Sorry, misread the question as a Mac Pro, and not MacBook Pro issue. The answer for internal drives is still the same. If you wanted to replace the internal drive with another (larger capacity or faster RPM) drive, you could put a SATA3 drive in there and it'll work fine.

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SoftRAID v5.5 2 x 1.0TB WD Black Hard Disk Drive OWC Multi-Mount - 2.5' to 3.5' and 3.5' to 5.25' bracket set for 2009-2012 Mac Pro. NewerTech MAXPower USB/eSATA 2x2 Host Adapter LG 23.5' Widescreen LED Monitor. Crucial MX500 500GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-inch 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal SSD CT11157159 500GB 2.5-inch internal SSD • SATA 6.0Gb/s • 560 MB/s Read, 510 MB/s Write; upgrade for Apple. The Mac Pro had room for four internal 3.5' SATA-300 hard drives in four internal 'bays'. The hard drives were mounted on individual trays (also known as 'sleds') by captive screws. A set of four drive trays was supplied with each machine. In comparing bus performance with an SSD and current Macs, Bare Feats found SATA the fastest bus at 273 MB/s, followed by USB 3.0 [not yet built into any Apple product when this was first published in 2010] at 206.

If you want to add an external SATA3 drive, you could do that too. If your MBP is the 17 inch machine, you can add an ESATA card that supports SATA3.

Otherwise, you'd add a SATA3 drive through any number of USB or firewire hard drives, but their performance would max out at the speed of the interface. External dvd drive for mac. Hope that helps! Sorry, misread the question as a Mac Pro, and not MacBook Pro issue. The answer for internal drives is still the same.

If you wanted to replace the internal drive with another (larger capacity or faster RPM) drive, you could put a SATA3 drive in there and it'll work fine. If you want to add an external SATA3 drive, you could do that too. If your MBP is the 17 inch machine, you can add an ESATA card that supports SATA3.

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Otherwise, you'd add a SATA3 drive through any number of USB or firewire hard drives, but their performance would max out at the speed of the interface. Mac - how to clear out other storage. Hope that helps! Apple Footer • This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums. Apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site.