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Mac Book 2012 Cd Swap For Ssd
Apple does not intend for the "Unibody" MacBook Pro models -- which consist of the "Late 2008," "Early 2009," "Mid-2009," "Mid-2010," "Early 2011," "Late 2011" and non-Retina Display "Mid-2012" MacBook Pro lines -- to have the optical drive replaced with a second hard drive or an SSD, but it is quite possible.
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Has anyone else noticed their Macbook booting and responding slightly slower with this duel-hard drive setup? I first swapped out my main hard drive for a SSD and the computer felt amazingly quick. I then replaced the optical drive with another SSD for additional storage and backup and ever since then the computer has felt slightly more sluggish in general. I suppose the CPU now has to constantly communicate to the second SSD where it could mostly ignore the optical drive before. Has anyone else noticed this?
Hello everyone! Here is another how-to blog for your reading and learning pleasure. This last week we supercharged our our Macbook Pro (Mid-2012) and seriously could not be more pleased. It took a total of about 35 minutes to swap the old hard drive with a Sandisk Solid State Drive, add in more Crucial RAM to max it out, and swap the optical disc drive with a caddy that holds the old hard drive. We went from one 750GB hard drive and 4GB of RAM to one 1TB SSD, one 750GB HD and 16GB of RAM. It's amazingly fast and we're not quite sure why we didn't do this sooner.
This the option for those who really want the bare essentials when upgrading their Mid 2012 MacBook Pro (Non-Retina Display). I would recommend at least going with the budget option to make the most of your upgrade project. It has more storage, is faster than the 8 GB RAM Model and the battery upgrade means the battery needs fewer charges throughout the day.
If you order any of the SSD storage kits I listed above at the start of this article, it should come with a OWC Express Silver Enclosure. This device allows you to plug in your old HDD hard drive that you removed from your Mid 2012 MacBook Pro and use it as external storage on your newly upgraded MacBook Pro.
Released in June 2012, this 13-inch MacBook Pro model was the last Mac with a built-in CD/DVD drive sold by Apple. It remained for sale until October 2016 as a lower-priced option alongside the thinner 13-inch MacBook Pro with a Retina display.
In this article, I want to provide some insight into the process to upgrade a mid-2012 MacBook pro. And, I also want to give you my thoughts on whether upgrading the mid-2012 MacBook Pro was worth it.
Hi Liz, Thank you for this article, it is so helpful. I have a MacBook Pro Retina, Mid 2012 and primarily use it for photo processing on Lightroom, TurboTax, email, etc. I have macOS Catalina and can no longer update apps or use some apps, as they require an updated OS. I do not have the money right now to buy a new Mac and was hoping to upgrade mine, as you did. Can you please let me know if upgrading mine will allow me to install the latest OS and will solve my problems? Any updated recommendations from your post? My Specs: MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) 2.3GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 16GB 1600 MHz DDR3 (2x8G) Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB Apple SSD SM256E
If you fancy doing the repair youself and saving a few pennies though, there are several different spares outfits online, such as: The Book Yard, Visual Information Services, Mac Upgrades, and MacKing. You can swap out a dead SuperDrive, for example, or a cracked screen for a replacement.
Owners of earlier models may look at the new versions with a tinge of envy, especially if their Mac mini uses a mechanical hard drive. Replacing that very drive with an SSD makes for a relatively sensible upgrade, offering faster accessing of applications and files, as well as potentially helping alleviate constrained memory issues by offering faster swap file usage.
Recently, two AppleInsider writers went through that very same process on the 2012 and 2014 models of Mac mini. While it can take a few hours for the uninitiated, it isn't too difficult for the average user to perform, and requires relatively few tools to accomplish.
I've done this with both my previous 2012 and my current 2014, I like your tutorial. I highly recommend this upgrade. Today a 1TB SSD can be had for $150 or so, and 2TB for $300. It is just such a clear upgrade, especially for an OS that chokes under hard disk access load.
preclarotipo said: I've done this with both my previous 2012 and my current 2014, I like your tutorial. I highly recommend this upgrade. Today a 1TB SSD can be had for $150 or so, and 2TB for $300. It is just such a clear upgrade, especially for an OS that chokes under hard disk access load. It helps with VM page-outs too.
Plug external case into Macbook Pro and restart your Mac holding down the Option key. Your original drive and the new external drive should appear on screen, click on the new external drive and the Mac will boot off it.
In the Retina model of the mid 2012 Macbook Pro Apple changed the SSD they used to a proprietary M.2 drive. Proprietary here means an industry standard M.2 drive is not compatible. OWC have created a third party SSD that is fully compatible and five times faster. All the SSD kits here include SSD, the Envoy external case and tools required for the upgrade. If you are looking for the SSD by itself please contact Upgradeable for a quote. SSDs compatible with mid 2012 Macbook Pro Retina and early 2013 Macbook Pro Not compatible with Late 2013 MacBook Pro - model ID: MacBookPro11,1
These are the kits or parts you need for a successful installation of your SSD. Add to your cart what you need with the SSD you have chosen. When checking out, don't forget to tell us in the customer notes which Macbook or Macbook pro you have, and we will include full printed instructions.
MCE Technologies has OptiBay kits for virtually all mac makes and models, going back to the powerbook G4 line and even for iMacs and the Mac mini. Depending on the OptiBay kit you order, it will have the correct adapter for your machine.
Thank you for this article.I spent 8 hours of my Saturday wrestling with this.But to no avail.I have a MacBook Pro 2012 model.The disc hard drive failed a few weeks ago.So I bought a SSD.After trouble shooting error after error.I finally got to begin installation of new OS.From USB drive.It begins installation but continually fails to install.Any ideas why?So close but so far!Please help.?
I'm wanting to upgrade from 512 to 1tb on my Macbook Pro I belive from 2014/2015 and am wondering if it is going to wipe out all my current information/pics/etc on my computer as well as if I can have apple do it within thier guidlines as not to void my warranty?
When you use your notebook primarily for applications that perform only few read/write operations on the disk drive (e. g. surfing, e-mail, word processing), upgrading the RAM to the maximum will give you a discernible improvement in performance.
Yes, this all very interesting, but i fitted 2 8gb ram sticks and a 240 gb ssd to my late 2012 macbookpro and took it to the local pc store and asked them if they good do a similar boot up time of 13 seconds to my daughters 2018 brand new macbook(dongled)pro which was nowhere near this time. guy in shop laughed sheepishly and said that linux is not compatible with apple products !!!! go figure
Broken screw can't be a problem for electrical functionality of SSD. Something else electrically went wrong. You can try another known-good SSD to see if the problem is on mainboard or on the SSD side. SSDs do die, and maybe even faster than HDDs. Your best course of action is to throw the nearly decade-old macbook away and get a new one.
I found a very professional video on the subject, including swapping out the disk drive for a memory expansion device on a 2009 MacBook. With further adjustments, such as more RAM and the like, the machine could even be leveled up to macOS High Sierra and did well in tests. Check it out:
many thanks for your response. You're right, I asked it a little too screwed up. So I exchanged the original HDD for a 500 GB SSD. Instead of the Superdrive, there is currently a 750 GB hard drive. If I understand you correctly, it makes no sense to swap the 750 er for an SSD, because a possible gain in performance through the superdrive's USB 2.0 interface is not passed on to the board at all. But since I need more storage space (for video files), the only option in this case is to increase the existing SSD from 500 to 1000 Gb, for example. Correct?
I'm not sure right now ... But if you use the kit, the right adapter should actually be included. But I don't have the hard drive connections in the 2009 MacBook in mind. If I'm right, a normal notebook hard drive should be installed.
Thank you, that was necessary. In contrast to the MBPs Mid 2012, the white late 2009 has an extra frame on the long sides, which are attached with self-locking Torx 7 screws and live up to their name;)
With two identical SSDs (one in the normal place and the second as a SuperDrive replacement) configured as Raid 0, the old MacBook Pro from 2012 increases its performance again. The system reads and writes faster and distributes the data on both disks. Of course, there are also reasons to use other configurations. But if you want a "" racing roll, you are good at speed with it and of course a maximum RAM upgrade. 2ff7e9595c
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