came with your MacBook has instructions for this.

it's easy.
The best way is to clone your 320GB (i supposed that Lion already installed in that HD) and after that, clone it to your new 1TB HD.

P/s --> You can use SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner to get the cloning done.

This post has been edited by hairol83: Aug 13 2011, 12:02 AM

1. You can do a clean install from the DVDs that comes with your Mac. Just put in the new HD and boot from the OS X Install DVD. Very easy one. If you have data on the old HD, put it into a external USB case and use Migration Asst to transfer everything back in.

2. Other way is as the previous post, clone your old HD to the new one. This will be the more appropriate method if you already have data on it.

ps: If you have Lion, you can burn Lion to a DVD and use that instead of the Snow Leopard DVDs that came with your MacBook.

no need to remove the battery connector right?

now i am kinda stuck. can't find a mini philip screwdriver

just bought the ram

This post has been edited by xbbshampoo: Aug 13 2011, 12:54 AM

What do you mean by the bolded part?
Is it "if you have Lion installed" or "if you have the Lion installer"? If its the former, how to make a Lion DVD? I've already installed Lion and I would like to make a Lion DVD for emergency purposes. But, the only way I know of burning Lion to a DVD is from the installer which was gone after i've installed.

Oh sorry, I skimmed through and didn't read the battery connector part. No need to remove the battery connector. Yeah, I know, the ifixit guide ask you to do that. but no need.

LOL, wait till tomorrow lah.

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Added on August 13, 2011, 1:21 amYou're right, no way to make a Lion DVD if you've already installed Lion as the Lion installer from MAS, which contains the Lion disk image, gets deleted after installation. I guess have to redownload the 3.7gb installer. :-( Or copy from a friend the Lion disk image, installesd.dmg.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Aug 13 2011, 01:22 AM

@soonwai alright, thanks

Thanks i will tinker around with this later

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Added on August 13, 2011, 5:53 amDoes it mean even i can still download Lion for free eventhough i have installed it ?

This post has been edited by Mr.PostMan: Aug 13 2011, 05:53 AM

you can redownload anything from mac / itunes app store as many times as u want for free, as long as u've paid for it once before

managed to add the 2 X 4 gb ram into my mbp with some scars on it

Scarred the alu shell is it? Screwdriver slipped? NVM lah.

Suggest you download memtest and do a check just to be sure.

http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/03/memtest-mac-ram-test/

ya

the 2 long screw damn hard to unscrew. makes my hand's skin skim out already

i just now do the the memtest thingy already. all smooth like peanut butter and jam

This post has been edited by xbbshampoo: Aug 13 2011, 02:08 PM

Don't worry lah, the bottom aluminum shell will get all scratch up in time anyway.

Mine the first day, I got it, a 50sen coin fell just next to the keyboard and nicked the alu edge. :-(

This post has been edited by soonwai: Aug 13 2011, 03:59 PM

haha. nobody can see bottom is scratch then is ok ad. but after the 8gb upgrade. i feel powah has increase in my mac

Noob question here. I've been doing some reading on the forum but I'm still unsure.

I just purchased a MacBook Pro 13" i7 2.7GHz and it comes with 2 X 2GB DDR3 1333MHz. I wanna upgrade to 2 X 4GB DDR3 1333MHz.

The usual question i would ask a RAM seller is, "Is all DDR3 1333MHz RAM compatible with my macbook pro?"

- quite a few answers "yes, as long as it's DDR3 1333. kingston or corsair or mushkin no problem."
- and some said "no, you have to buy apple certified ram" - they're more expensive
- some said "kingston can use regular ram. if corsair have to use apple certified ram" huh?

so. you can imagine my confusion. i've been reading through the forum but i'm still not convinced. can someone please clarify? i'm looking to upgrade with a regular corsair 4GB DDR3 1333 (RM97). next choice is kingston 4GB DR3 1333 (RM85).

thanks in advance, everyone.

This post has been edited by fortynine: Aug 14 2011, 11:00 AM

i upgraded it yesterday. using kingston 1333 4gb. cost around rm 69 per stick ! so far no problem with the memtest and i open many apps at a time

hi there are you using normal pc RAM or apple certified RAM?

normal 1 xD

kingston kvr1333d3s9 4gb