Haven't used that internal optical drive in a while? A simple way to increase your computer's storage capacity is to change out the optical drive for a hard drive or SSD. You can't plug a hard drive directly into the optical drive bay, but with the help of iFixit Dual Drive Enclosures you can! Need more space? Put in a massive 1 TB drive. Tired of waiting for programs to load? Add a blazing-fast SSD. Keep forgetting to plug in your backup drive? Have an always-connected backup solution.
Use this page to find the correct enclosure for your laptop or computer.
Good news: we have a solution for many different machines. Bad news: you'll have to choose the right product, depending on the machine you have. But no fret, we made things simple!
You can either ID Your Mac and figure out which model you have, or you can figure out the answers to these three questions:
- What interface does my computer's optical drive use? PATA or SATA?
- What interface does my computer's hard drive use? PATA or SATA?
- How thick is my computer's optical drive? 9.5 mm or 12.7 mm?
Top to bottom: 2.5" hard drive; 3.5" hard drive; 9.5 mm optical drive; 12.5 mm optical drive.
Once you've correctly identified which kinds of drives your computer has, you can choose from the following options:
- Optical Drive Interface: SATA
- Hard Drive Interface: SATA
- Height: 9.5 mm
Our most popular dual drive upgrade kit works in all Unibody MacBooks and Unibody MacBook Pros. It doesn't work with the MacBook Air or MacBook Pro Retina, since they don't have optical drives that can be replaced.
- Optical Drive Interface: SATA
- Hard Drive Interface: SATA
- Height: 12.7 mm
The iMac/Mini Dual Drive enclosure works in:
- Mac Mini Model A1283, Mid 2010
- iMac Intel: 20" EMC 2266, 24" EMC 2267, 21.5" EMC 2308 and 2389, 27" EMC 2309 and 2374
PATA MacBook Dual Drive
- Optical Drive Interface: PATA
- Hard Drive Interface: SATA
- Height: 9.5 mm
The PATA MacBook Dual Drive enclosure works in:
- MacBook Core Duo and Core 2 Duo (non-Unibody)
- All 15" non-Unibody MacBook Pros
PATA iMac/Mini Dual Drive
- Optical Drive Interface: PATA
- Hard Drive Interface: SATA
- Height: 12.7 mm
The PATA iMac/Mini Dual Drive enclosure works in:
- All 17" non-Unibody MacBook Pros
- Mac Mini Intel 1.5, 1.66, 1.83, or 2 GHz (model A1176)
- iMac Intel 20" EMC 2133, 2210, 2105 and 2118, 24" EMC 2111, 2134 and 2211
PowerPC Dual Drive
- Optical Drive Interface: PATA
- Hard Drive Interface: PATA
- Height: 12.7 mm
The PowerPC Dual Drive enclosure works in:
- All G4 Aluminum PowerBooks
- All iBook G4s
- All PowerPC Mac Minis
- G4 Titanium Onyx PowerBooks with combo drives
- G4 Titanium DVI PowerBooks with combo drives
If you're thinking about replacing your optical drive, but afraid to take the plunge since you might still want to burn files or watch DVDs, we've got you covered.
All SATA Dual Drive kits include our Optical Drive SATA USB Cable which lets you connect and use your SATA optical drive externally.
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