macbook pro mid 2012 13 inch ssd upgrade

It's a great machine, hope it keeps going, (as does mine!), for a few more years!įorgot to mention, I've updated macOS every year without significant issues, though I've held off Catalina until a couple of weeks ago because it seems to be a little unreliable. I'd update the SSD before the RAM and see what affect that has.

The SSD can easily be reused with an external enclosure if the worst comes to the worst so it's not a wasted investment. Just be aware that you're investing in vintage tech without support from Apple. Overall I'd say if you're not ready to move to a new Mac then an SSD upgrade is well worth the investment. The Macbook Pro is still working as a secondary machine and doesn't crash like it used to now it's not my daily driver. In comparison the Macbook Pro is a little laggy compared to the Macbook Air, but I think the Macbook Air gets hotter and the fans are audible more often. Rebooting fixed the issue but I took that as a hint that we were approaching end of life so I bought a Macbook Air i5 base spec when the 2020 models were released earlier this year. I started getting issues last year with the Macbook getting hot, and occassionally it crashed, I'd leave it nd come back to find a grey screen with a folder icon with a question mark in it.no hard drive/OS found. After changing the cable everything has been fine. That made a big difference at the time, I think the SSD was probably the most noticeable change to performance.Īfter changing the SSD I started to get some weird performance problems so I took it to the Apple store where they diagnosed a damaged HDD cable, (as suggested above). The 480GB / 960GB JetDrive 500 is not supported by the 11-inch MacBook Air Late 2010 model due to mechanical limitations.I have the base model mid 2012 13' macbook pro, not sure what the original specs were, 2.5GHz cpu and 4Gb RAM perhaps? Maybe 4 years ago I upgraded the RAM to 8Gb and added a 256Gb Crucial SSD.The native SSD of the 11-inch MacBook Air Early 2015 is only compatible with macOS 10.13 when it is used as external storage.The 1TB native SSD is not compatible with the JetDrive 855 and JetDrive 825’s enclosure as its dimensions are designed larger than other capacities.If your Mac model cannot be upgraded to macOS High Sierra (10.13), please use Transcend's JetDrive 820/ JetDrive 825 instead. Please upgrade your macOS to High Sierra (10.13) before the installation. The JetDrive 850/JetDrive 855 is only compatible with devices running macOS High Sierra (10.13) or later.The JetDrive series is compatible with different Mac models.JetDrive 855 / JetDrive 850 / JetDrive 825 / JetDrive JetDrive 855 / JetDrive 850 / JetDrive 825

Macbook pro mid 2012 13 inch ssd upgrade