My friend has a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) — she wants to install a magnetic 2.5" HDD. Can I install any such drive or do they have to be apple compatible hardware.
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Best Answer
Not possible. There's not enough room for a spinning hard drive to be connected inside any retina portable MacBook.
That being said - hose drive would work well externally via thunderbolt or USB and internal non-OEM replacements are available.
To install special SSDs. other than Apple branded look for resellers and online like OWC or RamJet.