After wanting to upgrade my macbook pro to 1tb for awhile I didn't, ended up ordering the 640 internal hd instead. Here's why, I couldn't find any info on how many platters the 1tb has, any of you know? I read the 750gb has 3 platters and the 640gb has only 2 platters (= faster). Also, the 750gb/1tb are 12.5mm (metric height) not sure if it would really fit in the new macbook pros. I looked into an optibay, but didn't feel that's really necessary. I thought there would be a lot more info on this, but once I really looked into it I couldn't find much.

Anyways, I just want to know if anyone here has put a 1tb (any brand) hard drive into the unibody macbook pro?

subscribe to this for sure. so you have the new model? i have the last model before they changed the body. so i'm curious what i can fit. i have a 200 gig HD and am always trying to find stuff to delete so i dont run out of space

i have that model too and im looking into what options i have, im thinking about putting that 640 in it but i want to see what my options are 1st

how much research have you done? i'm curious what i should expect to spend

not alot really to be honest, i havent gotten serious yet but ive been keeping an eye on any threads with info

For the money the 640gb is the best bet. Also, less risk of it failing do to less internal components.

Can't best this price! www.newegg.com

From my understanding if you're in the white (Macbook) model you can fit the 12.5 or the 9.5. I read about someone doing a .5 and it working just fine, but don't take my word for it. If I fine the post again I'll put up a link for ya.

i have the old style macbook pro 15"

my bad for the last message but just stay with a 9.5. Here's a site where you can look up your mac by model for parts www.ifixit.com

awsome thanks!

So, snow came in today and I did the upgrade, all I have to say is don't forget the mounting screws.

Here's the how to if needed. support.apple.com

One of my dj friends a had installed the 1tb from a western in his new macbook and its fine. i can ask him questions if anybody has any they want to knopw.

what did he do to get his data from the old drive to the new one

does he have th unibody macbook?

ya he has unibody one, ill have to ask him how he did it.

on mine's cuntree we usings 1.5Tarri bites on it for 9.51 mm jus have a smoosh it a littal

keep in mind with some of the new drives like the WD's, the shock guard interferes with Apples sudden motion sensor causing the drive to constantly park itself (spin down and spin up), you will need to do the HDAPM fix which keeps the drive spinning at full powere and letting only apples sensor protect from shocks. Here are 2 links you can read up on, I installed a 500gb WD 5400rpm easily in my Macbook (unibody) and had to do this fix.

discussions.apple.com
forums.macrumors.com

instructions:
1. First of all download ‘HDAPM’ from mckinlay.net.nz/hdapm

2. If Safari doesn’t open it, click on the .DMG file yourself. You see 3 files: a readme, the hdapm.plist and the program itself.

3. Now its time to reveal the hidden folders in Leopard. Go to the Terminal (you can search for it in spotlight; this is the searchbar with the magnifying glass at the top-right of you screen). Copy/paste the following line in the Terminal and press enter:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean true;killall Finder

Leave the Terminal open for now.

4. Open the Finder, go to your Macintosh HD and then to the map /usr → /local → /bin. If there is no map /bin you will have to create it. Do this by Copying and pasting the following line in the Terminal and press enter:

sudo mkdir /usr/local/bin

Ignore the warning and give your admin password. The map /bin has now been created.

5. Copy/past the program hdamp (not the .plist) to the /bin map.

6. Go back to your HD and look for the map /library and then /launchDaemons. Put the hdapm.plist in here and confirm it again with your admin password.

7. Restart your Mac. After reboot, open the console (use spotlight again) and search for the string hdapm (searchbar is again on the right).

8. You will find:

Setting APM level to 0xfe
Success

If this appears, you are done. Congratulations!

But…. If you find:

localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: Dubious ownership on file (skipping): /Library/LaunchDaemons/hdapm.plist*

…you need to go on to point 9.

9. To tackle this problem you have to download the program Lingon from lingon.sourceforge.net. Open it.

10. You have to create a new .plist for hdapm. Click on New (top-left in the program) and check ‘User Daemons’ and then ‘create’. In the 1st field fill in:

hdamp2

the 2nd field:

/usr/local/bin/hdapm disk0 max

and following the 3, check:

"Run it when it is loaded by the system (at startup or login)"

You created hdamp2, as you can see on the left. Click on hdamp and disable it (uncheck the box with enabled) or delete it from /HD/library/LaunchDaemons. Reboot you Mac.

11. If everything went right, your blip/pop sounds are gone. The only thing left to do is hide your folders again. Go to the terminal and copy/paste the following line and press enter:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean false;killall Finder

The End!

these directions sound easier will they work just as well??

support.apple.com

no, turning of SMS on apples side does not work for some reason, tried that first

Yo thanks BriChi!

damn you brichi, i was excited about getting this drive and you took all the fun outta it, now im rethinknin it lol

LOL,,, the fix is easier then it reads, only took a couple of minutes.

I noticed this because all of a sudden right after the drive install, my serato would take like 3 seconds to load a track, so after the job I messed with the laptop and heard that my drive was constantly spinning down and parking, I googled it and found those articles right away. This happens on a lot of drives and apple puts a FW update on all the drives it uses in there macbooks, Apple certified drives have the FW update and the apple logo on their drives

these directions are a little easier

mymacfixes.blogspot.com

you guys should email WD too to see if there is or they are working on a FW update to these drives

Here is the support page to email them support.wdc.com

This one worked for me. . . that other one was like wtf? lol Good looking out~!