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Replace the macbook cover and screw in the ten tiny screws. Dont quote me on this, but i think that model also supports 64bit os x. Although every effort is made to provide the most accurate and useful information in owc videos, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding accuracy, completeness, reliability, or usefulness of any information. After my macbook pro ssd upgrade, i hardly see the annoying rainbow wheel, that i used to see at least four times a day while working with ms word. The disk performance is roughly doubled but its far short of a new macbook air pro with an ssd.
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