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Can I swap out Hard Drive from old MacBook into new MacBook?

My Macbook Pro just died from liquid spill, but the 500 GB hard drive is unscathed, and all my data is intact. When I get a new Macbook, can I take out it's 500 GB hard drive and replace it with the old one? Would that work?

Would the new laptop start up as if it was the old laptop?

If I can't do that I'll have to transfer everything over manually and sift through all the old files to try to find software keys and serial numbers, etc.

The old drive is currently in an external drive housing and is working fine.

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I just cloned the 1tb ssd from a 2008 Core 2 MBP that I use to run Mainstage and play live.Wanted more horsepower so I bought a mid 2012 13 inch MBPwith an i7 dropped in 16gb of memory dumped the optical drive for in a drive caddy for the old hdd. Initially the system booted from the old drive but after changing the settings to the new drive I rebooted and all worked perfectly. I updated from Yosemite to Mojave and found that only one odd app and the Office 2008 install wouldn't work. You'd never do this with a PC!

So, yes you can swap drives between old and newer Macbook Pros, at least I could.

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Hi I have a similar question. My iMac late 2013 (21.5) core i5 died and I just purchased the iMac late 2013 (21.5) core i7. Can I swap them without time Machine? I do appreciate your responses!

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Chase,"You'd never do this with PC!" I literally have done this with multiple Surface Pro 3s.

I recently bought a used SSD to revive my macbook because I can't access internet restore and can't create a rescue disk without another Mac. I'm hoping that dropping in the SSD (supposedly with a clean high sierra install) will do the trick and save my Macbook Air from being a fancy prop.

I'd NEVER have to do that with a PC. so... there's that.

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So from what I’ve gathered, if I comprehend.

I can take my hard drive from my late 2011 MacBook Pro and transfer that to a new model? Unfortunately I don’t have an external hard drive. I believe my alternative option would be to buy a used logic board and pray this is successful. Am I correct?

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It should work but I'm not sure because you're changing processor types to the i5. You could also use Time Machine to move all your data over. To test if the old hard drive will work, start up holding down the Option key and select the external drive. You can also use something like SuperDuper to clone the old drive.

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Great advice! I'll see if the old drive will boot up my loaner duo core 13 MB Pro now.

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On the loaner MB Pro my old drive booted up and ran like a champ. Thanks for the great advice.

I wonder if I could bring the old drive to the Apple Store and try it on one of the new i7 quad core MB Pros before I buy....

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Even if it won't boot from the old drive (which it probably will) you can still use Time MACHINE TO MOVE YOUR USERS AND APPS.

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Apple Store note: For the last few years (since 2015 at least, and maybe for a long time before), Apple Store staff won't let you to connect an external drive to a demo computer. They're spooked by malware, even though they're likely to be booting into guest accounts which could be wiped at shutdown. This means that you can't walk in with an external drive and boot the computer into your own setup for testing purposes, or with an older Mac in target drive mode.

This is irritating since they stopped installing pro apps like Photoshop on the demo systems. If you're dealing directly with the Apple Store, you have to "buy before you try". Your best option may be to purchase the computer you think will work, transfer your data from your old Mac/Time Machine using Migration Assistant, test your apps, and take your new computer back immediately if it doesn't satisfy your need. If Apple won't get a more consumer-friendly policy, then they should restock inadequate computers people buy because they can't test first.

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Yes, but there are no guarantees the system will boot with your old configuration or operating system. It typically works if the system is similar, but if it’s too radically different you may need to take a backup and start over.

The reason this generally ends up working is Max OS X is more receptive to total system changes compared to Windows. It doesn’t always work (Ex: Core Duo original to a Core 2 Duo/Core i series with a dual video subsystem may not boot), but it usually does in most situations well enough to get your data and wipe the system. PPC->Intel (or vice versa) doesn’t work. This is a well known limitation on how far you can take it.

If you can, I would see if you can get the system working well enough to do a Time Machine backup and have that as a failsafe just in case (or to have a backup to start fresh if the old install is due for a refresh anyway). If it can’t be salvaged, the old OS usually works passably to get your data backed up so you can restart with a fresh installation on the new system.

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That sounds encouraging.

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So from what I gathered if I were to put my old ssd hard drive from my 2012 MacBook and put it into the exact same model just a different machine it would work and boot up as it did?

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Did this work cause I won’t to buy the same model of MacBook (MacBook Pro M1 chip 2020) and I won’t to insert the hard drive from my damaged laptop

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I was asked to transplant a client’s 4TB HDD from a 20” iMac (early 2008) to a 21.5” iMac (mid-2011) and was concerned about compatibility. My client wanted to upgrade from OSX 10.11 (El Capitan) to OSX 10.13 (High Sierra), as well, and I saw this as an opportunity to experiment.

I reasoned that, if any part of the device/driver system wasn’t happy after the transplant, I could simply perform the OS upgrade (from external media, if the system really wouldn’t run properly). I figured that the upgrade process would install whatever drivers were determined appropriate by the installer, resolving any hardware/driver issues. In the meantime, I could observe the effects of performing such a transplant. (If you don’t intend to upgrade your OS version, keep reading anyway; this post is still relevant to you.)

I installed the hard drive in the later iMac and booted up; not a problem in the world. The system performed perfectly. I ran many applications and performed a number of hardware-intensive operations without a single hiccup.

Then I performed the High Sierra upgrade, using the installer file in the Applications folder to perform the upgrade. It went as smooth as silk.

Obviously, there are limits to this reasoning; this transfer was from iMac to iMac and within 4 years of each other. They both used the same graphics card, for example. But whether your two devices are compatible or not, there is a way to force the installation of the drivers and software appropriate to your destination machine. It is this:

1) Check to make sure that the destination device (the device you are moving the hard drive to) is compatible with the MacOS version you want to end up with. You can follow this link to compare device/OS compatibility, using the serial number of the device: https://everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup...

2) Having verified its compatibility (Step 1), download the installer for the operating system you are going to wind up with. DO THIS EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT UPGRADING YOUR OS VERSION. Follow this link to locate and download older MacOS versions: https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-so...

3) Copy the downloaded installer into the Applications folder on the hard drive you’re going to move AND create an external-media installer (a DVD or USB drive), just in case. Follow this link for media creation directions: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372

4) Perform the transplant and assess the system performance. If all is normal, you’re home free.

5) If the system does not work properly but is basically functional, run the installer in the Applications folder to reinstall your existing OS (or upgrade to your target OS). The installer will poll the hardware on the device it is being installed on and will automatically select and install the appropriate drivers.

6) If the system is NOT basically functional (that is, if video, optical disk drives or other hardware components are not working properly), connect your external-media device (the DVD or USB drive in Step 2). Then reboot while holding down the ‘Option’ key until the startup volume window appears. Then choose your external-media installer, in order to boot from it, and allow the installer to install the drivers appropriate for the system hardware it discovers.

This procedure should work between almost any two mac devices, provided that they are both Intel-based devices (or both PPC devices, for that matter) and as long as the destination OS version is compatible with the destination device.

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I did this and though it will 'work' by booting up, it ended up being way (way) slower than moving the files/apps over using Time Machine or manually. I'm guessing the drivers or something on the old OS aren't optimized for the new hardware. So essentially don't do it - start from start from scratch or re-install the OS on the old hard drive!

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