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    Exchange HDD between two identical Macbook

    My macbook unibody randomly freezes for a few weeks. I thought that it was the ssd which was blamer but it is not.

    Yesterday I exchange (the macbook) for a new one.

    Can I simply remove the HDD from the old macbook to bring in the new without reinstall?

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    Re: Exchange HDD between two identical Macbook

    The mac os advantage is that you can actually move your disk from one machine to another without concern for driver or other

    you can move from a macbook pro to a mac mini 2. So I guess that will unibody macbook transparent

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    Re: Exchange HDD between two identical Macbook

    It works also with Windows, this kind of manipulation

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    Re: Exchange HDD between two identical Macbook

    It depends on your config. If you have a nVidia graphics card, you have an ATI motherboard if you do not have the same brand, necessarily you need to uninstall and reinstall the drivers.

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    Re: Exchange HDD between two identical Macbook

    Quote Originally Posted by Howitzer View Post
    It works also with Windows, this kind of manipulation
    yes, since in this case, we replace a machine by the same ...

    single issue, what about the license? on mac, it also has a license number which will never be the same after the exchange?

    If Windows, I'm working; on a Mac, I do not know.

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    Re: Exchange HDD between two identical Macbook

    The key material does not change that much because the hardware is identical. A rigorous, only the MAC address of the network adapter may require some reactivation (except for volume licensing).

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