OWC 250GB Mercury Electra 3G 2.5-inch Serial-ATA 7mm SSD

Easy to order. Arrived first day of promised date range. Easy to install (don’t need a new cable that some sources recommend). Plenty of info on-line for formatting and OS install. Performs as expected: faster than original mechanical HD.

Yo compre dos discos iguales.- Instale uno en un macbook de finales de 2009 en donde fue simplemente conectarlo e instalar el MACOS.- El otro fue para un macbook pro de mediados de 2012 (9.2) y lo que ocurria era que el disco era formateable, lo reconocia bien etc. Sin embargo al momento de instalar el sistema operativo siempre ocurria algun error. Escribi a soporte tecnico y me dijeron que cambiara el cable SATA (por cierto el soporte tecnico es 100% recomendado; es un chat en vivo de personas conocedoras) . Lo cambie (la verdad sin mucha espectativa por que la referencia era la misma que tenia mi MAC) y ya se instalo sin problemas el sistema operativo.RESUMEN: si estan teniendo problemas...cambien el cable.En cuento al cámbio de HDD a SSD 100% recomendado. Le da nueva vida al computador. Incluso más rapido que subir la RAM (cosa que habia hecho hace un par de años).

The price

My 2010 MBP was dying and disk tools showed SMART status failing on old drive. Checked out the specs and the helpful installation video and ordered this SSD from OWC, plus doubled my storage from 500GB to 1TB and for a really great price. I received the drive promptly and within an hour of delivery had it installed and ready for the Time Machine transfer back of all my files and apps. The actual installation into the MBP was a snap and took no time at all, just follow the instructions, use static precautions and the right tools for the job. My MBP is back up and running happily now, and the new drive is faster and lots of storage to expand into. Saved me from buying a new MBP for a few years I reckon.

Good

Great value for the money. Easy to install. Works perfectly.

Looking to add an SSD to a Mac? This is the brand to use! My personal experience using with a 2012 iMac was positive. Make sure you use the Utility app to format the drive first. Next use an app such as “SuperDuper!” to clone the drive. Before the SSD upgrade, iMac took about 5 minutes to get past the apple logo. Now, it takes under 10 seconds! My favorite thing is you don’t need to install any extra apps like fan control. Would purchase again for Mac product.

Love it. Works great. Only issue I had was it was uninitialized. But luckily I looked up a video and was able to format it correctly. I put it in a MacBook pro 2010 a1286