Dvd drive for macbook pro
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I think you should look out for an external one. It's like Steve Jobs said once, Blu-Ray is a bag of hurt (to implement it in a Mac). So in my opinion, it's not possible to fit an internal Blu-Ray drive into a 15" MacBook Pro Unibody.
And since you mentionned the height of 9.5mm, I assume it's a 15" MacBook Pro you're talking about. Their are some with 12,5mm in height, but they will only fit in a 17" MacBook Pro.
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It seems like Apple, with his eagerness to design the thinnest notebooks, has made it almost impossible to install an internal Blu-Ray drive inside a Unibody MacBook Pro. Take a look at this picture with the supported models: And of course, some clever guys did find a work around to play Blu-Ray movies onto your Mac.įor the hardware, it seems it's pretty hard to find an internal drive with a 9.5mm hight to fit in your 15" MacBook Pro. However, you can play your Blu-Ray movies by using Windows.
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Carefully unplug the flexible data connection cable from the old superdrive and plug it onto the new blu-ray drive.įor the software, I have to say you won't be able to play a Blu-Ray drive onto your Mac since their is no decoder for Mac OS X integrated.Now also swap out the small Y shaped mounting bracket from the plug-side of the superdrive and screw it to the new blu-ray drive - those two screw holes do match up exactly already.The top metal shell from the original superdrive should now Swap out those top metal shells, and screw the drives back together.
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You may want to look up how to do this, it's a little tricky to free it up successfully. Do not touch any components inside of the drive. It's this top metal shell that we need to keep, it has the mounting holes in the right spots, so be very careful not to damage it. This will expose the internal guts of the superdrive. You'll also have to peel off a strip of silver tape that connects the top shell to the bottom shell.
DVD DRIVE FOR MACBOOK PRO UPGRADE
How to upgrade to the Panasonic/Matshita UJ167 drive Once you finish the upgrade, OS X will "recognize blu-ray discs and it will be available to the file system like any other optical disc". (see "How to upgrade to the Panasonic/Matshita UJ167 drive") The problem is solved by swapping the drives' upper There is a slight difference with some mounting points on the top side However, these blu-ray drives are not a "100% direct swap out replacement": It is now possible with the Panasonic/Matshita UJ167 9.5mm slot-loading BD-ROM drive, and/or the UJ-267 BD-Recorder drive, and some extra software: Mac Blu Ray Player from MacGo. The following YouTube video by breakbeet808 confirms that