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what's going on guys johnathan here with TLD back with part deuce of the macbook pro upgrade series and since the last video I was actually able to pick up 16 gigs of RAM for this monstrosity I was able to find it on sale for 299 bucks and when you compare that to o WC or crucial which is about 600 bucks it is an extremely good deal and I post a link down in the description if you guys are interested in checking that out now before I get started I know some of you guys are gonna freak out my god John what are you doing you don't need 16 gigs of RAM it's overkill and while true most people won't use 16 gigabytes of RAM if you are however using programs like Adobe After Effects cs5 any of these 64-bit applications the more RAM you can throw at it the better it's going to perform I also come from a music background so for those of you guys that have used logic or pro tools you know that virtual instruments eat up memory so again the more you can throw at it the better and for the three guys that have asked about my music before here's a quick clip and if you guys want to check out the full song that link is also in the description now for this video I will strictly be doing a single hard drive to SSD upgrade for those you guys that just want to do that and in the following video that's will be taken up the optical drive throwing both SSDs putting them in raid and hopefully getting some insane performance as a precursor to this video that's a couple things you need obviously the SSD or the hard drive you're upgrading to a Phillips screwdriver a Torx screwdriver and then since we'll be doing a fresh install of OS 10 line you will need a thumb drive now before we open up the MacBook Pro we're going to take that thumb drive we're going to make sure we have an OS 10 lion install drive so we're going to pop the USB drive and head over to Disk Utility then we're going to erase it and make sure it is formatted properly once that's done we're going to download the lion utility program opposed to direct link in the description for you guys we'll go ahead and install it on the drive and now we are ready to open up the macbook pro first thing we're going to do is make sure the MacBook Pro is powered off then we're going to flip it upside down preferably if you have a blanket or a soft cloth use that so you don't scratch your MacBook Pro there's going to be 11 screws you got to get through so we'll be using that Phillips screwdriver luckily through the magic of video we'll speed this up but just a quick tip I like to use a little water cap or Gatorade top just so you can throw the screws in there they're extremely small and extremely easy to lose so this will help you keep them in place once the screws are out we're going to pop the top lift lid and you will see everything exposed now the first step to removing the hard drive we will need that Phillips screwdriver again so there's a little bracket furthest away from you go to unscrew that you actually don't have to pull the screws out there just kind of leave them in there and set it aside and then below that there's going to be two more Phillips screws we got to remove once we do that we can pull out the hard drive and actually going to be attached to these SATA and power cables so go ahead and gently remove that and then we're going to remove that little plastic tab we use to remove the hard drive in the first place so go and pull that off set that to the side again and then lastly we're going to need the torque screwdriver for this one there's four screws on each corner of the hard drive so it's going to remove those set those aside because we're going to have to put those on the new drive as well now before we connect anything we're going to take those four screws put them on the new drive and then take that plastic tab and attach it to the new drive as well and then once we have those in then we can connect the power and SATA cable and then we can go and slip it back into the MacBook Pro and then in reverse order we'll go ahead and use a Phillips screwdriver again to put those four screws in place and that's pretty much it now you have the the install let's go and put the lid back on screw it in and next I'll show you guys how to do a fresh install of OS 10 Lian next thing we're going to do is make sure the USB Lion drive is plugged into your MacBook Pro then we're going to power it on and then you're going to hold the option key you should hopefully see the USB thumb drive so go ahead and click on that select so you can boot up and begin the installation of OS 10 Lion now to make sure your hard drive or SSD is formatted properly what we're going to do before we do anything is go over to Disk Utility again now we can either erase it or I usually do a single partition just to make sure it is formatted correctly and once that's done we can go ahead and proceed an install OS 10 line it should take about 20 to 30 minutes but after that you are completely done and lastly just to cover a couple questions I know I'm going to get some of you guys are wondering how can I get my old information off the hard drive onto the new one can it be cloned yes I can I'll actually post a link if you guys absolutely have to do that but I usually recommend doing a fresh install for Best Performance so if you are going to do a fresh install like I recommend just make sure to have your major documents backed up so you can transfer those with a hard drive and the last thing I want to cover is that all 2011 MacBook Pros our SATA 3 6 gigabit capable so if you have anything prior to that you're better off getting the SATA 2 SSD so hopefully you guys enjoyed this video if you have any questions the easiest way to get in contact with me is on twitter at TLD today there'll be a link to that if you guys are feeling like being awesome make sure to hit that like button if you haven't done so already feel free to subscribed and make sure to check out our latest video with 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