Macbook Pro 2011 SSD Placement Location I just recently upgraded my 2012 macbook pro with a 250gb SSD and have succesfully clean installed a new OS on the SSD. I was also able to change the boot setting so that the SSD would boot first and be primary. I already erased the my existing HDD and will use it as a builtin storage.

Question: The picture shows my current setup with the SSD being in the Optical Drive Tray. Would there be any significant changes if i placed the SSD on where the HDD is currently placed? Are the 2 connectors the same? Does it even matter?
There will be no problem.  A SATA SSD has the same connectors as a SATA HDD drive so the connectors are identical.




To use you SSD in the optical bay, a optical bay drive kit is required.  You simply need to remove the SSD from the kit and replace it with the HDD into the same optical bay kit.

To answer your question...


  Does it even matter?


Nope.  It makes no difference.