How to Upgrade Your MacBook's Hard Drive

What You Need
- Apple MacBook
- Backup software (SuperDuper!, $27.95)
- Phillips #0 Screwdriver
- Torx T8 Screwdriver
- A coin
- An internal hard drive (2.5 SATA)


Upgrading your MacBook's internal hard drive is a simple way to store more documents, music, movies, applications and other files on your new Apple portable.

Hard drives (or hard disk drives) are large capacity storage devices which store all of your data - everything from Mac OS X to your latest iTunes music album. Adding a larger capacity internal hard drive will allow you to store more data without having to plug in external devices. This can also help alleviate slow-downs, errors and other weirdness that can occur when your hard drive starts to get full. It's generally recommended that you keep 5% or 5GB of space free (whichever is larger) to alleviate such issues. If you're running out of space, it's time to consider an upgrade!;continue