
This model MacBook Pro suffered video issues and many units were recalled under the repair extension program offered by Apple. This means, the laptops are as-is on the market today. Note: The MacBook Pro 17” 2011 models are officially discontinued and no longer supported or cared for by Apple and authorized Apple retailers. * As of 2018, this configuration is the fastest 2011 MacBook Pro on. Here’s a break down of the technical details. It is important to understand what the last model MacBook Pro 17” featured. This article is dedicated to the die-hard Apple fans of the fastest 17” MacBook Pro 2011 model money can buy. The larger laptop screen size has a limited marketplace for Apple and the demand for portability (mobile devices, phones) and efficient (long lasting battery life) computing is the forefront of Apple’s technological spectrum. Today, it is highly unlikely Apple will ever release another 17” laptop screen. The last official 17” MacBook Pro model released was the MacBook Pro Core i7 2.5 17” Late 2011 found here. Since then, (nearly 7 years as of this article) online petitions requested Apple to bring back their 17” laptop screen, but these petitions had little support. Install your old hard drive in your usb enclosure and use it as a back up drive.When Apple discontinued their 17” MacBook Pro line, many Apple fans held onto a glimmer of hope it might one day return. restart your macbook and you should have a startup time of 14 sec. If you find that your boot time in your new ssd is too slow - go to system preferences - startup disk and select your ssd as your startup drive. Once the clone is done - install your ssd in your macbook - turn it on and your back in business. Source drive (your old hard drive) destination drive (your new ssd drive)Ĭlick on clone - you might get a pop up message saying that a recovery partition wasn't created - create one using carbon copy and proceed with the clone. Open disk utility - format/erase your ssd to mac os extended journaledĬlose disk utility and open carbon copy and proceed to clone your drive. Install your ssd in your external enclosure.

Second - download carbon copy - free to download.Īssuming you've installed and downloaded carbon copy and have a usb external enclosure. When you decide to go SSD.Here are the step by step on how to do a data transfer.įirst - make sure you have a usb external enclosure or a usb data cable.
