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I purchased a Macbook Pro Retina 13' with a 256GB Flash Hard Drive at the start of 2013, however I now wish to upgrade that storage. I have found a replacement drive (finally), at, which has 480GB of usable memory. I first want to know whether this is a good idea, or whether anyone has a better suggestion as to upgrading.

I then want to know, if I backup my current system to Time Machine (as the 250GB), and then restore from time machine to the 480GB drive, will it partition the 480 into 250, or will all my files copy to the 480GB, with, say, another 100 or 200GB left over (I have currently reached the capacity on my Macbook). Help would be greatly appreciated. Hi - ---------------------- ****WHOOPS: Just noticed this is the 13' model, not the 15'. Caveat to what I say. Better touch tool for mac 10.6.8 free. The 13' battery disconnection is a bit more complicated than the 15'. There are 3 screws attaching the battery to the logic board, AND a small chip that you can readily damage. So take a look at the SSD replacment () before doing any of this.

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If you aren't comfortable with it, OWC will let you send them the macbook pro and they'll do it for you. Just a thought. ---------------------- Before I answer, there is a problem with Dan's suggestion.

Technically speaking, the external shell from OWC isn't supposed to be used with the OWC SSD. They don't specify why (and I haven't looked at the specs close enough to discern the reason - could be an amperage/volt or SSD component issue), but they prohibit you from putting the OWC drive into the shell. The Envoy Pro shell is meant for the old Apple SSD ONLY. This is my learning lesson for you. When I bought my first OWC retina drive when they first came out. I put it in the shell to do exactly what Dan is suggesting. The problem: the shell shorted the new SSD within 10 minutes.

I had to send it back and get a replacement. Do not use Dan's suggestion. It may cost you a drive, or at the very least, a delay to get a replacement.

And they will ask you if you put the new drive in the shell. It may not happen, but I wouldn't chance it. Learn from my mistake. READ DIRECTIONS. Hahaha (Moving on with my answers) 1. Backing up to Time capsule and restoring.

Isn't affected by the new drive's size, provided the new drive isn't smaller than the amount of data saved (ie, you backed up a 512gb SSD with 400GB of data, and then try to restore to a 256GB SSD. That's a NO GO), you're fine. I do it all the time with the 75+ macs I circulate at my office.

It can be a really slow process, though due to the limitations of your time capsule, your network/network capabilities of the mac, and the SSD limitations (sometimes with the 3Mbps 2011 Macbook Airs SSDs, it can go overnight). OWC's products are great, and carry a 3-5 year warranty (provided you buy the drive from them or a licensed distributor. If you buy on ebay from an individual, you're on your own). I have plenty of both their macbook air and macbook pro retina SSD replacements. They're quality drives. Buy the shells with your first drive (for whatever model). They are extremely handy.

You DO have an alternative as of last month. Jetdrive from Transcend. According to their data (which yes, can be skewed), their model out-performs the OWC Aura Pro 6G SSD's.

The BEST PART - which is why I'm buying one - is that there is also a much larger drive option: 960GB!! Regardless of size, you'd need their JetDrive 720 model (240/480/960GB option).

Lastly, as Dan mentioned, there are ways to make sure you're not at risk of losing anything before you use the restore feature. First, with what you're doing, both OWC and Transcend sell the replacement drive KIT as Dan mentioned (which includes an external shell for your OLD APPLE SSD). You COULD (and this method is faster), pull the old SSD (which by the way -- BE SURE TO UNPLUG THE BATTERY BEFORE DOING ANYTHING UNDER THE HOOD OF THE RETINAS!!), pop in the new drive (be it the Jetdrive or OWC version), pop the old SSD into the shell and plug it in to the USB, and then BOOT with one the following methods: [Assuming you backed up your drive here. Either with something like Carbon Copy to another drive, or to an external Time Capsule, etc.] a. Holding option key + r. This will force the macbook pro to contact Apple's network to restore (because the new drive won't have anything on it and that is the default response to a blank drive (using a network connection).