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- blackmage439, on 12/13/2007, -7/+42This is horribly inaccurate.
Swapping the hard dive and memory are specifically stated in Apple Care's terms of use to be ALLOWED and WILL NOT VOID YOUR WARRANTY. As long as you follow these steps, you'll be fine: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/MacBook_13inch_Ha ... - wonderchemist, on 12/13/2007, -2/+36Should we trust an article from someone who can't even tell a MacBook from a MacBook Pro?
- jason5190, on 12/13/2007, -2/+24changing the hard drive on the macbook doesnt void the warranty, only changing it on the macbook pro does.
- trump48257, on 12/13/2007, -2/+18Yea that's true on a MacBook (as I have), but in the article they actually were upgrading a Pro -- which does technically void the warrany.
- Balanced, on 12/13/2007, -2/+13What do you mean? You're complaining because it's a sealed case?
- fkr3, on 12/13/2007, -0/+10Does it freak you out at all that people are that 'into' you?
- DiggityDugged, on 12/13/2007, -7/+14Green MrBabyMan: Do not want!
Change it back! Change it! - damonic, on 12/13/2007, -0/+7It only voids the hard drive warranty. The rest of the parts are still under warranty. I confirmed this with my local Apple store before doing it.
- ShamaN357, on 12/13/2007, -5/+11I really thought this article was going to address an actual time machine. Buried as inaccurate.
- MadKennyP, on 12/13/2007, -0/+5Oh, it will . . . in the FUTURE!
OK, that didn't really work like I wanted. - Balanced, on 12/13/2007, -1/+5Probably the formatting. Time Machine apparently needs the drive formatted with GUID instead of MBR, or something.
- aduzik, on 12/13/2007, -0/+4My mom bought a refurb iMac a couple of months ago which unfortunately had a defective fan. But, she managed to set up Time Machine, make a backup, boot from the Leopard DVD and restore her Time Machine backup onto her new computer without any assistance. Even after owning computers for fifteen years, she has trouble copying and pasting but she could do this. That's why Time Machine is impressive.
- streak, on 12/13/2007, -0/+4To use Carbon Copy Cloner (great donationware) or SuperDuper ($$$), an external 2.5" SATA-compatible enclosure would have been needed. The Time Machine method uses the least amount of extra hardware, assuming Time Machine backups are already going and you don't want to trash them.
- happyseamonster, on 12/13/2007, -0/+4Consider- If you're changing a HDD while your warranty is still good, then it's because you want a bigger and/or faster HDD. So, the previous HDD is still good. Save it and reinstall it if you have a warranty issue come up.
- happyseamonster, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3The author points out that he could've used Superduper but that he wanted to see how TM handled it....
- totorototoro, on 12/13/2007, -1/+4Uh..I know the difference. Did you read the article? He's tallking about replacing his internal hard drive with a cloned version, and used Time Machine to make a clone. Time Machine doesn't excel at making hard drive clones. Superduper and Carbon Cloner do. So for THIS ARTICLE, he is using a tool that isn't designed to do the task, as, you noted, Time Machine is DIFFERENT than Superduper. Did you read the ***** article?
- totorototoro, on 12/13/2007, -5/+8Why go thru all that *****? Just use Superduper or CarbonCloner.
- damonic, on 12/13/2007, -2/+5It only voids the hard drive warranty. The rest of the parts are still under warranty. I confirmed this with my local Apple store before doing it.
- DeathJux, on 12/13/2007, -1/+4As long as you're not an idiot and you don't damage anything, there's no way of knowing you've opened the case on your MBP. They are extremely easy take apart without screwing them up.
- ttamshadbolt, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3
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Please return to the Apple Support homepage. - bigsteve, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2So long as by "secret" you mean "documented feature," then ...
- KezG, on 12/13/2007, -0/+3Does anyone know where I can get the mentioned 2.5" WD Scorpio 320GB drive in the UK?
Love to whoever can find a place. - streak, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2Now that you know the drawbacks and how to easily avoid them, what's the problem with TM?
- InfiniteNothing, on 12/13/2007, -1/+3Thumbs up for super duper. That's some good stuff
- fkr3, on 12/13/2007, -4/+6What if you want pizza for dinner tonight?
Welcome to another completely different scenario. - gordeh, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2Quite, I've done it twice to mine, once for a hard drive upgrade and once for a wireless N upgrade.
- slayerab, on 12/13/2007, -2/+3Eww, tigerdirect spam, eww
- DesertTripper, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1"Well, yeah, we have a TIME machine..."
-- Frito, year 2505 - MrBabyMan, on 12/13/2007, -2/+3Rest assured, it'll go back after the holidays... Till then, let's be festive!
- Urkel, on 12/13/2007, -1/+2What is everyone's experience with Time Machine. I have tested it a few times and it worked great. But I have also run into major problems with Time Machine backups disappearing or hangs during backup (common spotlight related issue).
It's a shame because I still think it's a fantastic bit of software but I really wouldn't put trust that it will be there when I need it. If I ever do a drive swap or anything major like that then I would definitely choose something more reliable like SuperDuper. - gordeh, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1Komplett have them, but they are out of stock at the moment.
http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.aspx?sku=343402
I have the 250gb version in my macbook pro and they are great drives. - pyrates, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1How does pointing out this bug have to do with having to know the difference between a macbook and a macbook pro?
- ramsinks.com, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1The good news? SuperDuper is free for cloning.
;) - VitriolAndAngst, on 12/20/2007, -0/+1From what I've heard, SuperDuper doesn't work with Leopard yet -- so it's just CCC for now.
- slimnickyy, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1Swapping drivers doesn't violate the warranty unless it's the "pro" model. Check apple support pages.
- happyseamonster, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1If you already have a Time Machine back up on an external drive, it's good to know this. Not everyone has purchased Super Duper for 27.95 and has it ready to go when their internal drive fails.
- harlowsmonkeys, on 12/14/2007, -0/+1I'm curious if this would work?
1. Put drive in external USB case (or get one of those temporary SATA to USB adaptors) and hook the drive up via USB.
2. Use dd from a terminal to copy the old drive to the new drive.
3. The new drive now has an exact copy of your old volume, including the old partitioning, so there is a bunch of wasted space. Run Disk Utility and expand the volume to use the extra space.
(Yes, Disk Utility can resize partitions and volumes. I believe that was added as part of Apple's work on Bootcamp).
4. Shut down and swap drives.
(For extra safety, do steps 1-3 booted from the Leopard DVD, rather than from the disk you are copying, so you won't have any problems with open files in an inconsistent state). - harlowsmonkeys, on 12/14/2007, -0/+1He's using Leopard. SuperDuper, according to their web page, is not fully Leopard compatible.
- billysu, on 12/23/2007, -0/+0Thank you so much for this little tip! You have saved me a lot of grief. I managed to put in a new 250GB HD into my Mac Book Pro all by myself (and I'm a GIRL!!!!!). Well chuffed. And like someone else said, after restoring from Time Machine, it was as if I had not even logged off my computer. Well pleased. Happy Christmas!
- pyrates, on 12/13/2007, -1/+1Sounds like a bug that Apple should fix. Too bad that once they fix it, you'll need to burn a copy of the leopard install dvd with the fix included.
- ramsinks.com, on 12/13/2007, -1/+1Um.. Plug in a hard drive via USB. SuperDuper. Swap drive. Done.
Ahh "news".. - RealHyperX, on 12/13/2007, -5/+5some kid at an apple store said its ok? haha
- CraigJ, on 12/13/2007, -2/+2Relax. I'm pretty sure that is a Christmas decoration and only temporary.
- RealHyperX, on 12/13/2007, -1/+1How about apple people putting code in there that says, there is a 20 gig file that keeps changing, should we exclude it. A pop up or something. This is the point exactly when dealing with an OS meant an your average consumer and not corporate user. Things like this is why apple will have a hard time getting into the corporate world. They just dont get it.
- streak, on 12/13/2007, -1/+1Get it in writing. You break anything while servicing a MB or MBP yourself and you'll have to pay for the repair. You incur any kind of failure that might have come about from an unauthorized self-service job (like opening up a MBP only to exchange the HD) and you'll have to pay for the repair.
- NaziHatinChimp, on 12/14/2007, -2/+1Uh actually ***** I got an iPhone, 1 G4 iMac, 1 G5 iMac, 1 intel Macbook Pro, and a whole bunch of older apple computers. I don't hate Apple, I just hate people's blindness to them. If you have an iPhone you've either cracked it or your not using it all.
- naonao, on 12/13/2007, -3/+2I like it, come on people it's Christmas!
- toasterweasel, on 12/13/2007, -3/+2shut up
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