Comments on: How to Replace Your MacBook’s Optical Drive With an SSD http://gigaom.com/2011/04/01/how-to-replace-your-macbooks-optical-drive-with-an-ssd/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mindassistfeed http://gigaom.com/2011/04/01/how-to-replace-your-macbooks-optical-drive-with-an-ssd/#comment-702531 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:24:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=291946#comment-702531 How to Replace Your MacBook’s Optical Drive With an SSD — Apple News, Tips and Reviews: http://t.co/99QusewN

]]> By: How to get your Mac hardware ready to roar with Lion — Apple News, Tips and Reviews http://gigaom.com/2011/04/01/how-to-replace-your-macbooks-optical-drive-with-an-ssd/#comment-631215 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:34:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=291946#comment-631215 [...] volume. If you have a MacBook Pro, this isn’t too difficult to do. Weldon Dodd provided an excellent walkthrough of how he achieved this with his own computer. Lion requires a minimum of 8 GB of free space on [...]

]]> By: rickla http://gigaom.com/2011/04/01/how-to-replace-your-macbooks-optical-drive-with-an-ssd/#comment-630426 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:09:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=291946#comment-630426 Talking about cost, does anyone know why SSDs for a MacBook or MacBook Pro cost so much more than solid-state storage in a MacBook Air?

]]> By: The future of Mac is not for the faint of heart or the spinning drive — Apple News, Tips and Reviews http://gigaom.com/2011/04/01/how-to-replace-your-macbooks-optical-drive-with-an-ssd/#comment-630292 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:47:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=291946#comment-630292 [...] is clearly designed for a future where it is. Luckily, you can take a shortcut to the future by replacing your existing MacBook’s optical drive with an SSD, which should help greatly improve instant-on startup times when you upgrade to [...]

]]> By: Guillaume Lambert http://gigaom.com/2011/04/01/how-to-replace-your-macbooks-optical-drive-with-an-ssd/#comment-626989 Fri, 27 May 2011 14:29:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=291946#comment-626989 I got a mid-2009 MBP 15″ w/ anti-glare screen, and the bluetooth radio is located (when the case is opened, and upside down) in the top left, sitting over the Data Doubler. I re-opened it last night and checked if anything was disconnected and everything is ok. Could I have damaged the wires while installing the Data Doubler?

Or maybe should I try to disconnect and reconnect the wires for the bluetooth? There is a gold and silver connector, is both for the bluetooth?

http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/BjEhuZSCM6qDvtOG.medium

Thanks for the help!

]]> By: Chris http://gigaom.com/2011/04/01/how-to-replace-your-macbooks-optical-drive-with-an-ssd/#comment-626853 Thu, 26 May 2011 22:00:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=291946#comment-626853 The Bluetooth radio is located next to the left-hand side HDD bay (on my 07 mbp).
Could be you disconnected this accidentally during your install?

Chris

]]> By: Guillaume Lambert http://gigaom.com/2011/04/01/how-to-replace-your-macbooks-optical-drive-with-an-ssd/#comment-626670 Thu, 26 May 2011 02:44:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=291946#comment-626670 Finally jumped in the OWC Data Doubler + SSD bandwagon. This thing is BLAZING FAST!

BUT!

My bluetooth stopped working after I did the installation. At first it simply showed the bluetooth icon in the menu bar with a “Bluetooth Not Available”. I then re-installed a clean version of OSX Snow Leopard with all updates, and it just doesn’t show up anymore!

Anyone had this issue? If yes, found a way to fix it? I tried SMC, PRAM reset but no luck!

Thanks in advance

]]> By: Should You Upgrade to the New iMac?: Apple News, Tips and Reviews « http://gigaom.com/2011/04/01/how-to-replace-your-macbooks-optical-drive-with-an-ssd/#comment-621277 Tue, 03 May 2011 15:49:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=291946#comment-621277 [...] Apple now offers SSD/HDD combos as an upgrade option that allow for faster boot times while still providing affordabl…. [...]

]]> By: Weldon Dodd http://gigaom.com/2011/04/01/how-to-replace-your-macbooks-optical-drive-with-an-ssd/#comment-620461 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:55:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=291946#comment-620461 I haven’t seen any issues with waking from sleep with my system. That’s about all I can tell you.

]]> By: How to Create and Use Symlinks on a Mac: Apple News, Tips and Reviews « http://gigaom.com/2011/04/01/how-to-replace-your-macbooks-optical-drive-with-an-ssd/#comment-619944 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:40:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=291946#comment-619944 [...] my recent post about pairing SSD and HDD storage inside a MacBook Pro, I used a little-known command line feature to redirect some of my user folders from the SSD to the [...]

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