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re: Repairing a macbook air DIY
Posted on 5/17/19 at 8:33 am to FuzzyBearE
Posted on 5/17/19 at 8:33 am to FuzzyBearE
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Put in the new drive and boot to the recovery console - it will download the OS install over the internet and do the install.
This is the plan, the internet recovery tool was working without a drive present. Just gonna do a fresh install. Battery looks like a piece of cake and covers a wide range of models.
Just FYI for anyone else looking at this though, swapping the harddrive is simple but getting a compatible drive takes a little work. From the best I can tell in the macbook air apple used a proprietary interface that's not typical PCIe, SATA, or M.2, so the drive is a little hard to find and more pricey. If anyone can debunk this I'm all ears, as it doubles the price of the drive.
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Posted on 5/20/19 at 7:59 am to TheDrunkenTigah
Yeah, Apple being Apple, the drives are special. We always just use the OWC kits (otherworldcomputing.) A little pricey but guaranteed compatibility.
Side note, I'm still rocking my 2012 MBP because the current versions have everything soldered in. No user replaceable HDs as far as I'm aware.
Side note, I'm still rocking my 2012 MBP because the current versions have everything soldered in. No user replaceable HDs as far as I'm aware.
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