22. "back up and migration is the key.. as others have noted" In response to In response to 0
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i brought a samsung jawn for my pc..(i know you said macbook pro)
formatted it plug it in through usb (might need an adapter or something) so you can to use the migration tool downloaded the migration tool to the old disk drive run it and point to your new ssd let it do it's thing...
from there remove your old one (shutdown everything, of course) pop in the new one