Installing second HDD in Macbook optical bay

[ding76uk]

I bought an SSD and have seen a nice increase in speed. I am now looking to add my old hdd into the optical bay and have a second drive in the machine coupled with upping the RAM to 8GB.

I wondered if anyone has any idea where I can buy a caddy to fit the second drive into. Looking around prices vary wildly and I am unsure what to get? Anyone done this job and reccommend where i can get one.

I have the 13" unibody (non pro) macbook.

Cheers as always

 

[ding76uk]

Found this and at a tenner have decided it's worth a punt. Also read an American forum of one that looks identical being excellent.

Also Amazon's return policy is great if it turns out to be useless.

 

[arad85]

Found this and at a tenner have decided it's worth a punt.

Whatchu talkin' about Willis?

 

[ding76uk]

Whatchu talkin' about Willis?

Adding a link would obviously make more sense:bonk:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008UQEY30/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

Saw on a US forum a caddy from Amazon for $15 that looks identical in the pics to this. They said it worked perfectly so going to give it a shot. Amazon's return policy is super good if it turns out to be useless too.

 

[Buck]

Yep, that'll do nicely.

The second drive will be recognised by the OS and away you go (can't remember if it happened on mine but you might have to confirm that the SSD is your primary drive)

 

[Deleted member 49549]

How easy to fit? Been looking at doing this to my mac once the warranty run out which is soon...

 

[neil_g]

looks similar to the one i had in my last dell laptop. was cheap but did the job nicely.

 

[george-smith]

I'm looking at doing this too. Don't suppose anyone knows which drive is best to go in which bay? Would you put the SSD in the main bay as a boot drive and then stick the HDD in instead of the optical bay, or the other way round?

 

[jimyjoe]

Take this with a pinch of salt as I don't have a mbp but I have read a lot into the upgrade options available one.

Keep the hard drive in its original bay as there is a sensor which senses if the device is dropped which lifts the head off the platter protecting the drive. The optical bay won't have this but the ssd won't need it for obvious reasons.

Hope this helps.

Joe

 

[ding76uk]

Fitted it today. Caddy fitted perfect with no need for any changes at all.

Easy DIY job, just take your time. I followed a Youtube video for help and all in it took 30 mins.

Overall a tenner well spent!

 

[MindofMel]

could you link the youtube video?

 

[ding76uk]

could you link the youtube video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbsHZuSQLgM

This is the one I used. Slightly different to my exact model but worked perfectly.

 

[philshep]

These guys have loads of detailed videos for their 'data doubler' product - fits in it MBP optical bay

http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/owc_datadoubler/