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I have a macbook Pro late 2011 13inch. I am looking to upgrade the hard drive to an SSD. My plan is to remove the old harddrive leaving all files on it and inserting a new SSD and completely start again from scratch.
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- Hi I have a macbook pro mid 2012 13 inch model & it currently has the original SATA drive and I want to upgrade it to SSD since my laptop has become Press J to jump to the feed. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.
What SSD do i need, what should i look out for?
A friend has these but not sure if they would fit?
Any help on what i need to look out for would really help.
I am also upgrading the RAM hopefully to get it all working much quicker again.
Many thanks
Chris
MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12.6)
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I have the same model also with 8GB RAM. About a year ago I upgraded to a 512GB SSD from OWC. Samsung was once the gold metal choice but their reputation is tarnishing.We see quite a few complaints now whereas we seldom hear anything bad about the OWC option. Samsung support is also well below par. My son, a computer engineer, needed help with a Samsung drive form work and never got decent response or satisfaction.
I used this kit:
and also changed the HD cable to avoid worn-cable issues that happen in this model. This cable:
The kit includes a little USB3 external drive enclosure that made the cloning of my old HD to the SSD very easy, plus the kit has the tools you need. Worth it, IMHO.
Kioti mechron 2200 manual. Instructions are provided online:
SSD: How to Install a Hard Drive in the MacBook Pro 13-Inch (Mid 2012)
Cable: Hard Drive Cable Install Video
Macbook 2012 Ssd Upgrade
Samsung Ssd Macbook Pro Mid 2012
My 2012 MBP13 non-Retina feels like a new computer.