Hi, please, does this work for macbook air 2009 (first generation) hard drive? (Need to access my data after computer failure to boot)
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It should work fine as long as the hard drive and the adaptor both use the same interface cable. The MacBook Air used a ZIF socket on the HD
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The so-called first generation MBA includes two versions: MacBookAir1,1 (Model A1237) and MacBookAir2,1 (Model A1304). These two models have different interfaces. The former is PATA and the later is SATA. Refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbook_air#Specifications for more info.I have the A1237 model and this KingSpec unit worked. So I think it's pretty safe to say that it won't work for A1304.
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Hi Talana,It does work with the 1st gen MacBook Air indeed. I have purchased it, along with a KingSpec SSD to upgrade a MacBook Air 2009 (Model A1237), to clone the original hard drive to the SSD and it worked perfectly fine. Be careful when unpacking it because it comes with tiny screws and screwdriver and also the instructions are printed on an equally tiny leaflet, all included in the box.
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It was working on my first generation MacBook Air with SSD. I rescue my data.
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I can't say for sure, but it's a SATA and that model macbook is too, so it certainly should work. I've replaced SATA drives with WD and Seagate drives in Macs in the past and had success with them.
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I dropped my GT120 into my MacPro1,1 / OSX10.7.5 today, and it did work. You won't get the boot screen, but it does "work". If you can live without the boot screen, and you have one laying around, as I did. Go for it. I wouldn't spend any money on one, though. :-)
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This is an enclosure only. You must checkConnections for your hard drive SATA, ATA, IDE?Does you Mac Support USB 2.0?Once you determine these things then it should work
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I have the same model, a mid 2009 15" unibody MacBook Pro. Did this drive end up working for you?
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i Bought OWC 240GB Aura Pro Solid State Drive & Envoy Storage Solution for MacBook Air 2012 and its working really good. You should go to http://www.macsales.com/ and they have support Bye
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Hello Phan, The Macbook Air 2009 model is not user upgradeable and uses an Apple proprietary connection for it's drive. The KC380 microSATA SSD is not compatible with the Macbook Air. For further questions or concerns, please call us at 1-800-435-0640 (USA and Canada only) M - F 6am - 6pm PT and I or another available Technician will assist you. Thank you for considering Kingston as your upgrade partner.
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I have a early 2009 MacBook Pro and the drive works perfectly. I hope that it will help you.
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I installed the 500 GB on a 2008 macbook. same size 2.5" Sata, 5400 rpm. It works great. Your model is a year newer than mine, it should work. Check the specifications of your comp Hd (u can google macbook 2009 specs) and make sure they match description of this HD. Hope this helps, changing hd is easy and if you're not sure how to do it, check youtube.
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Here is a quick tutorial for reformatting this drive to work on a Mac. Very easy and helpfulhttp://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/291/#exfatmac
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I believe there has been a software update that allows this drive to work with older iMacs too. I have this drive for the Macbook Air. When I bought it in mid 2011 it was made very clear by Apple that it only works with the certain Apple products such as the MBA. When the Superdrive in my early 2010 iMac 27" died, I plugged the USB Superdrive in just to see what happens. It works perfectly as a Superdrive for my iMac.
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It is a MAC/PC/Linux compatible device using USB 3.0 for the interface.. It "SHOULD" work.. I use it on 4 different platforms, a 1 yr old 13" Macbook i5 running Mavericks, on a Dell Windows 7 Pro i7 laptop and my wife's Dell Windows 8.1 Premium Edition i7 laptop and my very old Dell e520 Pentium 4 running CentOS 7 Linux desktop. It works well on all of these platforms. It it does not work on a Mac Air then Apple has screwed something up again as usual. The drive is really fast and has never given me any issues in 6 months of use. Good luck.
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Frankly, I don't think it even can be said to "work" at all. Even if one accepts the terrible Windows software and the glllaaaciallll transfer speeds, mine up and spontaneously reset itself and *lost all saved data*. If you're already in the Mac ecosystem anyway, why look anywhere else than a Time Capsule? Designed from the get-go to work with the OS, integrates wonderfully and has fabulous (well, compared to Seagate) support (if you're near an Apple store).
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Yes it will work. As long as it's a 2.5" laptop style hard drive with IDE/ata. As for the OSX 10.9, as long as you format it using your Mac, then I see no reason that it wouldn't work!
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No, it won't. This drive is made specifically for the newest Macbook Air's only.
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I have an '09 white unibody Macbook and it worked. I can't say for sure, but I bet our machines have similar memory requirements.
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It should. Format it as a Mac OS X (Journaled) file system using Disk Utility, and you should be good to go.I only use it as a Time Machine backup HDD, so there's no troubles there.