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MacBook Pro 13 Alive again

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MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Mid 2009

MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Mid 2009 Hard Drive Cable Replacement

MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Mid 2009 Hard Drive Cable Replacement

30 minutes

Easy

My Problem

My MacBook Pro 13 would not boot recently. All signs pointed to the hard drive. I picked up a replacement SSD, formatted and restored from Time Machine via external caddy and installed it to no avail. A couple of online sources pointed me towards the hard drive cable. Came to your sight and ordered replacement.

My Fix

Replacement hard drive cable arrived and I installed quite easily. My MBP booted perfectly.

My Advice

Have the proper tools handy (I picked up a tool kit from iFixit as well) and work in a well lit area. Those screws are tiny! That and back up often. Only data I lost was work I did after my last back up.

Mako Driver Kit - 64 Precision Bits Image
Mako Driver Kit - 64 Precision Bits

$39.95

MacBook Pro 13" Unibody (Mid 2009-Mid 2010) Hard Drive Cable Image
MacBook Pro 13" Unibody (Mid 2009-Mid 2010) Hard Drive Cable

$34.99

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