- It was also announced that the entire MacBook Pro line would use the non user-removable battery first introduced in the 17-inch MacBook Pro. The updated MacBook Pro 13- and the 15-inch would each have up to a claimed seven hours of battery life, while the 17-inch would keep its eight-hour capacity.
- Mar 29, 2019 Removing the hard drive on a MacBook is one of the easier maintenance tasks you can perform, and you can have the hard drive extracted in just a couple minutes. Replacing the old drive with a new one is a snap, and then all you'll need to do is reinstall your operating system.
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① Plug the bootable disk in your dead MacBook. ② Open the MacBook and change boot settings in order to boot from the bootable USB/CD. ③ Boot into the hard drive under guidance. Then reach the main interface of Mac Data Recovery. ④ Insert the external storage device into the dead Macbook Pro to store the recovered data.
If you're the least bit concerned about privacy (and you should be), you should remove the hard drive from an old notebook computer before dropping it off for electronic-recycling.
I have a 6-year-old MacBook Pro computer with a non-functioning display and keyboard. I've repurposed it the last few years as a 'desktop' computer by attaching an external display and keyboard.
Last Macbook Pro With Removable Hard Drive
If you're the least bit concerned about privacy (and you should be), you should remove the hard drive from an old notebook computer before dropping it off for electronic-recycling.
I have a 6-year-old MacBook Pro computer with a non-functioning display and keyboard. I've repurposed it the last few years as a 'desktop' computer by attaching an external display and keyboard.
Last Macbook Pro With Removable Hard Drive
Recently, my laptop's hard drive started making weird clicking noises. That's not a good sign for long-term reliability! Therefore, I decided to retire the computer and recycle it (at the Amherst Highway Department). But I didn't want to recycle it with any personal data inside. What to do? Simple. Pull the internal hard drive out before recycling! Here's how:
Last Macbook Pro With Removable Hard Drive Space
(Tools required: [easyazon_link identifier='B0001NYK16″ locale='US' tag='beatoenterprises' cart='y' cloak='y']Small Phillips screwdriver[/easyazon_link])
1. Remove the 10 screws from back panel using a small Phillips screwdriver.
2. Take off the back cover. The hard drive is easy to locate in the lower left corner.
3. Remove the plastic piece that holds hard drive in place. (2 Phillips screws)
4. Pull off the SATA drive connector and remove the hard drive. Replace cover and screws.
That's it! Now the computer can be safely and securely recycled with all personal information removed.
For now I'll keep the hard drive I removed 'in stock' for a possible project in the future.
