“My hard drive doesn't slide into the enclosure easily. Should I return my product? I bought this product for my Macbook Pro hard drive, and I can't get the hard drive into the enclosure easily. I don't want to force it. The peg on the side of my hard drive runs into the rib on the inside of the enclosure, and it won't slide easily in. This is only the case on one side of the enclosure. Is my enclosure defective, and should I return it to the store?”
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Most factory hard drives on Macintosh computers have mounting pegs on one or both sides of the drive. These will need to be removed for the drive to fit this case. Be sure you keep the pegs safe, as you may need them to re-install in your Macintosh.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The MacBook Pro has T6 Torx standoffs that screw into the side of the hard drive, remove them and it will fit.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Hi, when you remove your hard drive from a MacBook, there will be 4 little lugs screwed into the casing of your hard drive. They need to be removed first and then the hard drive should slide right in.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It won't work. Return it. I had the same problem.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Although the instructions only talk about the connection end I removed the opposite end as well during installation. The other end cap has a foam pad to secure the drive in place, I did remove this end during the installation which allowed me to center my drive within the enclosure, then put it back on. The foam has some compression to it which allows the enclosure to securely hold the HDD in place, this should provide some protection from shock. If you are only working from the connection end the foam may be appling counterforce.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I had the same issue. you may have to find an older adapter as this one works only on drives less than two years old it seems. This seems to be the trend these days. they only support newer products and if it is older than one to two years old they no longer support the format or product. You could try looking in computer shops and thrift stores as well as pawn shops for an older model that will fit. good luck.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Take the casing off the hard drive, I ran into the same problem and realized I didn't take off the casing on the drive itself
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Did you check to make sure there are no other pieces added on to the hard drive? I use Windows so I'm not entirely sure what the Apple system uses.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Remove the other end of the enclose and connect the hard drive to it. Then put the hard drive in the enclose. That's what I did. It went in easy doing it that way.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Sometimes laptop drives still have the factory spacers on the sides to fit into the assembly. You should be able to unscrew them from your old drive (2 screws each side) and then it should fit. It will slide in easily with a small bit of open space on each side if it's correct.
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