- #HOW TO UPGRADE 2012 MACBOOK PRO WITH SSD INSTALL#
- #HOW TO UPGRADE 2012 MACBOOK PRO WITH SSD DOWNLOAD#
I hope this will help you with upgrading your Macbook and getting it faster. Okay, not comparable with my brand new 16″ MacBook Pro, but a lot faster than it was before and it was just an investment of around 100 € instead of thousands. Is it worth it to upgrade the old MacBook Pro?ĭefinitely yes, it is! It definitely runs a lot faster now. I did research and found out that OS X Catalina is the latest version that works on the MacBook pro mid-2012 so I downloaded it from the app store and updated it.
#HOW TO UPGRADE 2012 MACBOOK PRO WITH SSD INSTALL#
If you want you can also install a newer version. After that, you can start the installation progress again.Īfter some minutes you get a fresh installation of OS X El Capitan and it should be a lot faster than before. If you can’t see your SSD there then you first need to format it as MacOS Journaled (in the navbar on top you will find the disk utility tools). The installation process will ask you for choosing the volume you want to install it. Select the Install os x file and proceed with the steps to install. Hold the Option (Alt) ⌥ key when starting the MacBook till you see the window with the bootable volumes. Step 7: Install OS X from usb flash driveĬonnect the USB flash drive with the bootable os x. Wait till you see the message “Install media now available at /Volumes/Install OS X El Capitan” When prompted, type Y to confirm that you want to erase the volume, then press Enter.
The terminal will prompt you to put in your administrator password. Sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia -volume /Volumes/MyVolume -applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app Newer Thunderbolt 2 MacBook Pros use a PCI-E SSD, which while would use the same process, do not yet have a replacement part available.
Open the terminal and put in the following line and hit Enter: This works with the 20 MacBook Pros with the identifier of MacBookPro10,1 for the 15 and MacBookPro10,2 for the smaller 13 with a SATA based SSD. After that, you can plug in your USB drive. Ĭheck if this file is visible in the Applications folder. The Install file with the name Install OS X El Capitan will be installed in your “Applications” folder. So just open the downloaded DMG file and open the.
#HOW TO UPGRADE 2012 MACBOOK PRO WITH SSD DOWNLOAD#
You can download the older versions of os x here: Īfter downloading it you need to install the installation (no worries – it does not get installed right now – it just unpacks the installation file. The 2012 MacBook pro does not support the newest os x versions so i downloaded a os x El Capitan Installation file. Format the USB drive to MacOs Journaled and name it MyVolume If you need all your files and settings like before then you need to do a backup first!īefore you start replacing the parts you should create a bootable installation file of OS X on a USB flash drive (minimum 8GB!). Good luck! PS – check out for everything you need, including replacing/upgrading the RAM.Step 1: Preparation: Create a bootable installerįirst of all: in this case, I wanted to have a fresh install of os x. Hybrid is nice as well, but either ways, completely depends on you. Never fused them – keep OS and all my Apps on the SSD, used the HDD for iTunes/Photos and iMovie data – so separate disks, with zero issues. I moved my OEM 500GB HDD to the optibay, popped the dvd drive into an OWC external bay, which gets used once in a blue moon, and put a 500GB Crucial SSD into the HDD bay. Of late, I have had a few crashes, with the Report indicating it could be a memory issue, which means one of them might be on the way out, but I've ran it for 2.5 years now without any issues. Running 2x8GB Crucials with zero problems. You might need to do a bit of fiddling, since I vaguely recall some had issues with screws not being included or something, but I may be wrong. By all accounts, the one above works as well, so why spend the extra $$ when you can get away for cheaper. I went for one from OWC – which is better quality, but then you pay significantly more. Not sure about the Buyer – but have seen that Caddy before – as indicated in the other thread, quite a few MyBB users installed that one.
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