I recently purchased a new Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro and wanted to share some of the intricacies of swapping out the hard drive.

A new SSD inside an older iMac, MacBook, Mac mini, or Mac Pro will lead to much faster OS X performance, app loading, restarting, and file accessing.

While the Mac can use a hard drive formatted for Windows, some features may be limited. So it's a good idea to format a new hard drive specifically for macOS.

How-To How to format a hard drive This article will show how to format a hard drive using Disk Utility, a helpful application that comes with every Mac. It’s easy, and takes a few minutes.

To format a hard drive before you start using it in Windows, use the Disk Management utility; on a Mac, use Disk Utility.

Does anyone know the details about replacing a hard drive on a (under warranty until Nov) MacBook Pro? Should I wait for the warranty to expire since it is working fine, just want to put a bigger ...

Don't use the optical drive in your Unibody MacBook Pro anymore? Put that space in your laptop to better use by replacing the optical drive with a hard drive or SSD.