I recently bought one of these. 4gb ram 512gb mechanical hdd. Takes a long time to boot up. Upgraded it to 16gb ram and 1tb ssd. Running Catalina it runs very fast considering in 2021 it's now 9 years old. It will be a keeper for quite a while as my daily driver. Love these macbook pros. Enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work!
@@jerry98ification As long as it is the same speed as the existing ram, it shouldn't really matter. It's probably a good idea if replacing both sticks (up to a max of 16gb) To use from the same manufacturer. Mine uses 2x 8gb sticks from Crucial.
Tsering Chodon I bought a Samsung 840 EVO from Amazon (like 5 years ago) for 200€ and I mounted it myself. Nowadays you can easily find them at half the price.
I just picked up the exact same model macbook for $100. A friend sold it to me after disk utility would not recognize any drive put in. I replaced the HD cable and installed a 128GB SSD donated from another friend and now it flys!!! awesome machine! I paid $128 total. very happy. Love your videos Tom. Keep it up brother.
Huge difference man.. I was planning to upgrade my ram and instead I changes to SSD. Mine is a 2012 model macbook pro. Now I don't need to change ram at all. It's working smooth as butter. I used time machine as backup.. once I finished inserting SSD, I went to disk utility, erased installed SSD and restored time machine.
“Probably getting discontinued soon”. 3 Years later from this video and 6 Years after its release, still supported by the latest macOS and still for sale on the Apple website! The greatest MacBooks out there with many more years to come. Oh, and it’s user upgradeable!!
I just picked up an immaculate model for £200 a few hours ago, it's pristine, the previous owner really looked after it. 500gb hard drive and 8gb RAM. I'm going to upgrade the ram over the weekend as I ended to use it for photo editing. I'm very pleased :)
Good information. Thanks for this info. I learned a bit so I am happy. UPDATE: Followed your steps and I now have a MUCH faster mid 2012 Macbook pro. Used Crucial 1 TB SSD and 16 GB Crucial RAM. High Sierra OSx. Really impressive how much faster this little Mac runs. THANKS for the inspiration. Fun project.
I recently picked up a mid-2012 MacBook Pro, which condition looks like it just came out of the factory. I did the clone and swap of the HDD to an SSD and the Ram upgrade. I did, however, remember to reconnect my battery before I put the botton back on. I have been trying to upgrade the Catalina to Ventura using open core legacy but no matter what I do, it won't take. I still have Catalina on it -- the joys of having a backup.
@@CShekhar123 I have an 850 Gb ssd and running 8 Gb RAM. It's running Catalina and it seems to run pretty fast. Now I would like to somehow get MSOffice for Mac on it to see if it can on it.
@@bojietvlog4819 whatever you plan to do, always back up the original drive/OS before you do anything else. There are lots of good videos showing how to upgrade a max laptop. That's how I learned.
Erick Angulo hi bro. Im thinking of upgrading mine as upgrading will be way cheaper then buying a new one. I just wanted to know how its running with the new mac os update? Because my stock one feels like a dinosaur right now
Update to 10.10.4 and open a terminal and type: sudo trimforce enable This will enable TRIM support for the SSD and ensure the performance stays high (and it prolongs the SSD life)
Julian Doll I'd check to see if this drive supports it properly first. Samsung drives are known for being quite poor with TRIM commands because they implemented it in the firmware in a not quite so standard way.
Julian Doll It's one of those things that takes time to rear its ugly head. It's also likely to only really cause problems well beyond the useful life of the drive (like when it's too small or there are far, far faster ones for great prices out), but it's worth checking up on.
@@MrIDGAF i got the new RAM Corsair 16GB for only $87 USD. The speed now so outstanding, and i also add SSD 128GB (i use the disc room space, pull out the disc room, we're not gonna use it anymore i guess). Voila, the toyota becomes ferrari. Lol.
@@rockazulla Wow. I really need to upgrade mine because one of the ram sticks burned out and now I'm on 4GB ram (which is crazy slow compared to the 8GB before). But I'm not sure if I should keep my i7 mid 2012 mainly because the glass of thr screen is cracked. Also a SSD is a nice upgrade to add on the list, which means Ram + SSD is £100 so I'm not sure if it's worth it for a cracked MacBook that'll cost £30 to be repaired and might fail anytime since it's now almost 6 years old. But I love the machine so much lol
@@MrIDGAF depends on how bad the crack is I guess. If you think you arent comfy anymore with the look, its time to upgrade to new Macbook. Lol. Mine also got hit on the hinge and everytime i open the tray, it feels like someone's back cracked and everyone in the room would look at me 😂🤣. However the performance still lit after the upgrade, so ... 4GB RAM wont cope anymore with any task, even if you only open mutiple tabs on safari, it would be so slow.
One ram slot of my macbook is not working from yesterday, so I am planning to go fir 8gb ram in one and only slot. Can you please suggest me amazon link to buy.
Great video! I just upgraded the Ram from 4gb to 8gb now I want to upgrade the storage from 500 HDD to 500 SSD… I love this MacBook Pro so I’m upgrading it so that it can run smooth.
It's 2020 and I'm finally going to update mine. I was super scary of changing the ram myself, but after seeing this video I see that is super easy. I plan to change to the SSD myself too, but for that I will need a little bit more research, because I am note sure how is the best way to backup, is it time machine? Thank you for the video, you just saved my pocket.
I have mine with 1 TB SSD, swapped out the optical drive for an additional 180 GB SSD and upgraded the RAM to 16GB. As long as I'm not gaming, it's perfect.
I've got the Late 2011 MacBook Pro 13" (i5 @2.4GHz), the previous model. I put in a 240GB Sandisk SSD. Got the SSD on special, would have liked the 480GB, but I couldn't refuse the 240GB at the price it was offered. I was able to fit 16GB of RAM, I bought the correct type made by Samsung. 8GB is the "official" limit, but 16GB works perfectly. Fresh install of the latest OSX (10.11.5) and the thing boots in 20-seconds flat. I like these MacBook Pros because they are upgradable. I am hoping to get an i7 version (second hand) maybe next year and do a similar upgrade, but for now I'm focussing on the newly-acquired "cheese-grater" Mac Pro I got cheap.
Hey you know you could of bought a 512GB SSD on ebay for about $100.00, thats how I got mine. It was used but it was all I could afford, anyways it works great in my early 2011 macbook pro 13.
Wow thats real neat! I have been debating on raiding the two storage drives (2TB HDD an 512GB SSD) in my mid 2012 MacBook pro 15 inch but I decided to keep the drives as their own separate drives so if one fails all the data isnt gone just part of it. The 15 inch MBP I am talking about was broke, my friend ending up giving it to me because he said he wanted nohting to do with it and if I fixed it I could keep it so long story short I fixed it (spent about $330.00 all together for it) and now its up an running great!
I've fixed up a few of these for my friends. The main problem is that hard disks really only have a working life of about 5 years. The other problem is that 4gb of RAM just isn't enough these days.
I've fixed up a few of these for my friends. The main problem is that hard disks really only have a working life of about 5 years. The other problem is that 4gb of RAM just isn't enough these days.
JJIPR25 absolutely not. The battery has nothing to do with that. Like with Catalina, or any operating system instal that’s not a clean instal did the machine show any apps using significant energy ?
This is one of the amazing things with OS X. You can boot pretty much any install of the OS on any Mac (assuming that OS is supported on that particular hardware of course). This is why a number of people who travel a lot make bootable images of their system so they can plug it into another Mac on location if their machine kicks the bucket for example and carry on working.
You would see a difference upgrading to 8GB of RAM, but you would have more benefits changing the HDD into a SSD. Faster bootup time, applications load up much faster, etc. I upgraded to 16 GB RAM, and a 1TB SSD. Completely worth it.
@@noeagosto9231 if I install a new SSD will I need a USB to install the new ios? I’m assuming it will be all formatted, that’s the part I’m stuck on before I do this upgrade
I currently have a non-retina Macbook. I bought 8gb of ram and also 256 SSD ADATA. I changed the drive and the ram, and it was succesfully installed. But i'm noticing something: the machine overheats and also the battery won't last the 5 hours. I do web development on this machine only.
Just got that model very cheaply and looking forward to do those exact two upgrades, SSD & RAM. Somewhat I enjoyed watching the whole process and narration.. haha. Hope everything got sorted out. Greetings from MX.
Thank so much for this video. I am ready to do this upgrade friend. I was wondering if I could do 16gb of RAM instead of 8? Thanks in advance for the advice.
Fantastic video, Tom. Thoroughly enjoyed watching it. :) I just recommended this Machine to my brother, and it's good to know that it's easily user upgradable!
Good video and very simple to follow..o installed all this and the macbookpro won’t charge.i had told leave the power cable on.whenever you take the power cord away the MacBook Pro shuts down. Secondly please do a video on how to clone before the installation of the new SSD. Thanks
Vikash Kumar i just have an SSD as the primary drive to boot os and SSHD as secondary drive. Haven’t upgraded the ram yet. But that’ll definitely boost the performance of the macbook. I run Logic Pro X and it work’s well. Obviously doesn’t run vst’s like Omnisphere as they require a lot of memory.
If you put a new SSD and remove your old hard drive where OS X is installed, will that be a problem ? Do you need to install OS X on the SSD first (if so, how) ?? Thanks !
Do a time Maschine backup first and after it has finished you can change the hdd to the ssd and if youre done you hold the alt key and start the macbook then you chose your new ssd and if it asks about the install of osx chose time Maschine backup and there you go you got new ssd in and your data is also there
@@malikfajar3299 then i would suggest you to buy another hdd and then backup to that thats what i had to do otherwise i dont know another way to do it sorry
Great video man, really helps a lot. Getting this same Mac Pro in the mail next Monday. I wanted to know, if I do a time machine backup or even use carbon copy cloner and move all of my files from the HDD to the SSD, will the old files from the HDD conflict with the same OS files moved to the SSD?
I just bought a mid 2012 13" MacBook Pro, 8gb ram, 750gb hd, Intel i7 2.9ghz. I found it on "offer up" and the seller was asking $550, I gave him $460 for it. I sold some junk silver coins for $300 and just added an extra $160 to buy the laptop. I have been thinking of doing this upgrade as well, especially since I never use an optical drive.
+Masterglitcher567 again it sort of depends what you use it for. I also use a PC I built primarily for all my video editing/photo processing, etc. However, I use my MacBook Pro when on the go. It's holding up quite well! I upgraded it to El Capitan recently (clean install) and it's still performing fine. However I noticed that apps and the Max itself are a little bit slower to boot up. I'm upgrading the standard 500GB HDD it came with to a 250GB SSD. I've already upgraded the RAM to 8GB. I'll just use an external hard drive for all my files after that. I'm sure it'll fix that boot up issue. I've had no problems using premiere pro and such with it though. The only thing is render times are a bit longer and the display is a little small but other than that it's fine. Hope this somewhat helps!
im on this exact model the new macs are more expensive for way less. sure theres retina displays and ssd's installed but they are literally selling macbook pros with 128gb's of storage for 2000 dollars here in canada
I just purchased a Macbook for $540 with a new hard drive however the hard drive isn't quite what I need. This was very informative. Hoping to do some tinkering and swap out for a larger hard drive.
I recently bought one of these. 4gb ram 512gb mechanical hdd. Takes a long time to boot up. Upgraded it to 16gb ram and 1tb ssd. Running Catalina it runs very fast considering in 2021 it's now 9 years old. It will be a keeper for quite a while as my daily driver. Love these macbook pros. Enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work!
What brand of ram did you use? I really fear that my macbook wont work properly if i use the wrong ones
@@jerry98ification As long as it is the same speed as the existing ram, it shouldn't really matter. It's probably a good idea if replacing both sticks (up to a max of 16gb) To use from the same manufacturer. Mine uses 2x 8gb sticks from Crucial.
Same about to upgrade soon on ssd and ram
How much does this cost?.
@@revanvonheaven8270 All together with purchase and upgrade about £300
2018 still working like a boss
same here..I've just switched the HDD with an SSD when I bought it 6 years ago
Jay Ed.90 can I ask how much did it cost for SSD update?
Tsering Chodon I bought a Samsung 840 EVO from Amazon (like 5 years ago) for 200€ and I mounted it myself. Nowadays you can easily find them at half the price.
Hello The samsung SSD already has that os system right ?
zhao Henry no, it's empty when you buy it..if that's what you mean
6:25 video starts
damn I should have read this before waiting 6 minutes of ramble.
Thank you
Aaayyyyy thx
Please reduce the useless talk, and do not explain the stories of screwed bolts !
Still use this beauty in 2016
Best Laptop ever
I'm still using it in 2017! Bone stock!
I just picked up the exact same model macbook for $100. A friend sold it to me after disk utility would not recognize any drive put in. I replaced the HD cable and installed a 128GB SSD donated from another friend and now it flys!!! awesome machine! I paid $128 total. very happy. Love your videos Tom. Keep it up brother.
Where did you get the MacBook from
+Epic Hanad are yu stupid did you even read the comment?
+Wiscool13 stfu. I'm not the guy who sits on his computer all day and read comments like a pro. I made a mistake what's the big deal.
Epic Hanad no its just it says it in the second line
Carjack Malone wow, i paid 1099$ for it!
It’s 2024 and I still have mine. Upgraded the hard drive to 1tb from 150ish gbs and now upgrading the battery and ram. Still works great!
End of 2017 and this beautiful beastie is still growing strong! Doesn't even really need the RAM upgrade to 16 - but it deserves it!
Sounds like a reasonable upgrade.
BTW it's not officially documented, but the MacBook Pro (2012; non-Retina) can be further upgraded with 16GB of RAM.
how did you do it without time machine??
Huge difference man.. I was planning to upgrade my ram and instead I changes to SSD. Mine is a 2012 model macbook pro. Now I don't need to change ram at all. It's working smooth as butter.
I used time machine as backup.. once I finished inserting SSD, I went to disk utility, erased installed SSD and restored time machine.
2018.... I am still loving my MACBOOK mid 2012. One of the best comp I have...
2021 any update
“Probably getting discontinued soon”. 3 Years later from this video and 6 Years after its release, still supported by the latest macOS and still for sale on the Apple website! The greatest MacBooks out there with many more years to come. Oh, and it’s user upgradeable!!
MacOS Mojave also supported by this machine!
@@hexxoid9263 Just installed Catalina. Having speed issues so I will need to upgrade my ram. I've loved this little machine.
kat4005 Try downgrading to High Sierra (it still is supported by all latest apps) instead of spending money on ram
In 2020 it still supports Big Sur
BEST MACBOOK PERIOD.
Right! Same in 2022! Still the best model
2019 and still going!
do you use tRIM enable?
I just picked up an immaculate model for £200 a few hours ago, it's pristine, the previous owner really looked after it. 500gb hard drive and 8gb RAM. I'm going to upgrade the ram over the weekend as I ended to use it for photo editing. I'm very pleased :)
Good information. Thanks for this info. I learned a bit so I am happy. UPDATE: Followed your steps and I now have a MUCH faster mid 2012 Macbook pro. Used Crucial 1 TB SSD and 16 GB Crucial RAM. High Sierra OSx. Really impressive how much faster this little Mac runs. THANKS for the inspiration. Fun project.
16 Crucial ddr3 ram, can it run 2 16gb ddr ram sticks?
@@aussiedrones755 nope
@@aussiedrones755 8gb sticks at max
I recently picked up a mid-2012 MacBook Pro, which condition looks like it just came out of the factory. I did the clone and swap of the HDD to an SSD and the Ram upgrade. I did, however, remember to reconnect my battery before I put the botton back on. I have been trying to upgrade the Catalina to Ventura using open core legacy but no matter what I do, it won't take. I still have Catalina on it -- the joys of having a backup.
Please share your feedback on performance level. I have the same laptop and planning to upgrade to SSD.
@@CShekhar123 I have an 850 Gb ssd and running 8 Gb RAM. It's running Catalina and it seems to run pretty fast. Now I would like to somehow get MSOffice for Mac on it to see if it can on it.
can i ask i have hdd in this one if i replace ssd the OS of it will not remove right ?
@@WalterPetrovic
@@bojietvlog4819 whatever you plan to do, always back up the original drive/OS before you do anything else. There are lots of good videos showing how to upgrade a max laptop. That's how I learned.
Still using mine in 2018, slowly upgrading it
Happymonday 2015 what do you use it for
October 2019, mine is still running amazingly.
Erick Angulo hi bro. Im thinking of upgrading mine as upgrading will be way cheaper then buying a new one. I just wanted to know how its running with the new mac os update? Because my stock one feels like a dinosaur right now
Update to 10.10.4 and open a terminal and type: sudo trimforce enable
This will enable TRIM support for the SSD and ensure the performance stays high (and it prolongs the SSD life)
Julian Doll I'd check to see if this drive supports it properly first. Samsung drives are known for being quite poor with TRIM commands because they implemented it in the firmware in a not quite so standard way.
Using it with my 840 Pro since I got it. First with trim enabler and since 10.10.4 with trim force.
No problems, yet.
Julian Doll It's one of those things that takes time to rear its ugly head. It's also likely to only really cause problems well beyond the useful life of the drive (like when it's too small or there are far, far faster ones for great prices out), but it's worth checking up on.
@Julian Doll, @TalesOfWar How is this TRIM command 4 years later?
Never had problems. Updated to a newer ssd this month, though.
2019 and still kickin. Upgraded to 16GB RAM and SSD
I'm thinking of upgrading it, is there any major difference? Was it worth it?
@@MrIDGAF i got the new RAM Corsair 16GB for only $87 USD. The speed now so outstanding, and i also add SSD 128GB (i use the disc room space, pull out the disc room, we're not gonna use it anymore i guess). Voila, the toyota becomes ferrari. Lol.
@@rockazulla Wow. I really need to upgrade mine because one of the ram sticks burned out and now I'm on 4GB ram (which is crazy slow compared to the 8GB before). But I'm not sure if I should keep my i7 mid 2012 mainly because the glass of thr screen is cracked. Also a SSD is a nice upgrade to add on the list, which means Ram + SSD is £100 so I'm not sure if it's worth it for a cracked MacBook that'll cost £30 to be repaired and might fail anytime since it's now almost 6 years old. But I love the machine so much lol
@@MrIDGAF depends on how bad the crack is I guess. If you think you arent comfy anymore with the look, its time to upgrade to new Macbook. Lol. Mine also got hit on the hinge and everytime i open the tray, it feels like someone's back cracked and everyone in the room would look at me 😂🤣. However the performance still lit after the upgrade, so ... 4GB RAM wont cope anymore with any task, even if you only open mutiple tabs on safari, it would be so slow.
Cool vid! Thanks for sharing!!!
How in gods name did i find you here tip
2019, almost 2020 and this Macboook pro is still kicking ass.
2022 and mine is still doing what I need it to do.
Just upgraded MBP memory (and to SSD). Thanks so much walking me through this!
Don't apologize for your mood . Great video
2020 working with a huge DAW and all the VST and plugins? Working like a boss
It is 2018. My 2012 MacBook Pro is amazingly cool 😎
This one is very slow. I have this one and I’m actually looking to upgrade it. My stuff is coming on Monday so I can upgrade it.
2019 and is like the first day...(ssd + 16gb ram)
stergios plexidas where did you buy the ram and ssd?
Jason Diaz, I m from greece. from a local store
so 16gb is the max right?
Same!
One ram slot of my macbook is not working from yesterday, so I am planning to go fir 8gb ram in one and only slot. Can you please suggest me amazon link to buy.
Glad to see everything is starting to look up Tom! Good video as always!
THANK YOU SO MUCH MAN! YOU'RE AN ABSOLUTE LEGEND
2019 still kicking like good
Your icon looked like a heavy scratch on my screen! Dude not cool! I was spent wiping it down for like a minute
Great video! I just upgraded the Ram from 4gb to 8gb now I want to upgrade the storage from 500 HDD to 500 SSD… I love this MacBook Pro so I’m upgrading it so that it can run smooth.
Please share your feedback on performance level. I have the same laptop and planning to upgrade to SSD.
Many Thanks !
It's 2020 and I'm finally going to update mine. I was super scary of changing the ram myself, but after seeing this video I see that is super easy. I plan to change to the SSD myself too, but for that I will need a little bit more research, because I am note sure how is the best way to backup, is it time machine?
Thank you for the video, you just saved my pocket.
Which brand are you take for "SSD & RAM" nd which is the best on market i wanna upgrade my mcp
@@hopecrickethighlights3200Samsung ssd
2020 still working like a boss
thank you so much! did it in just a couple of minutes, dope upgrade for my mac, from 4 to 16gb really easy!
where did you get those 16 gb ram?
From amazon search for Mac memory you can find Corsair. Cheers
I have mine with 1 TB SSD, swapped out the optical drive for an additional 180 GB SSD and upgraded the RAM to 16GB. As long as I'm not gaming, it's perfect.
have any links to the stuff you bought? Trying to resurrect my mac pro but so far I've only got the RAM up to 16GB.
I've got the Late 2011 MacBook Pro 13" (i5 @2.4GHz), the previous model. I put in a 240GB Sandisk SSD. Got the SSD on special, would have liked the 480GB, but I couldn't refuse the 240GB at the price it was offered. I was able to fit 16GB of RAM, I bought the correct type made by Samsung. 8GB is the "official" limit, but 16GB works perfectly. Fresh install of the latest OSX (10.11.5) and the thing boots in 20-seconds flat.
I like these MacBook Pros because they are upgradable. I am hoping to get an i7 version (second hand) maybe next year and do a similar upgrade, but for now I'm focussing on the newly-acquired "cheese-grater" Mac Pro I got cheap.
Hey you know you could of bought a 512GB SSD on ebay for about $100.00, thats how I got mine. It was used but it was all I could afford, anyways it works great in my early 2011 macbook pro 13.
I have the 2011 15" (i7 @2.4Ghz, radeon 6770m). I put 16 GB of ram in, and two 250 GB SSDs in raid0. Unbelievable speed.
Wow thats real neat! I have been debating on raiding the two storage drives (2TB HDD an 512GB SSD) in my mid 2012 MacBook pro 15 inch but I decided to keep the drives as their own separate drives so if one fails all the data isnt gone just part of it. The 15 inch MBP I am talking about was broke, my friend ending up giving it to me because he said he wanted nohting to do with it and if I fixed it I could keep it so long story short I fixed it (spent about $330.00 all together for it) and now its up an running great!
I've fixed up a few of these for my friends. The main problem is that hard disks really only have a working life of about 5 years. The other problem is that 4gb of RAM just isn't enough these days.
I've fixed up a few of these for my friends. The main problem is that hard disks really only have a working life of about 5 years. The other problem is that 4gb of RAM just isn't enough these days.
2020 still going!
2020 and still up an running!!!
Do you do arms workouts all day long by wrapping weights around your wrists?
even right now 2019 I upgraded it to Mojave and it works so great! i7 8 gig 750hdd
Brian Luceno what memory did you upgrade it to?
Bani jasso i only updated to mojave
It’s in 2019 and I’m on MacOS Catalina Beta 😊😊 and still working like a newer one 😍😍
Is yours the 9,2? Mid 2012? Did yours overheat with Catalina with indexing of spotlight?
Thomas Cox mine is not overheating, maybe because the battery is new I guess?
JJIPR25 absolutely not. The battery has nothing to do with that. Like with Catalina, or any operating system instal that’s not a clean instal did the machine show any apps using significant energy ?
Glad I caught this video, I have this model. I plan to upgrade to a SSD.
i'm still using it working very well
Thanks-you, still using this model. June 2017
13:38 you forgot the battery to attach it 😳 but I like your video 🙂
Anyone got a model number for the Stanley screwdriver?
I’m more interested in that lol
Lol same man
www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZPSO8GE/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_-s7vFbD87YXCE
2019 and still going strong! 1tb samsung ssd and 16gb ram.
Is 2 × 8gb ram possible on this macbook pro?
@@Sonny972 Yes! That's what I'm running in mine. Apple says it is rated for 8gb only but it will take and use 16gb.
pfdrtom what 1TB ssd are you using?
@@RMART2003 A Samsung 850 Pro. Worth every penny.
@@pfdrtom can you give a link? does it need to be preloaded with ios before replace or not?
Sandar.very good .you are a realy good . Thanks.
2018 still using this computer.
thanks for this video thinking of buying this model in 2016 and I'm confident that it will be perfect for me!
EXCELLENT video my friend!!!! Thank you for posting😊😊
2019 and mine is still doing great!
This is one of the amazing things with OS X. You can boot pretty much any install of the OS on any Mac (assuming that OS is supported on that particular hardware of course). This is why a number of people who travel a lot make bootable images of their system so they can plug it into another Mac on location if their machine kicks the bucket for example and carry on working.
hope that jess had a nice birthday mate and hope things go well for you this week
That's cool hey is the wifi faster
Absolutely useful video! Thanks
Could you just upgrade the Mac (mid2012) with the 8gb of RAM, and see a difference? What's the benefit of upgrading the 500gb HD into a SSD?
You would see a difference upgrading to 8GB of RAM, but you would have more benefits changing the HDD into a SSD. Faster bootup time, applications load up much faster, etc. I upgraded to 16 GB RAM, and a 1TB SSD. Completely worth it.
@@noeagosto9231 if I install a new SSD will I need a USB to install the new ios? I’m assuming it will be all formatted, that’s the part I’m stuck on before I do this upgrade
@@chriseh7 I don’t know what the answer is. Sorry. I cloned my HDD to my SSD using Carbon Copy Cloner, and kept the same MacOS.
SSD is a lot faster than HDD
I have the same machine and did the upgrades you did but with an 840 EVO and 6GB of ram
Amazing vidieo just like always
How did you get OSX on the SSD?
great job on the mac..
can you tell me where to buy the samsung 8gb RAM?
Also sudo trimforce enable
I currently have a non-retina Macbook. I bought 8gb of ram and also 256 SSD ADATA. I changed the drive and the ram, and it was succesfully installed. But i'm noticing something: the machine overheats and also the battery won't last the 5 hours.
I do web development on this machine only.
I have the i7 model 16GB 256GB 850 PRO, smooth machine, sold my retina MacBook Pro 13", I hated the UI Lag..
Just got that model very cheaply and looking forward to do those exact two upgrades, SSD & RAM. Somewhat I enjoyed watching the whole process and narration.. haha. Hope everything got sorted out. Greetings from MX.
Yes
Thank so much for this video. I am ready to do this upgrade friend. I was wondering if I could do 16gb of RAM instead of 8? Thanks in advance for the advice.
loughrey101 how fast is it
You left it on sleep when you where opening the panel :)
Do you happen to have a link to the RAM you bought? I’ve searched on eBay but there are so many on there! Many thanks! James
great video
how is it performing now?
Fantastic video, Tom. Thoroughly enjoyed watching it. :)
I just recommended this Machine to my brother, and it's good to know that it's easily user upgradable!
Are you going to do a 10.11 video ?
Good video and very simple to follow..o installed all this and the macbookpro won’t charge.i had told leave the power cable on.whenever you take the power cord away the MacBook Pro shuts down.
Secondly please do a video on how to clone before the installation of the new SSD. Thanks
Thanks for the video, especially since those mid 2012 are on clearance everywhere.... the first thing I wanted to do was speed it up a bit.
2020 still working like a boss 😎
Did you upgrade ram and SSD ??
Vikash Kumar i just have an SSD as the primary drive to boot os and SSHD as secondary drive. Haven’t upgraded the ram yet. But that’ll definitely boost the performance of the macbook. I run Logic Pro X and it work’s well. Obviously doesn’t run vst’s like Omnisphere as they require a lot of memory.
very helpful of you. Can you tell us what ddr ram I should use or doesn't it matter at all ?
Best laptop I have ever owned
I love the screwdriver? It was my favorite part of the video
4:10 what is the name of this tool?
thnx
Nice video. Where is the best place to buy that RAM? Could you send me a link. Thanks
I believe Yosemite 10.10.4 or 10.10.5 now supports 3rd party SSD's without any 3rd party app or modification program.
Thanks for the vid! how did you zoom in and out like that?
do you still have this macbook? how is the performance?
If you put a new SSD and remove your old hard drive where OS X is installed, will that be a problem ? Do you need to install OS X on the SSD first (if so, how) ?? Thanks !
Do a time Maschine backup first and after it has finished you can change the hdd to the ssd and if youre done you hold the alt key and start the macbook then you chose your new ssd and if it asks about the install of osx chose time Maschine backup and there you go you got new ssd in and your data is also there
@@mbp-tech2818 I can't do the time machine backup, cause i only got 1 backup hard drive thats fill with my others files😶
@@malikfajar3299 then i would suggest you to buy another hdd and then backup to that thats what i had to do otherwise i dont know another way to do it sorry
@@mbp-tech2818 well I just realized I got my 16gb sandisk mate haha my bad
(15:42) how did u do that ?
Great video man, really helps a lot. Getting this same Mac Pro in the mail next Monday. I wanted to know, if I do a time machine backup or even use carbon copy cloner and move all of my files from the HDD to the SSD, will the old files from the HDD conflict with the same OS files moved to the SSD?
Hahaha I had done this but when my keyboard quit , Apple took my SSD and RAM upgrades out.
Never trust Apple, always swap the old parts back in if it has to go in for repair.
When did you plug the battery 🤔
Hope jess likes the mbp and tha Mac pro gets better :'( great video seeya tomorrow :D
I just bought a mid 2012 13" MacBook Pro, 8gb ram, 750gb hd, Intel i7 2.9ghz. I found it on "offer up" and the seller was asking $550, I gave him $460 for it. I sold some junk silver coins for $300 and just added an extra $160 to buy the laptop.
I have been thinking of doing this upgrade as well, especially since I never use an optical drive.
Great Vid!
Do you recommend this mac book pro (2012) still? Even if its almost 2016? Thanks!
+theZhaianneMode I currently use it to date! What are you looking to use it for?
+Ron Harvey i'm wondering the same. I don't like the fact the new onws can't be upgraded
+Masterglitcher567 again it sort of depends what you use it for. I also use a PC I built primarily for all my video editing/photo processing, etc. However, I use my MacBook Pro when on the go. It's holding up quite well! I upgraded it to El Capitan recently (clean install) and it's still performing fine. However I noticed that apps and the Max itself are a little bit slower to boot up. I'm upgrading the standard 500GB HDD it came with to a 250GB SSD. I've already upgraded the RAM to 8GB. I'll just use an external hard drive for all my files after that. I'm sure it'll fix that boot up issue. I've had no problems using premiere pro and such with it though. The only thing is render times are a bit longer and the display is a little small but other than that it's fine. Hope this somewhat helps!
+Ron Harvey Certainly this helps. I want this for on the go too, editing videos, photoshop, illustrator, coding and such. Thank you for your help.
+Ron Harvey i just bought it.. Im so happy.. Cant wait to upgrade it to SSD. best buy i ever made
im on this exact model the new macs are more expensive for way less. sure theres retina displays and ssd's installed but they are literally selling macbook pros with 128gb's of storage for 2000 dollars here in canada
Where did you get that ssd?
I just want to understand the SSD Already had the MacOS installed or what?
I just purchased a Macbook for $540 with a new hard drive however the hard drive isn't quite what I need. This was very informative. Hoping to do some tinkering and swap out for a larger hard drive.
How can you put nvidia graphics driver in a macbook pro mid 2012?
Is it that easy.so you change to a ssd and all files are there?