did you update the hard drive as well? if so, how did you do the back up and the restoration after the upgrades? I have updated the ram and just purchased the SSD but have not pulled the trigger on the optical drive/hard drive
I have replaced hard drive with Samsung 1Tb and am using Old drive as external drive this way my data is safe and i can access it anytime by connecting with usb
@@neryorozcoyt I put in a SSD drive and used the latest backup from Time Machine to load all the files on to the new drive. I used a flash drive and created a bootable installer first, swapped drives, booted from my flash drive and let Time Machine load to the new disk.
@@stevenjp7155 Do you think using SuperDuper! would also work to copy from old drive to new? This is a video of that process from 2017: th-cam.com/video/j2efihrnStg/w-d-xo.html I really appreciate any feedback. I'm attempting to help a family member with her computer.
Just got a mbp from 2011 upgrading from a modern chromebook , w this upgrade this thing will absolutely get me through the rest of college and maybe a year or two of work!
I'm actually watching this video, with a Macbook similar to this. (MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) And I can say, this Mac has been amazing for the many years I've had it. I can say it still runs pretty well, and sometimes better then new Windows computer coming out these recent years. Obviously, it isn't in it's prime anymore but still gets things done, without any issues like lag, and overall no performance issues, and I've never changed anything hardware-wise in it. Can still stream, and play games on it, and go on high-performance apps. Honestly, I would change computers, for a newer one but sadly these new ones tend to be made cheaper then this, and lack the features, like this one has. As an Apple worker once said to me, this computer is a gem, and they dont make this type of quality anymore. I'm not an Apple fan, with this being one of the very few apple products I own, but honestly, for 2022 it can still handle it. It just depends on how well you've treated and maintained it, but I use this daily and its great. But maybe in the future, I'll be doing this type of upgrade.
I Have Macbook Pro late 2012,I upgraded it to 16Ram and SSD boy ou Boy its working better than the New ones,finishing my daily tasks easy, installed High Sierra & Windows 10.
I love this laptop! I used to use it since it was new, upgraded everything that was possible. One day it lost the support to the last MacOS, and the display suddenly didn't work anymore. So I connected it to an external monitor and installed Linux on it. Still use it ever since!
Thank you for sharing this! I went ahead and ordered the Corsair RAM upgraded that you added to your computer. I'm excited to see how it'll speed up the performance of my MacBook Pro. Slowly, I'm gaining more confidence in myself to make these small upgrades and save myself a lot of money in buying a new laptop.
@@montyv9801 right, when you restore to factory you will go backwards. Problem is, I tried that, and I could not go back to original factory. Any upgrades in MacOS become the new “factory” settings. You would only erase everything and it would show Sierra as the “factory” setting, not “Lion.” You could get a new ssd, use the dvd drive, and take MacOS Lion boot discs and download the Lion to the ssd. Then put the ssd in your MacBook.
I upgraded my iMac 27"2010 mid core I 7 quad core with 16 GB ram + SSD. it's running like super smooth. tough I installed mac os Sierra. but still doing editing on final cut like butter.
Thanks a lot for the video! I got a MacBook Pro mid 2009, replace the hard drive with a PNY 480GB SSD and hope soon replace the 4GB ram with 8GB ram, replace the battery and maybe replace the 480SSD with a one TB SSD.
I still use my laptop with ssd use imovies to make 6 to 8 gb movies on my family memories encoding takes 13 to 14hrs but it is still working like charm mid 2010 model mac book pro 15 inch...
agreed I just bought an 2010 mac book pro and put a new battery in it. Took me less than 10 min. I am planning on upgrading it and use it as my daily for school and coding. Yes you are right it's better to upgrade the old system, because of the flexibility and customization you have. Also most people will not use the full power of a 3K mac book.
I have noticed over the past month that the market for "macbook" parts, accessories, chargers, etc are so inflated and cost much more than any other laptop would.... for example I got q charger for my Dell laptop for under $10 original dell charger. For a macbook a new charger is about $50 original apple . Ram is the same story, and so is all of the apple accessories.... in my opinion is not worth it to pay premium price for a 9 year old laptop
3TB hdd seems a bit an overkill to me, but i have the very same machine with the very same ssd and 8gigs ram, and im writing this comment from it. Sure not "gaming capable" (who buys macs for games anyway?), but still after 8 years its a great computer for any everyday task; i fully recommend the ssd upgrade to anyone, it will resurrect the machine.
@@parkerrogers2277 hi park! I actually did it manually, but a good program i often use to clone hdd's its macrium reflect. In any case if you insert a new (or just formatted) disk or ssd on a mac it will download the os after you login to mac account
Very good video. Helped me in upgrading my macbook pro. Mine laptop ssd was damaged and performing very bad, I was unable to use my macbook. Then i saw this video and just for getting some info visited apple store. There they said that this macbook won't support any kind of ssd and for installation of normal hardisk of 500gb they will charge more than rs10000 and expense more if necessary and rs2000 more for service charge. Then I lest from the apple service center and visited local market coz this tutorial gave me enough knowledge and self confidence. Then there i get my macbook opened and installed 120gb ssd for macos. And 500gb hdd as additional space. And soon i will upgrade my 4gb ram to 8 or 10gb ddr3. Thanks friends for such a knowledgeable video. Love from India.
"i'm sure there is a slight difference between the 2nd and 8th generation i7 but its probably not worth to buy a new machine for it" slight? processors - 2011 13" mbp- 2.7Ghz dual core low power core i7 with 4MB cache and 3.4Ghz turboboost 2018 13" mbp- 2.7Ghz quad core core i7 with 8MB cache and 4.5Ghz turboboost graphics - 2011 13" mbp- intel HD3000 512mb vram (a very crappy igpu) 2018 13" mbp- intel Iris Plus 655 1536mb vram (you can actually render 4k and play some games with this) connectivity- 2011 13" mbp- RJ45, FireWire 800,Mini DP+ Thunderbolt 1.0, x2 USB 2.0, SD Card reader, 3.5mm out, dvd drive 2018 13" mbp- x4 Thunderbolt 3 ports ram and storage speed- 2011 13" mbp- up to 16GB of 1333Mhz DDR3 ram, Sata3.0 6GBP/S (theoretically up to 600mpbs with a good ssd) 2018 13" mbp- up to 16GB of 2133Mhz LPDDR3 SDRAM (SDRAM has less latency than non-soldered RAM), PCIe 3.0 256GB/512GB/1TB/2TB SSD (up to 2700mbps read and write speeds) cinebench - 2011 13" mbp- around 245-250cb 2018 13" mbp- around 680-687cb all of that and this is besides the fact that you could use an external GPU on the 2018 13" mbp for even more performance... the only bad thing about the 2018 macbook pro is that it has the worst keyboard ever made, in terms of thermals both machines have thermal problems (if my own 2011 13" mbp idles at 50-60 degrees celsius even after changing the thermal paste to grizzly kryonaut, something is seriously wrong with its thermal design...)
I did it on my 2012 15” MacBook that had a regular hard drive with 4gb ram and now it has a Samsung 1tb ssd and 8gb ram and it runs exactly as fast as my 2018 MacBook
This vid definitely puts things into perspective. I think I will swap out the optical drive and leave it out. Just to reduce the weight of the book itself. Once the SSD is in, its going to be super light weight.
@Rick and Morty Gay Edition well, honestly that vinyl looks shit and would be worse when it'd start shredding but there's no way it's gonna hurt heat dissipation, MacBooks already have the worst cooling and airflow.
@@parkerrogers2277 I had an external hard drive so I use time machine to backup the whole system and then reinstalled everything onto the new hard drive after formatting it
@@parkerrogers2277 there is no dumb question when you don't know . , With the use of the external hard drive all I had to do is plug it in search on your system for your time machine backup all your hard drives to that one external hard drive . Then continue by installing the new ssds and reformat it then plug in your hard drive once again and upload your system from time machine ... If that doesn't work for you because you don't have an external hard drive they are these accessories that you can hook up to your SSD that turns it into an external hard drive USB to hard drive data to help with the process of data transfer
What an awesome video! Thank you so much!! I already upgraded my macbook early 2011 with a 240GB SSD and a 1TB internal hardrive. I will buy now an extra 8GB RAM and this leather case which is legit!
I saved this video because I am working on my computer now and I found it really helpful. I am updating my Ram first and then my HDD to an SSD but I haven't got the money due to spending it all on the Ram modules. I might not install it firstly because as you said, you won't get the full potential from it unless you have a better hard drive installed. I also added a skin on mine too and it's starting to come together. Anyway... Thanks for the video, man! It gives me ideas. :)
The last MacBook Pro that could be upgraded was the mid-2012 non retina. The retina version of that same year started being soldered. For anyone curious, the mid-2012 Macs' RAM specs are 1600mHz PC3 12800 DDR3 SODDIM. Use that and you'll be on your way. Make sure not to use RAM from older MacBooks, because they aren't compatible (same for those with older Macs that want newer RAM), even if on the outside the computer is identical.
I have a 2011 MBP I upgraded to 240 SSD & 8gb. I only use it for Logic Pro X. Works great. Only downside is, I can’t update Logic past 11.3 not a big deal. But also, some external music gear isn’t recognized with High Sierra. Some midi keyboards and drum machines etc. And of course now that Apple doesn’t support Hugh Sierra as of the last couple months, no security. I really don’t wanna buy a new Mac. I love mine.
I have early 2011 upgraded to 500gb Ssd 8gb ram and used open core legacy patcher to install MacOS Ventura, I am getting all the updates runs very smooth. Though I must share.
I did this to mid 2012 for my 15” in 2013. It still runs amazing but it cannot handle big video editing. At least on set or on the go, it is good for digesting media on to drives.
Great vid. thanks. I have a early 2011 MacBook Pro, can I do the same to upgrade it? where can I order those chips, are all memory chips for Macs the same size? Just to make sure the right size chips. Thanks again for a great vid tutorial
I give your video two thumbs up, but I need a video to upgrade my 2015Mack Boo Pro, hard drive, and memory to whatever specs can be used to Max the entire system for my pleasure and Computing enjoyment
You could've replaced the optical drive with another internal SSD or HDD and then ran them both in Raid. It might've been easier. There are also a lot of drives with SATA and micro usb ports so you don't have to disconnect the micro-usb adapter. Also, if you're using final cut pro, the 16gb of RAM are gonna be bottlenecked by the 2 core CPU. I'd recommend saving up and building a new rig if you're gonna be working on more render heavy stuff. The 4790k is a really fast 8 core CPU with hyperthreading, a bit pricey but it's a great value and you'll be able to utilize as much RAM as you can afford with support for DDR3. A lot of people will tell you that Haswell CPU's are outdated, but that's not true, especially considering how LGA 1150 mobos are a lot cheaper than 1151 compatible motherboards. These are just things to keep in mind if you're planning on an upgrade anytime soon. Anyway keep up the videos fam, they're great!
After doing the upgrades to the hardware and restoring with time machine, can you now upgrade from High Sierra to Catalina? I have a 2011 MacBook Pro that needs to be able to run Catalina and I would much rather follow your video than buy a new machine 😃
Update: using a video I found from “dosdude1” on TH-cam called how to install macOS 10.15 Catalina on an Unsupported Mac” - was able to update to Catalina
How did you transfer data from the old drive to the new drive? This is the only step I don't feel comfortable doing that's preventing me from doing this upgrade. Thanks in advance for any feedback!
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.
Hey there, thank you for the tip. the macbook already had Mojave when I got it. I did just order everything yesterday too. Got a 1tb Samsung evo SSD and 16gb of Crucial Ram.
mannn amazing work! congrats :D Do you think to upgrade up to 32gb or is it maxed out now? I have a MBP retina 15in mid 2012, do you think I should replace the 8gb to 32gb? I know 16gb can be done but...you know
Hello, thanks for posting this I have purchased mi first Mac Book Pro (and my first Mac as well) it got to be a Early 2011 Mac Book Pro. and started doing the upgrade from HDD to SDD, your video has been my reference (at least 30 views...) I could move from 135 seconds booting to 30 seconds, and of course all the tasks run more smoothly. What's the "last" mac model where we can do this things? pd - transforming a white mac into a black mac is kind of stylish
Great video! I except to do this to a Macbook Pro 2011 soon. Is my first experience with OsX. It is necessary to do optimizations in OsX to get a better perform and maintains SSD's life?
So the RAM you recommend now is total of 8gb and no longer 16gb total? Is that correct? Is that because the 16gb of RAM doesnt work or is it that 16gb will work and the you are just recommending a different brand to use? Also thank you for this very informative video.
I recommend 8 because for some reason it literally made no difference in performance in my experience. It's as if the computer registered all 16 but only used 8? Idk it's not worth the extra money tbh. I'd stick with the 8
AWESOME! Boss. i also have the original Slo "Spinning Color Wheel of Death" 2011 15" Macbook. it's a shame we can't go any higher then Yosemite in order to run some New Softwares & video editing programs. But great job you did anyway.
Why didn’t you clean the dust from the logic board & fan to make it run cooler also replace the GPU & CPU thermal paste? With all of that work you still more to do. I’m not sure of the purpose for the 2nd Hard Drive & especially 2TB? Good job to make the most of your older but better repurposed MBP!
Hello, 1 : can I use 8Gb+8Gb Without Changing the old Ssd ? Or will it Shutdown the MacBook ? 2: if I follow all the details of what you did from A to Z how can I reinstall the macOs 10.13.6 on the new installation + keep all my information from before ? 3 what about the battery can you also put a better battery because it’s pretty bad 2011.. Thanks I m very amateur .. sorry
Great video bro, I think I’m gonna do this myself too. One question: do you think there’s a significant difference between using 8GB and 16GB of RAM ??
If you haven't done this yet, No just get 8. The kind of work that needs 16gb can't be done with this CPU. And for God's sake don't get 1TB of ssd. It's a waste of money. Just get a good 250 for os and apps. Put your media on a HDD you won't notice the difference unless you use it for video editing (again , which is not a good idea on this processor).
Just to be clear because I'm going to do this with my MacBook real soon, you bought to SSDs right? And one of them got put where the optical drive was at..
Hi, the optical Drive Replacement is currently unbelievable, which one can replace it?, what tools I need, can you please post the links for the screw drivers?
I wonder if I can put one of those 2019 OS X Hack versions in an upgraded 2011 (which I have.) It would make me feel like a Rebel to have a souped-up Old machine, instead of having to spring for a NEW one!
I need to replace my optical drive with another SSD. I replaced the HDD on my 2012 MacBook Pro with a 1TB SD, the RAM was upgraded form 4GB to 16GB. Adding an SSD will make a huge difference.
So I have a dilemma please help me! Both laptops are going to bought used. I can either buy a 2012 13” MacBook Pro with i5 for $300, no upgraded have been done. Or I can buy 2011 15” MacBook Pro with quad core i7 for $310, the ram has been upgraded to 8gb. Both are in fairly used condition and I would have to spend about $90 on each one if I would buy. I would have to upgrade ram on 13” or upgrade ssd on 15”, again which works out between $70 and $90. Is there that big of a difference between the two years? I mainly just want to use it for creative purposes (GarageBand, iMovie,etc) but I also need it for school so it has to multitask smoothly. I want to use it for a while so I’m worried that 2011 will be too old (not eligible for updates etc) are there any major difference between the two. Thanks for the help!
Just bought a late '11 15 inch with 16gb and ssd. I hope it'll run fcpx decently. Would you upgrade to Mojave / Catalina or would stay in High Sierra running an older final cut version?
Great job man. I love what you did to upgrade the laptop.I am looking to buy a used mac book pro, debating if I am gonna buy the 2012, which I can upgrade the ram and maybe 1 TB SSD, or buying a 2014 model and keeping it stock. Just don’t know which one to choose, two options will probably cost the same amount of money.
Why would you install the same slow drive in the optical holder instead of a SSD? 2 TB does not speed it up, that's storage size only, as long as your new main drive has the OS it will run faster, but it will bottleneck when it accesses the HDD.
I have a question and need some professional advice. This is the exact laptop that I have. With these upgrades can I play PC games such as WoW? I'm not trying to buy another laptop without first considering this option.
@Moe thanks for the tips: I have a early 2011 MacPro A1278 i have already boost to 8Gb of RAM, can I put 8+8 on my mother board, as you done? Hugs from Friuli - Italy
Thanks for making and sharing this helpful video. I have a MacBook Pro Mid 2010. I used to use Final Cut Pro and it was working fine but now it’s very slow even though I don’t use any heavy software on it. I actually haven’t used it for some time now. Could you suggest me a software or tool to check the issues please? I also would like to upgrade it, so could you suggest me what part I can upgrade and what maximum capacity I should get for those parts? Thanks in advance.
I did this exact upgrade on my 2011 MacBook Pro and it made my computer blazingly fast. I was amazed!
Am doing tomorrow so excited!!
did you update the hard drive as well? if so, how did you do the back up and the restoration after the upgrades? I have updated the ram and just purchased the SSD but have not pulled the trigger on the optical drive/hard drive
I have replaced hard drive with Samsung 1Tb and am using Old drive as external drive this way my data is safe and i can access it anytime by connecting with usb
@@neryorozcoyt I put in a SSD drive and used the latest backup from Time Machine to load all the files on to the new drive. I used a flash drive and created a bootable installer first, swapped drives, booted from my flash drive and let Time Machine load to the new disk.
@@stevenjp7155 Do you think using SuperDuper! would also work to copy from old drive to new? This is a video of that process from 2017: th-cam.com/video/j2efihrnStg/w-d-xo.html I really appreciate any feedback. I'm attempting to help a family member with her computer.
he's so confident that the decal looks good
Just got a mbp from 2011 upgrading from a modern chromebook , w this upgrade this thing will absolutely get me through the rest of college and maybe a year or two of work!
Just followed the instructions and upgraded my laptop, aside from messing up some screws my computer is going good so far
JANSON. Does your heat up lot
@@TheRuneCrusader23 yeah it does and the battery drains fast but I think that part is my fault tbh
JANSON. How do you fix that and how was it your fault
Were you able to complete the upgrade? How did you transfer data from old drive to new drive? Thanks in advance for any feedback!
I'm actually watching this video, with a Macbook similar to this. (MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) And I can say, this Mac has been amazing for the many years I've had it. I can say it still runs pretty well, and sometimes better then new Windows computer coming out these recent years. Obviously, it isn't in it's prime anymore but still gets things done, without any issues like lag, and overall no performance issues, and I've never changed anything hardware-wise in it. Can still stream, and play games on it, and go on high-performance apps. Honestly, I would change computers, for a newer one but sadly these new ones tend to be made cheaper then this, and lack the features, like this one has. As an Apple worker once said to me, this computer is a gem, and they dont make this type of quality anymore. I'm not an Apple fan, with this being one of the very few apple products I own, but honestly, for 2022 it can still handle it. It just depends on how well you've treated and maintained it, but I use this daily and its great. But maybe in the future, I'll be doing this type of upgrade.
I Have Macbook Pro late 2012,I upgraded it to 16Ram and SSD
boy ou Boy its working better than the New ones,finishing my daily tasks easy,
installed High Sierra & Windows 10.
I love this laptop! I used to use it since it was new, upgraded everything that was possible. One day it lost the support to the last MacOS, and the display suddenly didn't work anymore. So I connected it to an external monitor and installed Linux on it. Still use it ever since!
You can put the catalina on it by using the dosdude patch.
@@garyd1065 opencore will give you Ventura.
Thank you for sharing this! I went ahead and ordered the Corsair RAM upgraded that you added to your computer. I'm excited to see how it'll speed up the performance of my MacBook Pro. Slowly, I'm gaining more confidence in myself to make these small upgrades and save myself a lot of money in buying a new laptop.
just don't ruin it by loading Mojave, High Sierra's much faster for MBPs with a soldered, small amount of RAM
@@austrobok2958 what if you’re on Mac OS X Lion? Can you go back to high Sierra? (Also on late 2011 MBP)
@@montyv9801 I think you can move to High Sierra, but that is forwards not back. Lion is OS 10.7 and High Sierra OS 10.13.
@@austrobok2958 oh okay strange. Cause I was running high Sierra before I restored to factory settings
@@montyv9801 right, when you restore to factory you will go backwards. Problem is, I tried that, and I could not go back to original factory. Any upgrades in MacOS become the new “factory” settings. You would only erase everything and it would show Sierra as the “factory” setting, not “Lion.” You could get a new ssd, use the dvd drive, and take MacOS Lion boot discs and download the Lion to the ssd. Then put the ssd in your MacBook.
I upgraded my iMac 27"2010 mid core I 7 quad core with 16 GB ram + SSD. it's running like super smooth. tough I installed mac os Sierra. but still doing editing on final cut like butter.
Reilly bro
Thanks a lot for the video! I got a MacBook Pro mid 2009, replace the hard drive with a PNY 480GB SSD and hope soon replace the 4GB ram with 8GB ram, replace the battery and maybe replace the 480SSD with a one TB SSD.
Great job. I thought things were limited. Now my Mac will last forever.
Stepheon Coles not for so long :( remember Catalina
Were you able to complete the upgrade? How did you transfer data from old drive to new drive? Thanks in advance for any feedback!
thanks for the info, ill install the ssd and the ram, ill skip the cd drive replacement 🤟
I still use my laptop with ssd use imovies to make 6 to 8 gb movies on my family memories encoding takes 13 to 14hrs but it is still working like charm mid 2010 model mac book pro 15 inch...
holy molly, you mean i could actually save my mom's MBP from 2012, wow. Apple really came a long way screwing up customers upgradability
yeah, but they realized customers were screwing them back and start making built-in memory devices not upgradeable anymore.
Benjamin you are 100% true with that.👍
agreed I just bought an 2010 mac book pro and put a new battery in it. Took me less than 10 min. I am planning on upgrading it and use it as my daily for school and coding. Yes you are right it's better to upgrade the old system, because of the flexibility and customization you have. Also most people will not use the full power of a 3K mac book.
Best of luck and great on you!
I have noticed over the past month that the market for "macbook" parts, accessories, chargers, etc are so inflated and cost much more than any other laptop would.... for example I got q charger for my Dell laptop for under $10 original dell charger. For a macbook a new charger is about $50 original apple . Ram is the same story, and so is all of the apple accessories.... in my opinion is not worth it to pay premium price for a 9 year old laptop
Hey .
May you tell me from where can i get a new genuine battery for mac book pro 13 inch ??
@@seghir0 Amazon.
Thank you for this video because I am looking to buy a refurbished Mac and upgraded so I can continue producing.
3TB hdd seems a bit an overkill to me, but i have the very same machine with the very same ssd and 8gigs ram, and im writing this comment from it. Sure not "gaming capable" (who buys macs for games anyway?), but still after 8 years its a great computer for any everyday task; i fully recommend the ssd upgrade to anyone, it will resurrect the machine.
Right on the money
Did you format your ssd to Mac compatible?
Were you able to complete the upgrade? How did you transfer data from old drive to new drive? Thanks in advance for any feedback!
@@parkerrogers2277 hi park! I actually did it manually, but a good program i often use to clone hdd's its macrium reflect. In any case if you insert a new (or just formatted) disk or ssd on a mac it will download the os after you login to mac account
@@TheRolex23 no, put it as it came from the box; then the mac did evrything by itself
Very good video. Helped me in upgrading my macbook pro. Mine laptop ssd was damaged and performing very bad, I was unable to use my macbook. Then i saw this video and just for getting some info visited apple store. There they said that this macbook won't support any kind of ssd and for installation of normal hardisk of 500gb they will charge more than rs10000 and expense more if necessary and rs2000 more for service charge. Then I lest from the apple service center and visited local market coz this tutorial gave me enough knowledge and self confidence. Then there i get my macbook opened and installed 120gb ssd for macos. And 500gb hdd as additional space. And soon i will upgrade my 4gb ram to 8 or 10gb ddr3.
Thanks friends for such a knowledgeable video.
Love from India.
Thank you for this comment friend! Best of luck to you
"i'm sure there is a slight difference between the 2nd and 8th generation i7 but its probably not worth to buy a new machine for it"
slight?
processors -
2011 13" mbp- 2.7Ghz dual core low power core i7 with 4MB cache and 3.4Ghz turboboost
2018 13" mbp- 2.7Ghz quad core core i7 with 8MB cache and 4.5Ghz turboboost
graphics -
2011 13" mbp- intel HD3000 512mb vram (a very crappy igpu)
2018 13" mbp- intel Iris Plus 655 1536mb vram (you can actually render 4k and play some games with this)
connectivity-
2011 13" mbp- RJ45, FireWire 800,Mini DP+ Thunderbolt 1.0, x2 USB 2.0, SD Card reader, 3.5mm out, dvd drive
2018 13" mbp- x4 Thunderbolt 3 ports
ram and storage speed-
2011 13" mbp- up to 16GB of 1333Mhz DDR3 ram, Sata3.0 6GBP/S (theoretically up to 600mpbs with a good ssd)
2018 13" mbp- up to 16GB of 2133Mhz LPDDR3 SDRAM (SDRAM has less latency than non-soldered RAM), PCIe 3.0 256GB/512GB/1TB/2TB SSD (up to 2700mbps read and write speeds)
cinebench -
2011 13" mbp- around 245-250cb
2018 13" mbp- around 680-687cb
all of that and this is besides the fact that you could use an external GPU on the 2018 13" mbp for even more performance...
the only bad thing about the 2018 macbook pro is that it has the worst keyboard ever made, in terms of thermals both machines have thermal problems (if my own 2011 13" mbp idles at 50-60 degrees celsius even after changing the thermal paste to grizzly kryonaut, something is seriously wrong with its thermal design...)
I did it on my 2012 15” MacBook that had a regular hard drive with 4gb ram and now it has a Samsung 1tb ssd and 8gb ram and it runs exactly as fast as my 2018 MacBook
Thank you, mine is a MacBook Pro 15 inches, where specific store had you buy those pieces?
Same thing I did n saved tons of money and have a super fast MacBook Pro now! No need to buy the new ones unless your editing videos or gaming on it!
This vid definitely puts things into perspective.
I think I will swap out the optical drive and leave it out.
Just to reduce the weight of the book itself. Once the SSD is in, its going to be super light weight.
That vinyl hurts heat dissipation.
ugly too..
@Rick and Morty Gay Edition well, honestly that vinyl looks shit and would be worse when it'd start shredding but there's no way it's gonna hurt heat dissipation, MacBooks already have the worst cooling and airflow.
Ultimate 2012 MacBook pro for editing!
very cool i did the same thing with my 2011 mac book pro just with 2T SSD . huge change
How did you transfer data from old drive to new drive? Thanks in advance for any feedback!
@@parkerrogers2277 I had an external hard drive so I use time machine to backup the whole system and then reinstalled everything onto the new hard drive after formatting it
@@j.crandom2077 Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what's the process to install your time machine backup onto your new hard drive?
@@parkerrogers2277 there is no dumb question when you don't know . ,
With the use of the external hard drive all I had to do is plug it in search on your system for your time machine backup all your hard drives to that one external hard drive . Then continue by installing the new ssds and reformat it then plug in your hard drive once again and upload your system from time machine ... If that doesn't work for you because you don't have an external hard drive they are these accessories that you can hook up to your SSD that turns it into an external hard drive USB to hard drive data to help with the process of data transfer
@@j.crandom2077 Thank you so much for your help!
Bro! Can't believe I happened to randomly stumble across your video! Wahoah!!!
oh sorry I thought you were a guy i knew from my uni in the UK
2:03 quick spiderman
What an awesome video! Thank you so much!! I already upgraded my macbook early 2011 with a 240GB SSD and a 1TB internal hardrive. I will buy now an extra 8GB RAM and this leather case which is legit!
Hey, do u have Catalina?
@@hugopastor7731 it is a High Sierra
Hell ya. Im doing this after seeing the performance numbers. thanks for the vid. Saves so much money
Best of luck to you
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Were you able to complete the upgrade? How did you transfer data from old drive to new drive? Thanks in advance for any feedback!
I saved this video because I am working on my computer now and I found it really helpful. I am updating my Ram first and then my HDD to an SSD but I haven't got the money due to spending it all on the Ram modules. I might not install it firstly because as you said, you won't get the full potential from it unless you have a better hard drive installed. I also added a skin on mine too and it's starting to come together. Anyway... Thanks for the video, man! It gives me ideas. :)
The last MacBook Pro that could be upgraded was the mid-2012 non retina. The retina version of that same year started being soldered. For anyone curious, the mid-2012 Macs' RAM specs are 1600mHz PC3 12800 DDR3 SODDIM. Use that and you'll be on your way. Make sure not to use RAM from older MacBooks, because they aren't compatible (same for those with older Macs that want newer RAM), even if on the outside the computer is identical.
I have a 2011 MBP I upgraded to 240 SSD & 8gb. I only use it for Logic Pro X. Works great. Only downside is, I can’t update Logic past 11.3 not a big deal. But also, some external music gear isn’t recognized with High Sierra. Some midi keyboards and drum machines etc. And of course now that Apple doesn’t support Hugh Sierra as of the last couple months, no security. I really don’t wanna buy a new Mac. I love mine.
thank you for your comment
I have early 2011 upgraded to 500gb Ssd 8gb ram and used open core legacy patcher to install MacOS Ventura, I am getting all the updates runs very smooth. Though I must share.
I did this to mid 2012 for my 15” in 2013. It still runs amazing but it cannot handle big video editing. At least on set or on the go, it is good for digesting media on to drives.
Actually bit works even better on the 2012 then it does the 2011! Good on you
Just think if you remove the optical drive the 2011-2012 macbook pro's can have 8TB of ssd 4TBX2, and 16GB.
You can also hack egpu to work.
Tigerex966 Does it even support 8TB? Lmao.
thank you for this! it's really helpful, i want to upgrade mine same as yours but i think i'll skip the optical drive replacement. Thanks again!
You should have also changed the thermal paste & cleaned the fan.
My MacBook pro 2011 is so hot and slow... I have an SSD, an i7 and 8gb ram... You thing that if i change the thermal paste, it will resolve my issue ?
@@belaidbenhamlat431 absolutely. I used liquid metal.
@@azarearm800 macbook air
Absolutely stunning upgrade 👍
thank you for your comment. sorry for the late reply
Also, HOW is a harddrive restricting the macbook from using the 16 gb RAM?!?!
Bottleneck
I upgraded mine to 16 GB with no problem. Upgraded to 1 TB SD HD.
@@stevenjp7155 so if we replace HDD with SDD, we can change the memory with 8gb+8gb?
Thanks. I’m getting ready to do this.
Were you able to complete the upgrade? How did you transfer data from old drive to new drive? Thanks in advance for any feedback!
mind blowing
🤯👌
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Is the video ready ?
Thank u
Great vid. thanks. I have a early 2011 MacBook Pro, can I do the same to upgrade it? where can I order those chips, are all memory chips for Macs the same size? Just to make sure the right size chips.
Thanks again for a great vid tutorial
dope upgrade bro no cap
I give your video two thumbs up, but I need a video to upgrade my 2015Mack Boo Pro, hard drive, and memory to whatever specs can be used to Max the entire system for my pleasure and Computing enjoyment
I'll keep an eye one if i find one
need to see screws you took out of the optical drive, could not see it clearly in this video, thanks
Great Job Bravo!
Could you please indicate what are the brands you got for ram and hard? I would like to upgrade my late 2011 Macbook pro as you did!
You could've replaced the optical drive with another internal SSD or HDD and then ran them both in Raid. It might've been easier. There are also a lot of drives with SATA and micro usb ports so you don't have to disconnect the micro-usb adapter. Also, if you're using final cut pro, the 16gb of RAM are gonna be bottlenecked by the 2 core CPU. I'd recommend saving up and building a new rig if you're gonna be working on more render heavy stuff. The 4790k is a really fast 8 core CPU with hyperthreading, a bit pricey but it's a great value and you'll be able to utilize as much RAM as you can afford with support for DDR3. A lot of people will tell you that Haswell CPU's are outdated, but that's not true, especially considering how LGA 1150 mobos are a lot cheaper than 1151 compatible motherboards. These are just things to keep in mind if you're planning on an upgrade anytime soon. Anyway keep up the videos fam, they're great!
RAID support is dead on MacOS
I really liked the video moe, you're a natural at doing how to videos wallah. Keep it up
Great one, lad. That is the greatest upgrade you did. Way to go!
After doing the upgrades to the hardware and restoring with time machine, can you now upgrade from High Sierra to Catalina? I have a 2011 MacBook Pro that needs to be able to run Catalina and I would much rather follow your video than buy a new machine 😃
Update: using a video I found from “dosdude1” on TH-cam called how to install macOS 10.15 Catalina on an Unsupported Mac” - was able to update to Catalina
How did you transfer data from the old drive to the new drive? This is the only step I don't feel comfortable doing that's preventing me from doing this upgrade. Thanks in advance for any feedback!
You saved me getting a new Mac.rhank you for this professional video🙂😀
you misses to take out the small screw mount from the optical drive. Without it the had disk case will not screw near the connectors..
I probably forgot to include it in the video. What minute is that at? so I can leave a note in the description. Thank you.
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.
if you stick with el capitan 4gb ram would work fine. so you only need to upgrade the ssd.
Hey there, thank you for the tip. the macbook already had Mojave when I got it. I did just order everything yesterday too. Got a 1tb Samsung evo SSD and 16gb of Crucial Ram.
mannn amazing work! congrats :D Do you think to upgrade up to 32gb or is it maxed out now? I have a MBP retina 15in mid 2012, do you think I should replace the 8gb to 32gb? I know 16gb can be done but...you know
Hello, thanks for posting this
I have purchased mi first Mac Book Pro (and my first Mac as well) it got to be a Early 2011 Mac Book Pro.
and started doing the upgrade from HDD to SDD, your video has been my reference (at least 30 views...)
I could move from 135 seconds booting to 30 seconds, and of course all the tasks run more smoothly.
What's the "last" mac model where we can do this things?
pd - transforming a white mac into a black mac is kind of stylish
That's so great to hear!
I think the last model was 2013, I believe, I could be wrong though. And thank you!
@@MoeNegm 2012
Great video! I except to do this to a Macbook Pro 2011 soon.
Is my first experience with OsX.
It is necessary to do optimizations in OsX to get a better perform and maintains SSD's life?
Humberto Gutiérrez just enable trim
@@bryangt7 how can enable it?
@@betty13231 Through Terminal with commands, search it, its easy.
Hi ! Great vid !
Why do you recommend now (in your 06-09-19 update) an 8GB ram instead of the 16GB you put on the video ?
You literally wont notice a difference, its just a waste of money and shortens the battery life.
So the RAM you recommend now is total of 8gb and no longer 16gb total? Is that correct?
Is that because the 16gb of RAM doesnt work or is it that 16gb will work and the you are just recommending a different brand to use?
Also thank you for this very informative video.
I recommend 8 because for some reason it literally made no difference in performance in my experience. It's as if the computer registered all 16 but only used 8? Idk it's not worth the extra money tbh. I'd stick with the 8
I have MacBook Pro mid 2009. How do you think is it possible to change it too?
AWESOME! Boss. i also have the original Slo "Spinning Color Wheel of Death" 2011 15" Macbook. it's a shame we can't go any higher then Yosemite in order to run some New Softwares & video editing programs.
But great job you did anyway.
DARRYL SMITH check out snazzy labs. He did a vid from some guy that made a patch where you can upgrade to mojave on an unsupported device
@@xochiojeda7618
Thanx.
i think a lot of people dont know u can upgrade the RAM to 16gb.. i see a lot of 8gb upgrade on here.
thank you for your comment. sorry for the late reply
Why didn’t you clean the dust from the logic board & fan to make it run cooler also replace the GPU & CPU thermal paste? With all of that work you still more to do. I’m not sure of the purpose for the 2nd Hard Drive & especially 2TB? Good job to make the most of your older but better repurposed MBP!
i'm gonna do this to my 2011 mac. it's such a beauty with a long history, but runs too slow now a days
Yup, and the older machines have all the ports
@@MoeNegm I'm thinking about doing this too! I have a MBP early 2011. Is it still worth doing the upgrades on this MBP year?
emdotq It’s worth it
Were you able to complete the upgrade? How did you transfer data from old drive to new drive? Thanks in advance for any feedback!
Hello,
1 : can I use 8Gb+8Gb Without Changing the old Ssd ? Or will it Shutdown the MacBook ?
2: if I follow all the details of what you did from A to Z how can I reinstall the macOs 10.13.6 on the new installation + keep all my information from before ?
3 what about the battery can you also put a better battery because it’s pretty bad 2011..
Thanks I m very amateur .. sorry
Very good job
Great video bro, I think I’m gonna do this myself too.
One question: do you think there’s a significant difference between using 8GB and 16GB of RAM ??
To be honest I've down grades from the 16 to the 8 because I hardly notice any difference on the 2011 model
@@MoeNegm why downgrade from 16Gb to 8gb?
If you haven't done this yet, No just get 8. The kind of work that needs 16gb can't be done with this CPU. And for God's sake don't get 1TB of ssd. It's a waste of money. Just get a good 250 for os and apps. Put your media on a HDD you won't notice the difference unless you use it for video editing (again , which is not a good idea on this processor).
A samsung on an apple. Amazing mate!
You gave link to buy everything except the screwdrivers and tools stuffs?
LOOOOOOVEE IT! only how did you made you back-up? PLEASE PLEASE MAKE VIDEOOOOO??
You can use OpenCore Legacy Patcher to patch macOS Monterey on it.
Good job Moe 👌🏻
cool job! really impressive
Just to be clear because I'm going to do this with my MacBook real soon, you bought to SSDs right? And one of them got put where the optical drive was at..
thank you for your comment.
Why do you replace the optical drive? Is it necessary? Or did you replace it for a certain reason? What if i just did the harddrive with a ssd?
That’s a graphics defect ticking bomb
what is that optical case holder called for the extra hard drive. i cant find it anywhere?
Nice job man. Is it now possible to run the new Mac os catalina if you did these upgrades or not?
not
Hi, the optical Drive Replacement is currently unbelievable, which one can replace it?, what tools I need, can you please post the links for the screw drivers?
Thank you for this!!
I wonder if I can put one of those 2019 OS X Hack versions in an upgraded 2011 (which I have.) It would make me feel like a Rebel to have a souped-up Old machine, instead of having to spring for a NEW one!
I need to replace my optical drive with another SSD. I replaced the HDD on my 2012 MacBook Pro with a 1TB SD, the RAM was upgraded form 4GB to 16GB. Adding an SSD will make a huge difference.
thank you for your comment
Good job 👏
I would have thought a SSD would be put in the optical drive caddy as well, but to each their own.
So I have a dilemma please help me! Both laptops are going to bought used. I can either buy a 2012 13” MacBook Pro with i5 for $300, no upgraded have been done. Or I can buy 2011 15” MacBook Pro with quad core i7 for $310, the ram has been upgraded to 8gb. Both are in fairly used condition and I would have to spend about $90 on each one if I would buy. I would have to upgrade ram on 13” or upgrade ssd on 15”, again which works out between $70 and $90. Is there that big of a difference between the two years? I mainly just want to use it for creative purposes (GarageBand, iMovie,etc) but I also need it for school so it has to multitask smoothly. I want to use it for a while so I’m worried that 2011 will be too old (not eligible for updates etc) are there any major difference between the two. Thanks for the help!
Just bought a late '11 15 inch with 16gb and ssd. I hope it'll run fcpx decently. Would you upgrade to Mojave / Catalina or would stay in High Sierra running an older final cut version?
Great job man. I love what you did to upgrade the laptop.I am looking to buy a used mac book pro, debating if I am gonna buy the 2012, which I can upgrade the ram and maybe 1 TB SSD, or buying a 2014 model and keeping it stock. Just don’t know which one to choose, two options will probably cost the same amount of money.
Were you able to complete the upgrade? How did you transfer data from old drive to new drive? Thanks in advance for any feedback!
Why would you install the same slow drive in the optical holder instead of a SSD? 2 TB does not speed it up, that's storage size only, as long as your new main drive has the OS it will run faster, but it will bottleneck when it accesses the HDD.
Kool, great job!
Thanks... this worked like magic!
Can i upgrade my MACBOOK PRO early 2011 non retina 13inch i5, I've 8gigs Ram installed I'd like to upgrade to 16 does it supports?
Yes
yes it does
I have a question and need some professional advice. This is the exact laptop that I have. With these upgrades can I play PC games such as WoW? I'm not trying to buy another laptop without first considering this option.
Do you know if those parts fit a 2009 MacBook Pro??
Hi Moe, did you disable the onboard AMD crap GPU? How about the temperatures?
Thank you so much 😘
Wow very nice job! Do you know if photoshop and Lightroom cc would work ok after that upgrade?
Great video man
Do you have a list of all the stuff you bought . Like the names
Wooow! Can I do this in a 2009 15 inch macbook pro? Do you think it will work?
@Moe thanks for the tips: I have a early 2011 MacPro A1278 i have already boost to 8Gb of RAM, can I put 8+8 on my mother board, as you done? Hugs from Friuli - Italy
Great video 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for making and sharing this helpful video. I have a MacBook Pro Mid 2010. I used to use Final Cut Pro and it was working fine but now it’s very slow even though I don’t use any heavy software on it. I actually haven’t used it for some time now.
Could you suggest me a software or tool to check the issues please?
I also would like to upgrade it, so could you suggest me what part I can upgrade and what maximum capacity I should get for those parts? Thanks in advance.
waiting if someone will answer to this guy.same issue
Got the same problem