Reclaim your macs old hard drive or build a new one. If first aid found corruptions that need to be repaired and then fix it successfully, you can reboot your macbook pro and see if it can work as normal. New macbook pro 2012 hard drive cable a1278, 82100698a, 923009759230104 brand new sealed apple front hard drive bracket with irsleephd cable for macbook pro mid 2012 a1278. Macbook and macbook pro nonretina ssd upgrade bundle. But booted off an external volume, the machine couldnt see its hard drive at all. Apple macbook pro a1278 hard drive replacement repair sata. Remove the hard drive from its cable by pulling the cable connector straight away from the drive. Up to amd radeon pro 5500m with 8gb of gddr6 memory. The thing is that i dont have cds o dvds of the os x lion its a macbook pro a1278 bought. Choose your macbook pro hard drive and click first aid. If the cable from your external display, hard drive, camera, or other device doesnt connect to your mac, you might need an adapter. Owners of a unibody macbook pro laptop are probably already aware that failure of the hard drive flex cable is a common issue. New macbook pro 2012 hard drive cable a1278, 82100698a.
How to recover lost data from crasheddead macbook pro. The hard drives location within the mid2012 macbook pro is circled in red within the next photo. Note, the photo shows the new ssd drive installed in place of the old 5400rpm traditional hard disk. Unfortunately, if youve got a newer model, youre probably out of luck. Macbook pro replacement hard drive cable hdd cable for macbook pro unibody. Lift the hard drive out of the chassis, minding the cable attaching it to the computer. Hdd hard drive flex cable 8211226a for macbook pro a1278. The inch macbook pro includes a solidstate drive thats blazing fast, with sequential read speeds up to 3. New 8212049a hdd hard drive cable for apple macbook pro inch a1278 mid 2012 year md101 md102 laptop hdd hard drive cable 8212049a 4. The simplest is about this mac, available by choosing about this mac from the apple menu in the upperleft corner of your screen. Your mac provides several tools to help you identify it. New 8212049a hdd hard drive cable for apple macbook pro inch a1278 mid 2012 year md101 md102 laptop hdd hard drive cable 8212049a.
Technical specifications for the macbook pro inch core 2 duo 2. Copy your files over from the installed hard drive to the ssd. A1278 hard drive hdd kabel fur apple macbook pro 8210814a kostenloser versand ab 29. When asked to restore files from another disk, choose the currently installed hard drive. Macbook pro replacement hard drive cable hdd cable for. Operating system for macbook pro a1278 macrumors forums. It is powered by a core i5 processor and it comes with 4gb of ram. Apple macbook pro a1278 price may 2020 specification.
Replace a damaged hard drive cable in your mid 2012 macbook pro unibody laptop computer with this part to fix the connection of an unrecognized drive. New macbook pro 2012 hard drive cable a1278, 82100698. Enjoy a long battery life with this apple macbook pro laptop. How to instructions and video to upgrade the macbook pro unibody hard drive or ssd mid2009, mid2010, early 2011, late 2011 and nonretina mid2012. Since writing this, i just came across another 2012 macbook pro, with a bard hard drive cable. First released october 2012, model macbookpro10,2 upgrading the macbook pros hard drive before you get started, youll want to back up your data. The computer powered on just fine but wouldnt boot. Dates sold, processor type, memory info, hard drive details, price and more. Hdd hard drive cable for apple macbook pro inch 2012. Diagnosing macbook pro hard drive cable f apple community. Mid 2012 macbook pro hard drive cable failure 8211480a. Replace a broken or damaged hard drive cable compatible with a model a1278 macbook unibody with this part.
How to replace the hard drive cable in a inch macbook pro. How to replace your macbook pros hard drive with an ssd. How to upgrade your macbook pros hard drive extremetech. Hdd hard drive cable for apple macbook pro inch 2012 a1278. Apr, 2015 when you buy any fullyassembled external hard drive for your mac, youre really buying two things.
Replace the plastic bracket that secures the hard drive. Tkd 1tb ssd hard drive replacement for macbook air pro 11 15 a1502 a98 a1465 a1466 late 20, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 mac pro a1481 mojave 5yr warranty. Hard drive cable w ir sensor for macbook pro unibody mac parts and send in mac repair service for your apple macbook, macbook pro, imac, iphone or ipad. With touch id on your macbook pro, you can quickly unlock your mac and make purchases using your apple id and apple payall with your fingerprint. Apple macbook pro a1278 hard drive replacement repair guide install laptop. Macbook unibody model a1278 hard drive replacement.
Click on reinstall mac os x and choose the ssd as the destination. Weve done a couple of our own harddrive upgrade guides for the mac mini, the macbook pro, and the macbook air. When you buy any fullyassembled external hard drive for your mac, youre really buying two things. Replace or upgrade the hard drive in your compatible macbook, macbook pro, intel mac mini, and sony ps3ps3 slimps4 game consoles. Oct 12, 2014 heres just a quick tutorial on how to install a second hard drive or solid state drive to your old macbook pro by replacing the optical drive with a ssdhdd in case you need any extra storage. Fix apple macbook pro a1278 mid 2012 hard drive cable flashing question mark folder, hdd missing duration.
Use this information to find out which macbook pro you have, and where it fits in the history of macbook pro. The hard drive is hidden underneath the battery access door. After turning off your mac and turning it back on, the system boots just. Heres just a quick tutorial on how to install a second hard drive or solid state drive to your old macbook pro by replacing the optical drive with a ssdhdd in case you need any extra storage.
Mar 25, 2016 the hard drive s location within the mid2012 macbook pro is circled in red within the next photo. Macbook unibody model a1278 hard drive replacement ifixit. The apple macbook pro a1278 packs 500gb of hdd storage. How to upgrade macbook pro hard drive unibody, 20092012. If your mac is more than a few years old, you can almost certainly upgrade the hard drive. Makes it an interesting beast, with that wide range of operating systems for the same model number. New 8210814a replacement hdd hard drive cable for macbook pro inch a1278 laptop 2009, 2010, 8210814a, 9229062 hdd hard drive cable can not be used for 2011 version 4. If you gave it a new name in disk utility, itll show up as such. It has a powerful processor and plenty of ram for smooth multitasking. If you have an old macbook pro with one foot in the grave, the single best thing you can do to breathe new life into it is replace its traditional spinning hard drive with a solidstate drive.
Macbook pro unibody mid 2012 hard drive cable ifixit. Apple made accessing the hard drive on the first unibody macbook model a1278 easy. Model a1278 is especially prone to this type of failure. Macbook unibody model a1278 festplatte ersetzen ifixit. Note, the photo shows the new ssd drive installed in place of. Now im not too sure how to set this new hard drive up as in putting an os on it and formatting it correctly im not concerned with getting any of my old data back on it, i just want to set.
That could be because your mac is waiting on the hard drive. Next, launch superduper, and set it to clone your macs hard drive to the ssd. Macbook pro unibody a1278 replacement parts supplied by unionrepair with wholesale price, including lcd screen, battery replacement. While it affects just about the entire unibody lineup, the mid 2012 macbook pro. Install a 2nd hddssd by replacing the optical drive.
Apple made the regular macbook in an aluminum enclosure in 2008 and the following aluminum model was changed to be called the macbook pro. Remove the two t6 torx screws from each side of the hard drive four screws total. Apr 11, 2016 that could be because your mac is waiting on the hard drive. This cable connects the hard drive to the logic board. Hdd hard drive flex cable 8211480a for macbook pro a1278 mid 2012. The model a1278 was first sold in 2009, and came with leopard. Idiskk gb 1tb external hard drive memory storage for iphone 11 pro 5678xxrxs max,usb3.
My hard drive in my macbook completely broke a few weeks ago didnt have much on it thankfully, so i bought a new hard drive and replaced the old one. Sunmall hdd hard drive cable wirsleephd cable replacement with bracket 9230741 9230104 8211480a for apple macbook pro unibody a1278 2012 year md101lla md102lla 4. Heres a list of sata drives that will work for you. Hard drive cable w ir sensor for macbook pro unibody.
Apr 10, 2018 if your mac is more than a few years old, you can almost certainly upgrade the hard drive. If the original hard drive on your macbook pro is getting a little too full you can replace it with a much larger one pretty easily. Apr 30, 2018 click on reinstall mac os x and choose the ssd as the destination. That is because you are looking at a macbook pro a1278, not the macbook unibody. Macbook pro unibody a1278 replacement parts repair parts.
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