I know that the 2012 MacBook Pro natively supports Catalina and you can update without patcher tool. I used it because it’s easy and it will allow people with older Macs to install Catalina. Thanks for watching!
Lee Zavitz Thanks dude! I followed your brilliant original video and upgraded my 15" MBP (Mid 2012) with 16Gb RAM and two 512Gb SSDs in Raid0. It's been running great since then but I hit the OS roadblock when High Sierra came out, so been stuck at OS Sierra 10.12 sadly. I'm also a sound engineer and run recording and mixing sessions off my laptop so I want to keep it in Raid0 to be as fast as possible. Sounds like Catalina on Raid0 isn't gonna be that reliable but would Mojave run on Raid0 without issues, using the same process as you've shown here? What Chunk Size would you recommend if my MBP is used for music production and mixing? Also, in a Black Magic speed test, my Raid0 write speed had dropped from around 800Mb/s to less than 400Mb/s (even less after the test has run a few times [50Mb/s]) although the Read speed stays around 900Mb/s. I've now enables Trim Support but it hasn't really helped the performance in the tests. Does this need to be done when the Raid0 is first set up to be effective? Are the speeds likely to return to normal if I reformat the drives, install Mojave and enable Trim support from the start, or have the SSDs been irreversible degraded by running without Trim Support for a few years? Thanks for your great guidance on this stuff man, I'd really appreciate your, or anyone else's, help if you've got any insights! :)
Inesh Patel There’s apps like “DiskDrill” that can be used to see how degraded the drives are. If they’ve been used for over 5 years and are consistently written too. That could be a cause for concern. Good luck.
Actually found this 2012 Macbook Pro i'm writing on a dumpster in the back of a student housing complex where i used to rent. Was throwing away my trash when I saw it under a stack of cereal boxes, and snuck it out during nighttime. Battery worked and all but had a flashing greyed-out folder icon in it. I booted it up, found your last video and did some work in it. That was three years ago and I have to say its still the best investment i every had. If you're a poor college kid living off rich kid's junk I suggest loosen up your ego and go dumpster diving for once...😂 😂😂
I check the dumpsters at my University a few times a week and came across a 2015 15in pro that just needed a battery. Decent condition too. You would be surprised what those idiots throw out.
Dylan Roy just don’t install Catalina if you plan to Raid0. It has too many glitches. But it runs Catalina pretty good on one ssd. I was actually surprised. It’s still such a solid laptop
I found a mid 2012 Core i5 model at the local recycle drop off in the e-waste bin with the charger in B+ grade condition with the DVD drive, and once I upgraded the RAM to 8GB of 133Mhz DDR3(sees it as 1600Mhz) Catalina is running fine on the 500GB HDD, so if you are not running Raid, or need some older programs then it's fine on mine for a basic couch web surfer, but I will have to replace the battery, and upgrade to an SSD soon, but no big deal.
Depends on what you want it for. Video editing and gaming maybe not, but most of us need a bit of word processing, browsing and internet. I'm typing this on my trusty early 2011 13" I7 MBP. As a software engineer/sysadmin a lot of what I do is terminal and browser based, with a little local document writing and the odd bit of docker and virtualbox. I've upgraded to 16Gb ram (to cope with VMs) and swapped to a 512Gb SSD and yes it gets warm from time to time and the battery is past it's best, (and the charger is a little temperamental) but every time I look at buying a new one, I ask myself, what does my ancient Macbook Pro no longer do that I need it to? I'm forced to say - nothing, so I close the apple web page and keep my $3000 for another day.
The lack of USB 3 on the 2011 machines is a deal breaker for me. I love my 2012 MBP 15", as it still has a bluray drive and USB 3.0. I wouldn't suggest upgrading to a super expensive new machine, but I refuse to daily drive a USB 2 computer since I use USB transfers often and it would be insanely slow and irritating . Luckily a 2012 machine is CHEAP online. ~150 or so
Ok, so I have a 2010 macbook pro. I am so tired of the slow processor on this. I got a geekbench score of 617 which is honestly so bad, so I am upgrading the logic board to a 2012 macbook pro one. Everyone says its impossible (with some saying they did it), and after researching its actually not that expensive to complete. For $240 you can get the supplies you need to get it done, but its just a few extra steps. Update: I completed the upgrade with 0 issues. I ended up only needing $100 for parts. So worth it!!!
great watching this , remembering what our mac's used to be like ... I do miss the fact we can upgrade our Mac's but at least now we have most the ports back on our machines again ..
Oh my god bro, thank you for leaving ALL the links to what you used in your build. I have a mid 2012 mbp and plan on upgrading the ram and switching out the optical for another ssd so the fact that you left the links helps out a lot thanks a ton
Also a mid 2012 15-inch Unibody MBP user here. Mine was a 2.3 GHz Core i7-3615QM with 16GB DDR3 and 240GB Kingston SSD. I bought two A1286 MBPs for a total of $300. One is the mid 2012 and the other a mid-2010. The 2010 has got the antiglare though, so I took the 3615QM Board out and swapped it into the 2010 Screen+ housing. Both of a shame that I didn't have the chance to get a reasonably priced i7-3720/3820QM with that 1GB dedicated Memory, but just looking at the form factor alone it's the most specced out A1286 I could make.
Massive Thanks. As a result of following this vid, I’ve transformed my MacBook Pro from slow and useless into an indispensable photography tool. 16Gb 1Tb and a new battery for under £250
I am planning to upgrade my MacBook Pro (mid-2012, Intel Core i5) as well.. This is my question, in the original video, he installed two 250GB SSDs.. Does this means that you installed two 500GB SSDs the same way as he did? How's the performance? Please give me a reply ASAP so I could proceed with my plan.. Thank you, Stuart Watson..
@@TimPetersonMusic Hi, I installed one 1Tb SSD, I believe it was a Samsung. I ungraded the RAM with Crucial replacements. The performance is brilliant, virtually instant start up and shut down. I use it almost exclusively for Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop without any issue although i now store all of my images on external drives. I didn’t have any prior experience of computer work beforehand. However i did research everything in detail before starting. I also made sure i had plenty of time for setting up the operating system and transferring the data. The hardware changes were fast and easy. The software and operating system took several hours. I’m really pleased with the results, I’m sure you will be too.
Thanks so much, from someone who knows very little about Macs or computers in general! You convinced me to keep my 2012 running Mojave. Keep up the honest work!
I still use my 2012 Macbook Pro 13 inch. I honestly can't believe how well it has aged. I've recently installed Linux on it, and I'm planning to upgrade the RAM to 16gb and replace the disk drive with a SSD.
Also a mid 2012 15-inch Unibody MBP user here. Mine was a 2.3 GHz Core i7-3615QM with 16GB DDR3 and 240GB Kingston SSD. I bought two A1286 MBPs for a total of $300. One is the mid 2012 and the other a mid-2010. The 2010 has got the antiglare though, so I took the 3615QM Board out and swapped it into the 2010 Screen+ housing. Both of a shame that I didn't have the chance to get a reasonably priced i7-3720/3820QM with that 1GB dedicated Memory, but just looking at the form factor alone it's the most specced out A1286 I could make.
I have the same exact same mid 2012 15 inch MacBook Pro with 2.6 ghz and the HI-res display which I love, still using it until now and I'm not thinking to upgrade any time soon !
Lee - thanks for this. I have a 2012 i5 MBP (USB3 ports) and a 2012 i5 Mac mini and have installed native Catalina from a USB stick on both with no need of the patcher app. They both work very well with SSD and 16GB RAM.
Also a mid 2012 15-inch Unibody MBP user here. Mine was a 2.3 GHz Core i7-3615QM with 16GB DDR3 and 240GB Kingston SSD. I bought two A1286 MBPs for a total of $300. One is the mid 2012 and the other a mid-2010. The 2010 has got the antiglare though, so I took the 3615QM Board out and swapped it into the 2010 Screen+ housing. Both of a shame that I didn't have the chance to get a reasonably priced i7-3720/3820QM with that 1GB dedicated Memory, but just looking at the form factor alone it's the most specced out A1286 I could make.
I don’t know much about any of this but I have a MacBook Pro 2012 and I really want to do this upgrade. Can I still do this upgrade in 2020? What do I do before taking out my old hard drive? Is there anything different or better I can do in 2020?
What I ended up doing to solve the heat issue is replace thermal paste and put a thermal pad on the motherboard to connect it to the back panel. Thermal pad is basically right underneath the processor
I upgraded MacBook Pro early 2011 with Samsung SSD 1TB and 16gb RAM. It will only run High Sierra now and it won’t “talk to my iPhone or iPad. After 2.5 hrs online to an “expert” They are saying it is obsolete . 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Do you think I can use that “patcher” to upgrade OS directly on the machine ? or do I need to use external drive and boot from external drives?. Many thanks for video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
6:05 Run this command in terminal to disable gatekeeper: sudo spctl --master-disable Then go to [System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General > Allow apps downloaded from:], and make sure "Anywhere" is selected.
Can you try to setup the drives as Fusion Drive? This should overcome the limitation of the impossibility to download files for the browser still maintains decent speed
Can someone explain why you would run two ssd vs. just a one Samsung 1tb? And just skip the raid all together? Are these capable of running a 2tb ssd? Disclaimer I have no idea what I am doing.
Yo Lee! I have a Mid 2012 MBP 13" and have been contemplating swapping out my optical drive for a 500gb SSD but still keeping the original 1tb HDD. *I was wondering if you could help answer a few questions!!* (Anyone is welcome to help answer!) 1. Is there generally any issue with running a HDD/SDD combo? 2. Can you successfully RAID the combo? 3. IF this were possible, would I be able to run Catalina properly per the newest update (10.15.6)? ...or would you just run Mojave instead? 4. ^if RAID is *not* an option, which Drive would you suggest running Catalina on? Thanks!!
Mine is the same. I can't believe how fast it still is. I don't have any reasons at this point to upgrade, but I'm sure the m1 will be in my life eventually.
This past week I found a Core i5 mid 2012 Macbook Pro 13in at my local recycle drop off in the e-waste pile with the power brick in B+ grade condition(almost cooked battery, but not swollen, no feet, 500GB HDD, and only 4GB RAM) but I did all the software upgrades to Catalina, threw in 8GB of DDR3 ram I had in the spare parts bin, stuck on some clear rubber feet and it's running great ATM, and I was wondering how to upgrade the HDD to an SSD without having to go into recovery mode, and back to Mountain Lion, so thanks for the video. BTW I'm a Manjaro Linux, and Android user, but free laptop is a free laptop, and it will be my couch machine, and I will use it till Apple stops supporting the machine, and then find a Linux distro to put on this machine, and keep it going till it dies. 👍
I’m about $700 in, I bought a 2012 mbp with an oem Apple battery just installed and 1tb hdd for about $400. Bodies in great shape and another $250-300 in buying the same upgrade as you. Hopefully everything gets here quick.
I first want to thank you for all the support! I’ve done the upgrade years ago and I been doing great untill now that to upgrade. I follow your steps and did the boot with Mojave I clone the disk restart and then it loads the Apple logo half way and turns off tries again and off can’t pass that point. Any thoughts?? Thank you !!
Im not the most tech savvy but am looking to upgrade my 2012 macbook pro , is it still worth upgrading to 2 drives and increasing the ram as in the other video ? i dont really understand raid0 etc sorry. I recently rebooted my mac and installed yosemite from a bootable drive and upgraded to catalina from there. appreciate the help
still using my MBP mid-2012. I connect it to a LED Cinema Display, runs pretty good and editing on 1080p 60fps. thinking of upgrading my RAM from 8GB to 16GB though.
Also a mid 2012 15-inch Unibody MBP user here. Mine was a 2.3 GHz Core i7-3615QM with 16GB DDR3 and 240GB Kingston SSD. I bought two A1286 MBPs for a total of $300. One is the mid 2012 and the other a mid-2010. The 2010 has got the antiglare though, so I took the 3615QM Board out and swapped it into the 2010 Screen+ housing. Both of a shame that I didn't have the chance to get a reasonably priced i7-3720/3820QM with that 1GB dedicated Memory, but just looking at the form factor alone it's the most specced out A1286 I could make.
Can you explain the PROS of the RAID config? I have my data backed up to an external HD, and was thinking of buying a second one to have the exact same data backed up to that new ext HD. I'm also installing a new SSD to run the OS and will be adding the old HD to the optic drive for just extra storage. I'm not sure if I should invest on a second SSD to install to the optic drive, do a RAID to have my data backed up or just simply go with plan A and get my second ext HD for backup.
SHOW US HOW TO UNRAID... all this work to never upgrade beyond el capitan. Awesome, I replaced a slow laptop with one that doesn't support ANY NEW UPDATES OR DOWNLOADS.
Hello Lee and thank you for all your advice on MacBook Pro mid 2012. Could you advise me as I am considering working with Premiere pro, is it better to install a raid0 with macOS Yosemite or a single SSD with macOS Catalina? My MacBook is i5 2.5Mhz. Looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards Domi
Hi there! I just wonder is it possible to make a clone of RAID 0 APFS? As you know APFS has two partitions SSD and SSD data. I tryed but it makes the clone of just one partition. And you can't recover your system from it.
Lee, great video dude. I didn’t think you would have an older PC but I was wrong. You spoke the magic words dude, Hackintosh. Would you mind doing a video about that computer? Thank you for continuing to create content brother. Stay safe and I hope we get to work together some day. (:
After getting the OS downloaded, did you have any issues when the system wanted to download any upgrades? I did exactly the same thing as you did in your vid. Thank you, by the way. Except, I have two 500ssd. And my MBP is wicked fast :) But, for some reason it’s taking forever to download a simple security update. Is that because of the RAIDed SSD’s? Will I continue to have this issue every time it needs to download updates?
Totally agree with you about Mojave. Looking to add 2 Ultra SSD in the next few weeks to my 15" mid 2012 MBP I7 16Gb Ram (non Raid) using the extra SSD just like an external. My only question is about the "Trim". Can I use the same command to achieve "Trim" for the SSD when running Mojave? And do I do it 2 times, once for each drive? (Non Raid setup) Thanks!
Hey ran into your video while trying some upgrades to my old macbook. I have a new macbook but can't seem to transfer from my playlists in itunes to transfer them to playlists in the new music app so they work on the serato pro crates to use with an external lacie hard drive, wondering if you have any tips or suggestions to make the transfer to my lacie good enough to use my new laptop to dj .
Hey Lee, great video. I upgraded my MBP Mid 2012about 6 mo ago but I installed a 1TB WD Blue instead. Since I did that my MBP don't always wake up. Sometimes, I should say most of the times it freezes and I have to force shut down. Any idea why this might be happening?
Lover Of Tech no they only let me have it for a week. I want to try and get one back in to do a full review with though. But due to covid19 I have no idea if that will even ever happen this year
Hi man! thanks for the video!! have you checked after the command "sudo trimforce enable" if the trim support is enabled also on the second ssd ? a big thank you in advance =)
Just finished upgrading my mid 2012 macbook pro to have 2 TB SSD hard drives and 16gb of ram. It is by far the best decision I have made. Only problem is the battery is still the original and it will randomly reset the laptop. I dont think I'll ever run out of space! I tried doing raid 0 with Mojave OS but it wouldnt allow me too, any advice is much appreciated.
They set the bar high with it. I still use mine for book keeping and taxes. But I don’t do serious work on it anymore. What’s crazy is the original battery in it can still get 3hours
yo man thanks for these vids, super helpful and i'm inspired to do this, but would you only recommend doing the combined hard drives? why not just put a 1 tb hard drive instead of adding the caddy and two hard drives? i'm not all that tech savvy but I'm looking to do this to my 2012 so i dont have to splash a g for a new macbook, and it seems simpler to just replace the hard drive with a terra rather than having a combined drive only adding up to 500 gb.
Do whatever you want, I only showed how to add two drives because you get double the speed. The problem is raid0 doesn’t work well in Catalina but it’s amazing in high Sierra. Might as well just put one drive in to make things easy even though it won’t be as fast. Less headache
I successfully installed the raid.0, but my computer keeps shutting down with OS is almost installed and taking me back to the welcome screen . Any advice ?
Hi Lee, I get a little bit lost with some of this stuff as I’ve only got limited knowledge, but my 2012 MacBook Pro is almost unusable now. It has been so good, that i want to update it to use Lightroom and Photoshop on. If i just replace the hard drive with a single 1Tb Samsung SSD, will i still need to follow the latest advice you’ve given in this video? I want to run Catalina, but am beginning to think this may now be beyond my capability. (While the machine is open I’d be looking to change the battery and upgrade the RAM to 16Gb too). Thanks for your time and the great video’s 👍
Yeah I would just install one ssd and upgrade the ram. I have the parts listed in the description but you can use whatever SSD you want. But I recommend that ram kit. It runs Catalina perfectly. Isn’t that crazy?! A 8 year old computer haha
I have a 2010 15" 2.4GHz macbook pro that I upgraded about 6 months ago with a 1Tb SSD. I'm thinking of adding at least another 1 if not 2Tb if I can to this laptop as it seems like a better option than trying to find a external drive with firewire. How does it work for data transfer from the optical drive mount? I'm running VST instrument libraries in Reaper DAW so need as fast speed as I can get. Also, can you put 2Tb drives in these mounts?
Ehi Lee! Thanks for the video, I'm thinking about make a RAID with my main disk which is a SSD and the second one that I use for storage files, which is a HDD. Is it worth in terms of speed in your opinion? Thank you.
You seem really knowledgeable about Macs. For a teacher that wants to run adobe and creative cloud and some graphic design software who doesn’t want the latest, what older model would you recommend? Thanks
Also a mid 2012 15-inch Unibody MBP user here. Mine was a 2.3 GHz Core i7-3615QM with 16GB DDR3 and 240GB Kingston SSD. I bought two A1286 MBPs for a total of $300. One is the mid 2012 and the other a mid-2010. The 2010 has got the antiglare though, so I took the 3615QM Board out and swapped it into the 2010 Screen+ housing. Both of a shame that I didn't have the chance to get a reasonably priced i7-3720/3820QM with that 1GB dedicated Memory, but just looking at the form factor alone it's the most specced out A1286 I could make.
I followed every step. Final stage off booting up and it cuts out half way. Total shutdown. Tried a few times. Can’t figure out what it could be. I’ve got two Samsung 850 500gb SSD. Great video. I didn’t know about superdupa until this video. Nice one
I’ve ended up here because the Catalina upgrade fucked me up 😭 until then my 13” 2012 stock beast was fine. Looking to upgrade the ram to 16g and bang a 1TB SSD in there. I’m gonna do it myself so I’m not sure if I wanna attempt to do the optical drive myself. Is that gonna make a big difference or will it be ok as is?
Hey man, thanks for the awesome video. I wanted to ask, can you please post the exact model Macbook pro you have? I would really appreciate it if you could. I also have a profire 2626 and need a quad core laptop for mobile drum sessions. Please get back to me if you can. Thanks again.
Hi, I upgraded my Macbook mid-2012 to from 8gb to16gb memory & 250 gb HD to 1TB Samsung SSD drive a few years back after I saw your original video and it worked great for which I thank you @Lee Zavitz. I have since upgraded to Mojave and have no intention of upgrading to Catilina, however, I would like to add the Second Samsung 1Tb SSD using a Hard Drive Caddy so I would effectively have a 2Tb Raid0 drive. As I was saying I don't want to install Catilina and I don't want to have to install Mojave from scratch as I would either lose (as some apps/plugins would not be compatible with Catilina) or have to reinstall hundreds of apps/plugins again. My questions are: 1.) Is it possible, would the mac support it? 2.) Would it be worth it ...adding a second 1Tb Drive so I end up with 2Tb SSD Raid0 drive, much like your original video with the 2 x 250gb just bigger? 3.) How would I go about it, would I just clone my current drive to an external drive, add the second 1Tb internal drive using the caddy, raid the 2 drives like in your original video then fresh install Mojave to it, and then finally clone my current drive again back onto my new 2TB SSD Raid0 Drive? Sorry, it's a lot to digest, its just I'm about to buy it today and want double-check with you @Lee Zavitz as well as all the guys watching this please, any and all advice is much appreciated ;-)
Also a mid 2012 15-inch Unibody MBP user here. Mine was a 2.3 GHz Core i7-3615QM with 16GB DDR3 and 240GB Kingston SSD. I bought two A1286 MBPs for a total of $300. One is the mid 2012 and the other a mid-2010. The 2010 has got the antiglare though, so I took the 3615QM Board out and swapped it into the 2010 Screen+ housing. Both of a shame that I didn't have the chance to get a reasonably priced i7-3720/3820QM with that 1GB dedicated Memory, but just looking at the form factor alone it's the most specced out A1286 I could make.
A $56 16GB RAM upgrade, and a $49 Kingston SSD upgrade does magic!!! I got a mid 2012 with an i5, for $150. I did the desperately needed upgrades. Runs like a new MacBook! It originally had a pathetic 4GB of RAM, and a shotty 10 year old HDD.
Greetings, Are the ports different between mac mid 2012 and mac late 2012? I am looking for hdmi adapters and perhaps more. I have seen that there are plenty adapters 2015 compatible but one compatible with late 2012. :( Any video/link for the adapters. Thanks.
Still going strong with a 2013 MBP as my main editing machine. It can handle 4K footage but only just barely hahaha every time I work on a 4K project I fear it might be the last time.
Hey.Lee, can you tell me what will a 2008 MAC pro do ? Can you edit with it ? I can see it feels hot is that ok ? Is it very slow ? I want to buy for a 10 year old child.
These two videos have been very helpful. I’m not quite understanding why to even do RAID in the first place? I’m new to this; I see that there are 2.5 inch drives that are 500, 750, 1TB, 2TB, etc. Why not just install a single SSD? And would that allow for Catalina to run smooth? Thanks!
Well, when raid0 was supported properly in MacOS it gives you double the bandwidth and speed because it’s spread across 2 drives. I show at the end of the first video the benchmarks and how much faster it is. The problem is they stopped supporting it. So it makes more sense to not raid0 anymore.
Nice video. New sub here. My friend i have a question. His possible to update the wifi. I now that is a special card made for apple but i really don't know if exits a new version of this wifi card.
Hey, hope you see this. After updating to Catalina, my macbook slowed down like crazy. Any idea what caused this? It has 16gb ram, and a 1TB SSD in it. Everything was fine before the update.
Fast enough for office and stills, cheap memory, cheap ssd, integrated sd cards reader, ethernet, USB3, Thunderbolt.. Can't think of any better MPB as the 2012 version.. for my needs. Thanks:)
Also a mid 2012 15-inch Unibody MBP user here. Mine was a 2.3 GHz Core i7-3615QM with 16GB DDR3 and 240GB Kingston SSD. I bought two A1286 MBPs for a total of $300. One is the mid 2012 and the other a mid-2010. The 2010 has got the antiglare though, so I took the 3615QM Board out and swapped it into the 2010 Screen+ housing. Both of a shame that I didn't have the chance to get a reasonably priced i7-3720/3820QM with that 1GB dedicated Memory, but just looking at the form factor alone it's the most specced out A1286 I could make.
Hey Zach I have a MacBook Pro 2011 and I’m looking to install the SSD and Ram because it runs very slow. The owner who had it had BitTorrent install onto the laptop and I’m trying to erase everything and start it as new. Do I still have to do the bootable USB?
Since I know I won't be using the optical drive. Is there a possibility of just have one ssd and replace the optical drive for another fan to help with cooling? Is there anything else I can replace the drive with other than another ssd?
I know that the 2012 MacBook Pro natively supports Catalina and you can update without patcher tool. I used it because it’s easy and it will allow people with older Macs to install Catalina. Thanks for watching!
Lee Zavitz I was wondering why you choose this route. Thank you for explaining.
Lee Zavitz Thanks dude! I followed your brilliant original video and upgraded my 15" MBP (Mid 2012) with 16Gb RAM and two 512Gb SSDs in Raid0. It's been running great since then but I hit the OS roadblock when High Sierra came out, so been stuck at OS Sierra 10.12 sadly.
I'm also a sound engineer and run recording and mixing sessions off my laptop so I want to keep it in Raid0 to be as fast as possible. Sounds like Catalina on Raid0 isn't gonna be that reliable but would Mojave run on Raid0 without issues, using the same process as you've shown here?
What Chunk Size would you recommend if my MBP is used for music production and mixing?
Also, in a Black Magic speed test, my Raid0 write speed had dropped from around 800Mb/s to less than 400Mb/s (even less after the test has run a few times [50Mb/s]) although the Read speed stays around 900Mb/s. I've now enables Trim Support but it hasn't really helped the performance in the tests. Does this need to be done when the Raid0 is first set up to be effective? Are the speeds likely to return to normal if I reformat the drives, install Mojave and enable Trim support from the start, or have the SSDs been irreversible degraded by running without Trim Support for a few years?
Thanks for your great guidance on this stuff man, I'd really appreciate your, or anyone else's, help if you've got any insights! :)
Inesh Patel There’s apps like “DiskDrill” that can be used to see how degraded the drives are. If they’ve been used for over 5 years and are consistently written too. That could be a cause for concern.
Good luck.
@@WarriorsPhoto Thanks dude, will give that a look! :)
Inesh Patel No problem at all. Stay safe and healthy.
Actually found this 2012 Macbook Pro i'm writing on a dumpster in the back of a student housing complex where i used to rent. Was throwing away my trash when I saw it under a stack of cereal boxes, and snuck it out during nighttime. Battery worked and all but had a flashing greyed-out folder icon in it. I booted it up, found your last video and did some work in it. That was three years ago and I have to say its still the best investment i every had. If you're a poor college kid living off rich kid's junk I suggest loosen up your ego and go dumpster diving for once...😂 😂😂
I check the dumpsters at my University a few times a week and came across a 2015 15in pro that just needed a battery. Decent condition too. You would be surprised what those idiots throw out.
I admire your bravery great knight. i swear kids today are spending their education time and money poorly. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
@@405Outlaw Solid
wtf is going wrong with recycling at the uni's
@@dylanash2569 Which kinds of dumpsters? The ones near the dorms?
Just bought one last week to do the same upgrade with 16gb and 512ssd raided till the 2020 pro gets released. Thanks for that video!
Dylan Roy just don’t install Catalina if you plan to Raid0. It has too many glitches. But it runs Catalina pretty good on one ssd. I was actually surprised. It’s still such a solid laptop
How much did it cost you?
I found a mid 2012 Core i5 model at the local recycle drop off in the e-waste bin with the charger in B+ grade condition with the DVD drive, and once I upgraded the RAM to 8GB of 133Mhz DDR3(sees it as 1600Mhz) Catalina is running fine on the 500GB HDD, so if you are not running Raid, or need some older programs then it's fine on mine for a basic couch web surfer, but I will have to replace the battery, and upgrade to an SSD soon, but no big deal.
That original video you mentioned was how I found your channel.
Gary Cantrell Same here and His Mac Pro videos. Great minds think alike? (:
Depends on what you want it for. Video editing and gaming maybe not, but most of us need a bit of word processing, browsing and internet. I'm typing this on my trusty early 2011 13" I7 MBP. As a software engineer/sysadmin a lot of what I do is terminal and browser based, with a little local document writing and the odd bit of docker and virtualbox. I've upgraded to 16Gb ram (to cope with VMs) and swapped to a 512Gb SSD and yes it gets warm from time to time and the battery is past it's best, (and the charger is a little temperamental) but every time I look at buying a new one, I ask myself, what does my ancient Macbook Pro no longer do that I need it to? I'm forced to say - nothing, so I close the apple web page and keep my $3000 for another day.
The lack of USB 3 on the 2011 machines is a deal breaker for me. I love my 2012 MBP 15", as it still has a bluray drive and USB 3.0. I wouldn't suggest upgrading to a super expensive new machine, but I refuse to daily drive a USB 2 computer since I use USB transfers often and it would be insanely slow and irritating . Luckily a 2012 machine is CHEAP online. ~150 or so
Ok, so I have a 2010 macbook pro. I am so tired of the slow processor on this. I got a geekbench score of 617 which is honestly so bad, so I am upgrading the logic board to a 2012 macbook pro one. Everyone says its impossible (with some saying they did it), and after researching its actually not that expensive to complete. For $240 you can get the supplies you need to get it done, but its just a few extra steps.
Update: I completed the upgrade with 0 issues. I ended up only needing $100 for parts. So worth it!!!
just by a new laptop and sell that one you'll get your moneys worth
Hey, does your old iSight camera (420p) still work with the new motherboard (meant for 720p camera) ? Greets
Bakanelli No. It’s 720p and uses a different connector. I found it cheapest to just buy a whole new display with all of it already.
thanks for the update
But you also need to buy 2012 CPU, isn't you?
great watching this , remembering what our mac's used to be like ...
I do miss the fact we can upgrade our Mac's but at least now we have most the ports back on our machines again ..
Oh my god bro, thank you for leaving ALL the links to what you used in your build.
I have a mid 2012 mbp and plan on upgrading the ram and switching out the optical for another ssd so the fact that you left the links helps out a lot thanks a ton
K O no probs. Saves you time hunting them down. You can use whatever SSD you want but I recommend that ram kit. Been solid for 4 years
Also a mid 2012 15-inch Unibody MBP user here. Mine was a 2.3 GHz Core i7-3615QM with 16GB DDR3 and 240GB Kingston SSD. I bought two A1286 MBPs for a total of $300. One is the mid 2012 and the other a mid-2010. The 2010 has got the antiglare though, so I took the 3615QM Board out and swapped it into the 2010 Screen+ housing. Both of a shame that I didn't have the chance to get a reasonably priced i7-3720/3820QM with that 1GB dedicated Memory, but just looking at the form factor alone it's the most specced out A1286 I could make.
Massive Thanks. As a result of following this vid, I’ve transformed my MacBook Pro from slow and useless into an indispensable photography tool. 16Gb 1Tb and a new battery for under £250
Nice. I'm still using mid-2013 macbook pro. Good backup to the 2009 mac pro.
I am planning to upgrade my MacBook Pro (mid-2012, Intel Core i5) as well.. This is my question, in the original video, he installed two 250GB SSDs.. Does this means that you installed two 500GB SSDs the same way as he did? How's the performance? Please give me a reply ASAP so I could proceed with my plan.. Thank you, Stuart Watson..
@@TimPetersonMusic Hi, I installed one 1Tb SSD, I believe it was a Samsung. I ungraded the RAM with Crucial replacements. The performance is brilliant, virtually instant start up and shut down. I use it almost exclusively for Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop without any issue although i now store all of my images on external drives. I didn’t have any prior experience of computer work beforehand. However i did research everything in detail before starting. I also made sure i had plenty of time for setting up the operating system and transferring the data. The hardware changes were fast and easy. The software and operating system took several hours. I’m really pleased with the results, I’m sure you will be too.
I’m looking at doing the same with my mid 2012 i5 too how is it going now? Is it still going strong?
I’m just stuck for what to buy and where from please help guys
Do a 2023/2024 version of this video now.
Thanks so much, from someone who knows very little about Macs or computers in general! You convinced me to keep my 2012 running Mojave. Keep up the honest work!
I have it from 2014 .. a superb machine especially with the antiglare screen. Thanks for the video!
I still use my 2012 Macbook Pro 13 inch. I honestly can't believe how well it has aged. I've recently installed Linux on it, and I'm planning to upgrade the RAM to 16gb and replace the disk drive with a SSD.
Those old matte screen were ballin.
Yeah man. They need to offer what the anti glare XDR has in a MacBook
Bruh I was about to get rid of my old MacBook pro mid-2012 and came across your old video!🙌... thanks for the update.
Also a mid 2012 15-inch Unibody MBP user here. Mine was a 2.3 GHz Core i7-3615QM with 16GB DDR3 and 240GB Kingston SSD. I bought two A1286 MBPs for a total of $300. One is the mid 2012 and the other a mid-2010. The 2010 has got the antiglare though, so I took the 3615QM Board out and swapped it into the 2010 Screen+ housing. Both of a shame that I didn't have the chance to get a reasonably priced i7-3720/3820QM with that 1GB dedicated Memory, but just looking at the form factor alone it's the most specced out A1286 I could make.
I have the same exact same mid 2012 15 inch MacBook Pro with 2.6 ghz and the HI-res display which I love, still using it until now and I'm not thinking to upgrade any time soon !
After you download a file. Hold Ctrl and open it and it will ask you if you want to open it instead of that broken file alert.
Lee - thanks for this. I have a 2012 i5 MBP (USB3 ports) and a 2012 i5 Mac mini and have installed native Catalina from a USB stick on both with no need of the patcher app.
They both work very well with SSD and 16GB RAM.
Yeah you don’t need to install with patcher app. I just did it that way because it works for ppl on older macs
Also a mid 2012 15-inch Unibody MBP user here. Mine was a 2.3 GHz Core i7-3615QM with 16GB DDR3 and 240GB Kingston SSD. I bought two A1286 MBPs for a total of $300. One is the mid 2012 and the other a mid-2010. The 2010 has got the antiglare though, so I took the 3615QM Board out and swapped it into the 2010 Screen+ housing. Both of a shame that I didn't have the chance to get a reasonably priced i7-3720/3820QM with that 1GB dedicated Memory, but just looking at the form factor alone it's the most specced out A1286 I could make.
I don’t know much about any of this but I have a MacBook Pro 2012 and I really want to do this upgrade. Can I still do this upgrade in 2020? What do I do before taking out my old hard drive? Is there anything different or better I can do in 2020?
Glad I found this video. I have just got a MacBook in same spec as yours for £180. Great job thank you.
Nice to see more people using Mac's for production!
What I ended up doing to solve the heat issue is replace thermal paste and put a thermal pad on the motherboard to connect it to the back panel. Thermal pad is basically right underneath the processor
Man this is a great quality video. Thanks for this one.
I upgraded MacBook Pro early 2011 with Samsung SSD 1TB and 16gb RAM. It will only run High Sierra now and it won’t “talk to my iPhone or iPad. After 2.5 hrs online to an “expert” They are saying it is obsolete . 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Do you think I can use that “patcher” to upgrade OS directly on the machine ? or do I need to use external drive and boot from external drives?. Many thanks for video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I'm running Big Sur on a 2012 Macbook Pro non-retina right now. Works fantastic.
Take the bottom case off and swap the broadcom card for a 2012 one; that'll give you airdrop functionality
I just got one and I’m planning to do upgrades
6:05 Run this command in terminal to disable gatekeeper: sudo spctl --master-disable
Then go to [System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General > Allow apps downloaded from:], and make sure "Anywhere" is selected.
Did this work? I want to make sure before doing a Raid 0 on Catalina that there aren't any problems
@@clintesmane1670 You mean the Gatekeeper?
I got a old MacBook air I use like this
Can you try to setup the drives as Fusion Drive? This should overcome the limitation of the impossibility to download files for the browser still maintains decent speed
Can someone explain why you would run two ssd vs. just a one Samsung 1tb? And just skip the raid all together? Are these capable of running a 2tb ssd? Disclaimer I have no idea what I am doing.
Yo Lee! I have a Mid 2012 MBP 13" and have been contemplating swapping out my optical drive for a 500gb SSD but still keeping the original 1tb HDD.
*I was wondering if you could help answer a few questions!!* (Anyone is welcome to help answer!)
1. Is there generally any issue with running a HDD/SDD combo?
2. Can you successfully RAID the combo?
3. IF this were possible, would I be able to run Catalina properly per the newest update (10.15.6)? ...or would you just run Mojave instead?
4. ^if RAID is *not* an option, which Drive would you suggest running Catalina on?
Thanks!!
Mine is the same. I can't believe how fast it still is. I don't have any reasons at this point to upgrade, but I'm sure the m1 will be in my life eventually.
If this is a 2012 macbook pro, it does not need a patcher to run mac os catalina
This is my first video I'm seeing from you.
This past week I found a Core i5 mid 2012 Macbook Pro 13in at my local recycle drop off in the e-waste pile with the power brick in B+ grade condition(almost cooked battery, but not swollen, no feet, 500GB HDD, and only 4GB RAM) but I did all the software upgrades to Catalina, threw in 8GB of DDR3 ram I had in the spare parts bin, stuck on some clear rubber feet and it's running great ATM, and I was wondering how to upgrade the HDD to an SSD without having to go into recovery mode, and back to Mountain Lion, so thanks for the video. BTW I'm a Manjaro Linux, and Android user, but free laptop is a free laptop, and it will be my couch machine, and I will use it till Apple stops supporting the machine, and then find a Linux distro to put on this machine, and keep it going till it dies. 👍
Great video. thanks for the tutorial. I have just st got one of these in similar spec. What kind of battery life do you get please. Thanks Mike.
Can you do another video exactly the same but for Mojave, same machine?
I’m about $700 in, I bought a 2012 mbp with an oem Apple battery just installed and 1tb hdd for about $400. Bodies in great shape and another $250-300 in buying the same upgrade as you. Hopefully everything gets here quick.
Is still do it on Catalina 10.15.7?
I first want to thank you for all the support! I’ve done the upgrade years ago and I been doing great untill now that to upgrade. I follow your steps and did the boot with Mojave I clone the disk restart and then it loads the Apple logo half way and turns off tries again and off can’t pass that point. Any thoughts?? Thank you !!
I have a 2015 13” that is a 3.1ghz dual core i7. It can’t handle the 4K video from my hero7 but it works fine for Lightroom and general use otherwise.
2015" is the last Macbook pro that had all the proper ports and sd card reader and retina screen. A lot of people are still holding on to those!
what model ORICO SSD ADAPTER model is that?
Looks super handy and not like another big SATA Adapter. Awesome video!
Im not the most tech savvy but am looking to upgrade my 2012 macbook pro , is it still worth upgrading to 2 drives and increasing the ram as in the other video ? i dont really understand raid0 etc sorry. I recently rebooted my mac and installed yosemite from a bootable drive and upgraded to catalina from there. appreciate the help
still using my MBP mid-2012. I connect it to a LED Cinema Display, runs pretty good and editing on 1080p 60fps. thinking of upgrading my RAM from 8GB to 16GB though.
Nice
Dew it
Why not just use Yosemite from your old video? What was the benefit in switching this process to Catalina
Also a mid 2012 15-inch Unibody MBP user here. Mine was a 2.3 GHz Core i7-3615QM with 16GB DDR3 and 240GB Kingston SSD. I bought two A1286 MBPs for a total of $300. One is the mid 2012 and the other a mid-2010. The 2010 has got the antiglare though, so I took the 3615QM Board out and swapped it into the 2010 Screen+ housing. Both of a shame that I didn't have the chance to get a reasonably priced i7-3720/3820QM with that 1GB dedicated Memory, but just looking at the form factor alone it's the most specced out A1286 I could make.
Why didn't you just swap the screen? Seems more logical to me. It's only 8 screws and super simple. Far easier than replacing the logic board.
Can you explain the PROS of the RAID config? I have my data backed up to an external HD, and was thinking of buying a second one to have the exact same data backed up to that new ext HD.
I'm also installing a new SSD to run the OS and will be adding the old HD to the optic drive for just extra storage.
I'm not sure if I should invest on a second SSD to install to the optic drive, do a RAID to have my data backed up or just simply go with plan A and get my second ext HD for backup.
Hi i am trying to understand. what does RAID do exactly? i still dont really understand after i read few stuffs
I think the read write speeds are faster using 2 drives configured to a RAID 0 array.
Wood editing 1080P video on the 2012 MacBook Pro be little better than the 4K videos in your opinion?
SHOW US HOW TO UNRAID... all this work to never upgrade beyond el capitan. Awesome, I replaced a slow laptop with one that doesn't support ANY NEW UPDATES OR DOWNLOADS.
Hello Lee and thank you for all your advice on MacBook Pro mid 2012.
Could you advise me as I am considering working with Premiere pro, is it better to install a raid0 with macOS Yosemite or a single SSD with macOS Catalina?
My MacBook is i5 2.5Mhz.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best regards
Domi
Hi there! I just wonder is it possible to make a clone of RAID 0 APFS? As you know APFS has two partitions SSD and SSD data. I tryed but it makes the clone of just one partition. And you can't recover your system from it.
Lee, great video dude. I didn’t think you would have an older PC but I was wrong. You spoke the magic words dude, Hackintosh. Would you mind doing a video about that computer? Thank you for continuing to create content brother. Stay safe and I hope we get to work together some day. (:
After getting the OS downloaded, did you have any issues when the system wanted to download any upgrades? I did exactly the same thing as you did in your vid. Thank you, by the way. Except, I have two 500ssd. And my MBP is wicked fast :) But, for some reason it’s taking forever to download a simple security update. Is that because of the RAIDed SSD’s? Will I continue to have this issue every time it needs to download updates?
Totally agree with you about Mojave. Looking to add 2 Ultra SSD in the next few weeks to my 15" mid 2012 MBP I7 16Gb Ram (non Raid) using the extra SSD just like an external.
My only question is about the "Trim". Can I use the same command to achieve "Trim" for the SSD when running Mojave? And do I do it 2 times, once for each drive? (Non Raid setup) Thanks!
Hey ran into your video while trying some upgrades to my old macbook. I have a new macbook but can't seem to transfer from my playlists in itunes to transfer them to playlists in the new music app so they work on the serato pro crates to use with an external lacie hard drive, wondering if you have any tips or suggestions to make the transfer to my lacie good enough to use my new laptop to dj .
What a nice laptop. I love your Mac videos.
Hey Lee, great video. I upgraded my MBP Mid 2012about 6 mo ago but I installed a 1TB WD Blue instead. Since I did that my MBP don't always wake up. Sometimes, I should say most of the times it freezes and I have to force shut down. Any idea why this might be happening?
anyone selling this same laptop specs as lee in toronto by any chance?
Do you still have the XT4. Will you be getting a retail model?
Lover Of Tech no they only let me have it for a week. I want to try and get one back in to do a full review with though. But due to covid19 I have no idea if that will even ever happen this year
@@LeeZavitz COVID-19 is making things tough for sure, sold all my Sony A6400 and making full switch to XT4. Hoping I'll get stock in May
Hi man! thanks for the video!! have you checked after the command "sudo trimforce enable" if the trim support is enabled also on the second ssd ? a big thank you in advance =)
Just finished upgrading my mid 2012 macbook pro to have 2 TB SSD hard drives and 16gb of ram. It is by far the best decision I have made. Only problem is the battery is still the original and it will randomly reset the laptop. I dont think I'll ever run out of space! I tried doing raid 0 with Mojave OS but it wouldnt allow me too, any advice is much appreciated.
SSDs aren't hard drives, they're just SSDs
Hey Buddy does 8gb ddr4 single rank will support on macbook pro mid 2012 !? (Crucial CT8G4SFS824A 8GB DDR4-2400 PC4-19200 CL-17 SODIMM RAM)
I use it daily, it’s my only laptop. I have like 5 windows guest os installed in virtual box .
They set the bar high with it. I still use mine for book keeping and taxes. But I don’t do serious work on it anymore. What’s crazy is the original battery in it can still get 3hours
i got a late 2012 macbook pro 13inch retina , it runs hella smooth on catalina
yo man thanks for these vids, super helpful and i'm inspired to do this, but would you only recommend doing the combined hard drives? why not just put a 1 tb hard drive instead of adding the caddy and two hard drives? i'm not all that tech savvy but I'm looking to do this to my 2012 so i dont have to splash a g for a new macbook, and it seems simpler to just replace the hard drive with a terra rather than having a combined drive only adding up to 500 gb.
Do whatever you want, I only showed how to add two drives because you get double the speed. The problem is raid0 doesn’t work well in Catalina but it’s amazing in high Sierra. Might as well just put one drive in to make things easy even though it won’t be as fast. Less headache
I successfully installed the raid.0, but my computer keeps shutting down with OS is almost installed and taking me back to the welcome screen . Any advice ?
I put a new battery and i may of upgradedram the green sticks not sure was a long time ago its slow where do i get the things i need
Hi Lee, I get a little bit lost with some of this stuff as I’ve only got limited knowledge, but my 2012 MacBook Pro is almost unusable now. It has been so good, that i want to update it to use Lightroom and Photoshop on. If i just replace the hard drive with a single 1Tb Samsung SSD, will i still need to follow the latest advice you’ve given in this video? I want to run Catalina, but am beginning to think this may now be beyond my capability. (While the machine is open I’d be looking to change the battery and upgrade the RAM to 16Gb too). Thanks for your time and the great video’s 👍
Yeah I would just install one ssd and upgrade the ram. I have the parts listed in the description but you can use whatever SSD you want. But I recommend that ram kit. It runs Catalina perfectly. Isn’t that crazy?! A 8 year old computer haha
Lee Zavitz Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, I really appreciate it and thanks for the advice.
I have a 2010 15" 2.4GHz macbook pro that I upgraded about 6 months ago with a 1Tb SSD. I'm thinking of adding at least another 1 if not 2Tb if I can to this laptop as it seems like a better option than trying to find a external drive with firewire. How does it work for data transfer from the optical drive mount? I'm running VST instrument libraries in Reaper DAW so need as fast speed as I can get. Also, can you put 2Tb drives in these mounts?
Ehi Lee! Thanks for the video, I'm thinking about make a RAID with my main disk which is a SSD and the second one that I use for storage files, which is a HDD. Is it worth in terms of speed in your opinion? Thank you.
Are there any better SSDs and RAM in the market in 2020? Looking to upgrade my MacBook Mid-2012. Thank you.
How do you dual boot it? Does that make the optical ssd another macOS like Mojave or Catalina? While the main SSD stay as let's say Yosemite?
You seem really knowledgeable about Macs. For a teacher that wants to run adobe and creative cloud and some graphic design software who doesn’t want the latest, what older model would you recommend? Thanks
2015
Also a mid 2012 15-inch Unibody MBP user here. Mine was a 2.3 GHz Core i7-3615QM with 16GB DDR3 and 240GB Kingston SSD. I bought two A1286 MBPs for a total of $300. One is the mid 2012 and the other a mid-2010. The 2010 has got the antiglare though, so I took the 3615QM Board out and swapped it into the 2010 Screen+ housing. Both of a shame that I didn't have the chance to get a reasonably priced i7-3720/3820QM with that 1GB dedicated Memory, but just looking at the form factor alone it's the most specced out A1286 I could make.
2012 MBP 15
I followed every step. Final stage off booting up and it cuts out half way. Total shutdown. Tried a few times. Can’t figure out what it could be. I’ve got two Samsung 850 500gb SSD. Great video. I didn’t know about superdupa until this video. Nice one
I’ve ended up here because the Catalina upgrade fucked me up 😭 until then my 13” 2012 stock beast was fine.
Looking to upgrade the ram to 16g and bang a 1TB SSD in there.
I’m gonna do it myself so I’m not sure if I wanna attempt to do the optical drive myself. Is that gonna make a big difference or will it be ok as is?
I got my Mid 2012 IN 2012!!! I did this upgrade and it's super awesome and SO fast!! I'll be rocking with it until it finally zonks out.....LOL
Hey man, thanks for the awesome video. I wanted to ask, can you please post the exact model Macbook pro you have? I would really appreciate it if you could. I also have a profire 2626 and need a quad core laptop for mobile drum sessions. Please get back to me if you can. Thanks again.
Hi, I upgraded my Macbook mid-2012 to from 8gb to16gb memory & 250 gb HD to 1TB Samsung SSD drive a few years back after I saw your original video and it worked great for which I thank you @Lee Zavitz. I have since upgraded to Mojave and have no intention of upgrading to Catilina, however, I would like to add the Second Samsung 1Tb SSD using a Hard Drive Caddy so I would effectively have a 2Tb Raid0 drive. As I was saying I don't want to install Catilina and I don't want to have to install Mojave from scratch as I would either lose (as some apps/plugins would not be compatible with Catilina) or have to reinstall hundreds of apps/plugins again.
My questions are:
1.) Is it possible, would the mac support it?
2.) Would it be worth it ...adding a second 1Tb Drive so I end up with 2Tb SSD Raid0 drive, much like your original video with the 2 x 250gb just bigger?
3.) How would I go about it, would I just clone my current drive to an external drive, add the second 1Tb internal drive using the caddy, raid the 2 drives like in your original video then fresh install Mojave to it, and then finally clone my current drive again back onto my new 2TB SSD Raid0 Drive?
Sorry, it's a lot to digest, its just I'm about to buy it today and want double-check with you @Lee Zavitz as well as all the guys watching this please, any and all advice is much appreciated ;-)
Also a mid 2012 15-inch Unibody MBP user here. Mine was a 2.3 GHz Core i7-3615QM with 16GB DDR3 and 240GB Kingston SSD. I bought two A1286 MBPs for a total of $300. One is the mid 2012 and the other a mid-2010. The 2010 has got the antiglare though, so I took the 3615QM Board out and swapped it into the 2010 Screen+ housing. Both of a shame that I didn't have the chance to get a reasonably priced i7-3720/3820QM with that 1GB dedicated Memory, but just looking at the form factor alone it's the most specced out A1286 I could make.
A $56 16GB RAM upgrade, and a $49 Kingston SSD upgrade does magic!!!
I got a mid 2012 with an i5, for $150.
I did the desperately needed upgrades. Runs like a new MacBook!
It originally had a pathetic 4GB of RAM, and a shotty 10 year old HDD.
I just did this with Mojave and the Apple screen loads half way then blanks out and restart
did you fix it it happens to me same
@@abelesteve9881 yea just use the patches and it will start up like normal
Your videos n reviews are great. Please do a video on laptops with pen for photo/video editing.
Hey @lee zavitz Do you have a video on how to get mojave on our 2012 models? or can you just update from yosemite?
Greetings,
Are the ports different between mac mid 2012 and mac late 2012?
I am looking for hdmi adapters and perhaps more. I have seen that there are plenty adapters 2015 compatible but one compatible with late 2012. :(
Any video/link for the adapters.
Thanks.
What is the Best OS to have on this macbook pro mid 2012 after its Upgrade, Mojave or Catalina? Thanks for advise
Still going strong with a 2013 MBP as my main editing machine. It can handle 4K footage but only just barely hahaha every time I work on a 4K project I fear it might be the last time.
Have you upgraded it ?
Hi @Lee Zavitz, ! Do you know if is possible to install a NVI SSD, in this Macbook Pro 2012? Thank you !
So Lee, if I skip the Raid for Catalina, and just replace my Hdd with 2x SSD's, will the speed be like supper fast - (same MacBook Pro mid 2012)?
Hey.Lee, can you tell me what will a 2008 MAC pro do ? Can you edit with it ? I can see it feels hot is that ok ? Is it very slow ? I want to buy for a 10 year old child.
These two videos have been very helpful. I’m not quite understanding why to even do RAID in the first place? I’m new to this; I see that there are 2.5 inch drives that are 500, 750, 1TB, 2TB, etc. Why not just install a single SSD? And would that allow for Catalina to run smooth? Thanks!
Well, when raid0 was supported properly in MacOS it gives you double the bandwidth and speed because it’s spread across 2 drives. I show at the end of the first video the benchmarks and how much faster it is. The problem is they stopped supporting it. So it makes more sense to not raid0 anymore.
@@LeeZavitz Oh, okay. Thanks for the explanation, mate.
I have a question. So I already have OS Catalina on my 2012 MacBook Pro, if I switch the drives would I have to go through this process?
ok, fine ill give you a sub! because you are a freakin genius
Nice video. New sub here. My friend i have a question. His possible to update the wifi. I now that is a special card made for apple but i really don't know if exits a new version of this wifi card.
Note i have the a1278 version mid 2012. I just bought and i want to update all that are possible.
Thank you for this upload.
Hey, hope you see this. After updating to Catalina, my macbook slowed down like crazy. Any idea what caused this? It has 16gb ram, and a 1TB SSD in it. Everything was fine before the update.
Fast enough for office and stills, cheap memory, cheap ssd, integrated sd cards reader, ethernet, USB3, Thunderbolt..
Can't think of any better MPB as the 2012 version.. for my needs.
Thanks:)
I just wish it had a better screen. After working on higher res and Retina screens it really shows its age. But everything else about it is awesome!
Also a mid 2012 15-inch Unibody MBP user here. Mine was a 2.3 GHz Core i7-3615QM with 16GB DDR3 and 240GB Kingston SSD. I bought two A1286 MBPs for a total of $300. One is the mid 2012 and the other a mid-2010. The 2010 has got the antiglare though, so I took the 3615QM Board out and swapped it into the 2010 Screen+ housing. Both of a shame that I didn't have the chance to get a reasonably priced i7-3720/3820QM with that 1GB dedicated Memory, but just looking at the form factor alone it's the most specced out A1286 I could make.
Hey Zach I have a MacBook Pro 2011 and I’m looking to install the SSD and Ram because it runs very slow. The owner who had it had BitTorrent install onto the laptop and I’m trying to erase everything and start it as new. Do I still have to do the bootable USB?
Is it fast enough for making and using creative software? Like photoshop and Xcode?
Since I know I won't be using the optical drive. Is there a possibility of just have one ssd and replace the optical drive for another fan to help with cooling? Is there anything else I can replace the drive with other than another ssd?
SO IS THIS THE MID 2012 MACBOOK PRO
Worth upgrading to one SSD or paying the extra for both?