Upgrade and Clone Macbook Pro HDD to SSD
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- Опубликовано: 12 апр 2020
- My editing computer Which I built from spare parts and pieces years ago was getting pretty sluggish and having trouble keeping up with modern software with the hardware it had. It is a late 2012 13 inch Macbook Pro. I upgrade the HDD to an SSD in this video, and even with the 8 GB of RAM there is still a dramatic improvement in performance. I can't wait until my memory upgrade comes in. I ordered 16 GB of RAM to do the upgrade to the memory. It should make this computer very usable for modern software. You can pick these computers up from Ebay for pretty cheap, and they are easily upgradable.
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Sometimes you need a country boy to explain things just the right way. Thanks much.
Happy to help!
Very true
He has a talent for this 100%
True!
The best tutorial by far
Out of the many videos I had to watch in order to fix my issue and update my 2012 MacBook Pro, this was, by far, the most helpful one. All the other videos, filled with fancy graphics and techy talk, didn't address what I needed. Thank you, Luke, for making this video and taking the time you did to do it right.
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
NEIL MONACO I am also having this same issue. But I accidentally selected the data HD instead of the main. Could this be the issue?
@@neilmonaco4340 mine got stuck too,do we need to partition it first?
ok from my experience.... 300gb is somewhat 2hrs and it looks like it was frozen but it loads up after 2 hrs. more or less, so let say you have 400gb its goin to be 6hrs. be patient.
Just wanted to say thanks for this video. I tried to clone a few months ago but got so discouraged from even trying for the longest time. Most people go so quickly. I like the pace you went. So people like me who are new to Mac could understand. Thanks a bunch.
Glad I could help
Excellent video. Your video is the ONLY one I have found that shows the KEY step of installing the new SSD into the Mac AFTER cloning and then booting up from it afterwards. Many thanks for sharing.
Just literally finished updating HDD to SSD using your tutorial, by far the best and clearest clear cut straight to the point step by step guide, thank you!
Glad it worked out for you.
Inherited a mid 2012 MacBook Pro. Pretty slow as most are in original configuration. After some research I decided to upgrade the internals. I was intimidated by most of the videos I encountered on RUclips until I found your video. Slow, deliberate and steps in plain english has inspired me to take on this project. Thanks so much for your video. *Update* I successfully updated system. What a difference. Thanks again for your video
Jus upgraded. Followed your steps from start to finish and it worked like a charm. Laptop moving so much quicker now.
I watched a number of videos on this topic and this was my favorite! Clear and to the point.
Thanks, glad you liked it!
I followed the video step-by-step and it worked as a charm. Thank you very much for making this video and helping so many folks like me. Two comments for people who go through the process: 1) do not forget to put the battery connection back on before closing the back, and 2) when you start cloning/restoring to the SSD, you do not have to push the IMAGE burrow, just push RESTORE and it will kick of the cloning process.
Glad you found it useful.
You Sir , were the only one that actually answered my question ... 👌👌👌 there are so many videos that are extremely confusing , for something you explained in the most simplified manner. You are awesome 👏
Happy to help. It is still working well. I am working on a video now on dual booting MX Linux on this same computer. It makes it blazing fast.
Looked through countless sponsored SSD upgrade tutorials for my old 2010 macbook, this one was a perfect tutorial. Despite the 20 minute video I ironically saved more time watching this than the 10 or so 5 minute tutorials, thank you!!!!!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks so much! I cloned my OS last night to an SK Hynix Gold S31 SSD and today, with the help of a RUclipsr named Cars and Cameras, installed it into a late 2014 Mac Mini. Both your video and his are great tutorials! Thank you, again, for this thoughtful and well paced video.
Glad it helped.
Hello there! I will clone my HD to SSD this weekend. I will give you an update later on. Thanks for the tutorial! Cheers from Rio de Janeiro❤
Thank you so much for this excellent video. Very clear and well explained. I now have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro 15in with a 1TB SSD running perfectly. The difference in speed and overall performance is incredible. Keep up the great work.
Great to hear! Yes, these computers are still great with a little upgrade.
This was a HUGE time saver. Thank you for the time you spent putting this together.
Thanks for watching! Hope it helps you out.
Thank you for your step by step video on this. The other videos were confusing especially how to clone the new HD. Your video was the easiest to follow with cloning. I loved that you took it from beginning to end. I am glad I brought life back to my mid2012 MacBook Pro.
Glad it was helpful!
Best tutorial on this topic, hands down. Simple, clean and to the point 🙏🏼👍🏼 Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER!
I found a Mack book Pro 2012 for $50 but was slow as heck. I purchased an 870 Evo SSD to replace the stock HDD. At first, this didn’t work but I took the time to decrypt the original HD and it worked! I have ZERO experience with computers but I’m glad I came across your video! THANKS, Luke!
You got that Mac really cheap! That's great. I'm glad you found my video useful.
Thank You! Just took my mid 2012 MacBook Pro into 2021... Some of the videos on YT make this task look so intimidatingly but yours doesn't. Was able to follow along perfectly... Love being able to do it myself. Thanks Again.
I've watched 7 vids on this topic and this one is the very best! Excellent work, Luke!
Glad you liked it!
Luke thanks so much for your simple instructions for a non technical person. Your video helped me to increase my speed by purchasing an installing a SSD Samsung 860 EVO 1TB. My old HD slow dragging spinning Beach balls-- taking minutes to click to the next screen ( Macbook Pro Mid 2012). If I can do it-- then everyone else should be able to.
Thanks again for walking us thru an amazing video on upgrading my Macbook Pro Mid 2012.
Rich - Dallas TX
Great to hear! I'm glad it worked for you.
Since 2008 I hv been watching RUclips. watched thousands of videos mostly tech videos. Never Subscribed anyone. You are the 1st one I subscribed on RUclips.
Thanks
Wow! Thank you!
Thank you so much for the video. I wanted to clone & test whether everything was transferred properly to the new SSD before I opened up my macbook and install the ssd. This video was perfect for me. You explained all the steps very well and clearly. The unhurried pace kept me calm as well 😆
I definitely appreciate your video! I upgraded my late 2011 MacBook Pro using this video to guide me. I installed a Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD, 16GB RAM, and a new battery. It ran pretty good on the old HDD, but now its lightning quick again! Thanks for the easy tutorial!!!
2TB is a big drive! Glad it is working for you. Yeah these machines are great.
I just installed a Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SSD into my 2012 MacBook Pro. Thanks to your video everything went smoothly, except I dropped one of the 4 screws to put into the new drive, and couldn’t find it. The laptop is so much faster now!!! BTW I’m a 74 year old lady. Thanks again.
I have been using my mid-2009 MacBook Pro for all of my Zoom calls and the start-up and connections have been frustratingly slow. Thank you for this video....yesterday I installed a 500 gig SSD hard drive with total success and the system now is fast and connects quickly. The operating system copied perfectly and the replacement of the old hard drive was easy. Thanks Luke...
Glad I could help!
This is great Luke! I wanted to watch the RAM update video just because you were so welcoming!
Thank you! I did upgrade the RAM on this computer but it was on a busy day after work so I didn't film it. The results were underwhelming compared to the SSD upgrade.
I did do a memory upgrade as well as SSD and Linux install on a 2009 Macbook here though if you are interested. ruclips.net/video/uy7BsY0wuyM/видео.html
By far the most comprehensive video out there. Good work. Simple fast and to the point. Recommendation from me . Watch the video in 2x speed
Much appreciated!
Your tutorial is soooooo awesome.. Really informative and easy to follow. You have saved my MacMini life (Late 2014) to a new breath. You are one of the best Mr. Luke.. BTW, I just subscribed your channel. May God bless you & keep you safe. Hats off from Malaysia!!
Thanks! Glad it was helpful. Thanks for the sub too!
Thank you Luke. You just helped revived a 9 year old MacBook. Your video made us laugh but it was so easy to follow too. We’ve shared it with our friends to upgrade their macs. Thank you.
Great to hear!
Thank you, Brother Fugate! I have watched so many of this type of video, looking for one that was simple enough to understand from the explanation and the actual procedure, including keypress sequences. Thank you 2X. Peace.
Glad it worked for you!
This video is better than any other video on this exact transfer from mac HDD so SSD. Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Great help Luke for the video. It was smooth transition from old HD to new SSD. Well explained and precise. 100 times better than some tech junkie vidoes I have seen. PERFECT FOR ANYONE WHO WANT TO UPGRADE MACBOOK PRO MID 2012 USING SSD sitting in 2020. Thanks indeed. (All the way from India)
Glad it helped you. Thanks for stopping by!
So I doing the same system but my computer is formatted in APFS(encrypted) how can I get this to work!?
@@sd89 Another viewer had a comment on this situation here is a copy of that.
Riley M
1 month ago
I found how to get around this in case anyone faces the same. Go to System Preferences > Security and Privacy > FileVault > Click the lock to make changes > Turn Off FileVault. You will need to leave your laptop plugged in and I recommend making sure your laptop and charger can be both well ventilated as I had to leave my laptop on for around 24 hours to let the 'decryption' happen. After this, I was able to clone the drive successfully and install it with no problems.
This should unencrypt the drive so you can clone it.
So I ended up getting done before this reply my main HD was unmounted for some reason so I mounted it. Also I had my new ssd formatted like the hd in apfs (encrypted). Once all that was done I just followed your remaining steps.
@@sd89 glad it worked.
Luke, about six months ago I upgraded my MacBook Pro from HDD to SSD. I was able to find a RUclips video and completed the process with no problems and got similar results. I have not been able to find that video, so I watched yours. You made the process much better. The reason that I am revisiting the process is for backup. SSDs failure rates are not high, but it does happen and I wanted a clone of my drive just in case. I don't recall the software I used to clone the SSD, but it was not Apple Disk Utility. I think it was Macrium Reflect, that is want I used on three windows machines. I am going to try your method, wish me luck. I clone all my C: drives every month to make sure I don't loose everything. I subscribed to your channel. Thanks
Just ordered the materials from Amazon to do the upgrade to SSD and 8GB Ram. Thanks for video showing the steps.
It Will be a real improvement. Good luck. Thanks for watching.
I've watched 5 or 6 different tutorials. This was very thorough and clear thanks!
Great to hear!
Amazing video!! You made it so easy to install. I’m upgrading my 2010 MacBook Pro so it’s older than yours and I’m definitely looking forward to taking into 2020!!
Thanks. Glad it helped you.
Once again a huge thank you, just used this video again to upgrade my mother-in-law's laptop.
Took me couple of hours to find Your amazing video which include very good information and brief description of the process to install new SSD, even Crucial company which sells their SSD’s not even describe properly on their provided video for MacBook Pro on RUclips video.
Finally clone my hard drive and install my new Crucial 2.5 SSD 1TB. Thanks
Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful.
OMG thank you so much!!!! After so many videos I watched, nothing worked. Then I watched this vid!!! I followed every step and it finally worked after a million tries!!!!! THANK YOU!! I just subscribed 👏🏼
Great to hear! Thanks for subscribing!
@@lukeFugate I'm also facing this problem and finally did this when I watched this video .... Tq soo much I'm subscribed also
@@lukeFugate Got a question. I have an old 2012 Mac Book pro with black screen and 3 beeps... I have new ram and getting hard drive. How do I get my new 2021 a 2021 Mac book pro to down load the old Catalina? I want to target the external for down loads and can't seem to get that to work!
also subscribed... I like your straight talk and easygoing way of explaining what ,why, and how!
Many thanks for your simple, to the point, no nonsense, effective tutorial! Got the job done without a problem.
Glad to hear it!
This is the best video so far. I am waiting for my ssd and I will follow your instructions. Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thanks for the detailed step-by-step description. Very helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Wow wow, so no Super Duper no clone hd no clone anything third party apps, all this can be done with in house settings of Mac OS, but all needed a genius man like you to simplify it to the world.
Your video should be on top of the list for this topic.
Thanks so much and defo subscribe.
Yes, no need for third party apps. Thanks for watching and for the kind words.
Thanks Luke. Using your very clear instructions, I installed a 1TB Crucial SSD on my mid-2010 15" MacBook Pro. Very pleased so far with the improved performance, especially with Office 365, which has been very sluggish.
Glad it worked for you!
his names not luke its Bill Fugate
By far the best video on this topic, thanks man!
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Did a great job of explaining the procedure. Thanks buddy. Keep up the good content.
Thank you!
I second the opinion of many people in the comments. The best one of its kind. It goes to show simplicity and a no-nonsense approach always wins. Thanks Luke.
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Thank you sooooo much! I got all the answers I needed from start to finish with this video. Much appreciation to you!!
You are so welcome! Glad it helped.
I watched a lot of videos which made me confused. But this one is awesome and really clear. Thank you so much !
You're very welcome!
Nice improvement first video i found that doesn't involve me downloading extra software and worked!!
Glad it worked for you. I like trying to do stuff with native software whenever possible.
Great step by step tutorial, works like a charm, many thanks!
Glad you liked it.
GREAT TUTORIAL LUKE. Keep it up.. You have xplained the details on how to clone the hard drive. thank you.
Glad you liked it!
@@lukeFugate Subscribed and like your channel. Thank you very much.
Thank you for this clear and concise tutorial which was just what I was looking for :)
You're very welcome!
Super Helpful ! I was looking for a way to clone OSX Catalina HD nothing worked. After I watched your video and it worked perfectly. Thanks a lot !
Great to hear!
This is so helpful and is 100% proven!! Followed all steps exactly and my Macbook Pro is now amazingly fast! Thanks mate!!
One more subscriber to your channel 👍
Thanks! Glad it worked for you.
Best explanation and run through Ive seen, thank so much. Cheers mate.
Glad you liked it!
Thanks man, the Disk Utility clone function is news to me! Ye learn something new every day!
Yes, I like to use what the system came with if possible.
Thank you!!! Watched your video and upgraded my drive. It's sooo much faster.
Great to hear!
That hard drive update made a lot of difference. It will be interesting to see how much better it will perform once you add extra RAM. 👍
I got the RAM in yesterday and I swapped it out(couldn't wait to try it) and didn't see much improvement besides the percentage of memory used. I haven't had time to do much real testing, but I should be able to run more things at once. I'll probably put up a comparison video when I get time. They've got us back to work now, so not much time for videos.
@@lukeFugate you wont see much until you use intensive programmes like movie editing suites . Beginners don't know the bench tests meaning . Real world action they can taste it
Great video and very well spoken. Nice and slow so everything is understood 100 percent. Thanks for the video and the time you put into snaking it. Cheers.
You're very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.
Tried it yesterday and it worked 100 percent. I actually bought an empty 2.5 inch 7mm ssd enclosure that holds and m.2 data drive and put a Samsung in it. Now it has a sub 20 second boot up time. Now just waiting on 16gb of ram and good to go.
Thank you! I’ve been trying to figure this out for the past hour or 2 and finally found a solution
Glad it helped you!
Amazing very informative was able to do it step by step thank you so much!!!
Thanks for watching! Glad it helped you.
thanks man . this video was the most helpful out of all the videos i watched
Happy to help!
Thank you, brilliant step by step guide! We have a useable laptop again!
Happy to hear it! Thanks for watching!
EXCELLENT TUTORIAL. Very updated with latest Catalina OS. Congrats!!
Thanks a lot! Glad you liked it!
luke Fugate how long does it take for the image to conclude? It’s been a long time and the progress bar is frozen at 95% for at least 30min now...
@@EvangelistadaVerdade Seems like mine was done in around an hour. Did it ever finish? You may have to try it a couple of times.
luke Fugate thank you my friend. It took around 2h (maybe my old HD was too slow) but it ended with the green check mark and after installing the SSD, the boot time went down from 2:40 to 0:25. A ridiculous improvement on performance!! R/W speeds went from 50 to 490 Mb/s. Incredible. Thank you for the video. Very helpful!!
@@EvangelistadaVerdade Glad it worked out for you!
Thank you! This video helped explain everything to me in a way in which i understood
Great tutorial! Thank you, cloning the hard drive with that adaptor is a game changer. Thank you - got the memory coming and now ill order the ssd
Glad you liked it.
@@lukeFugate stupid question Luke sorry, but when i clone the hardrive to the external ssd do all the photos etc go on it as well? (I will do a back up before) thanks
@@burnsyblues Everything will be copied it will be identical to the original.
Dam not working for me, i start the clone and it just says failed and it changes my ssd drive name to ASRD data volume . I also dont have main and main data, i have macintosh and macintosh data
Had to use carbon copy cloner in the end! Such a stressful evening lol. Thanks for the vid it did help loads. Gone from a 1min 43 second boot to 33 seconds lol
Thank You so Much!!!! ❤️ The upgrade was so smooth
I'm glad it worked for you!
Hey, that was a very informative video. Merry Christmas and God Bless you and your family always! :)
Merry Christmas to you as well. Glad you liked the video.
Thank you so much for your video, which helped me a lot bring back to life my sluggish MacBook Pro. One only note is that you should have told that before cloning the HDD you must first turn off the FileVault in System Preferences, otherwise the main HDD will appear greyed out and you would not be able to clone it into the new SSD. Apart from that, thumbs up!
Thank you. I was stuck on that part.
Thanks Luke!!! worked on my 2014 Mac Mini with Catalina. This is better than using superduper or carbon copy! No error message , no issues. Booted up fast , well its a 1T ssd so there.
Glad it helped. Yes, an ssd is an incredible upgrade. Brings an older computer back to life.
Thank you for this tutorial, worked a treat.
Best video showing how to do this. Thank you so much!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
Well done! You explained the steps VERY WELL, THANKS
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for the tutorial. Works great!
Glad it worked!
Man you nailed it. All the other videos are just so stupid showing update using cloning softwares. I got my system upgraded... Cheers 🎉
Glad it worked for you.
Thank you!!!! My laptop is now unbelievably fast! (I also upgraded ram to 16gb)
Great! I did the memory upgrade as well. The ssd made the most difference though. Glad it worked for you.
Thanks so much. This really helped as my MacBook needs an ssd upgrade
Glad it helped!
Thank you Luke, just updated my13" Mid 2012 MacBook Pro with new SSD and memory! Watched your video on my desktop while working on the laptop! Everything worked great with one exception....after getting the back on, relaized I forgot to reconnect the battery but after reconnecting, all worked perfect! Thanks again.
Great to hear! Yeah I have done the same with the battery connection lol.
Thank you. I have the same macbook and I am planning a DIY upgrade as well.
Hope it works out well for you. These are great computers.
Worked first time. Nice video my friend
Good to hear!
Very helpful thank you - your accent made it even more better 👍👍🙏
Glad it helped!
Great information and video, THANKS!
Glad you enjoyed it!
For anyone who may find it helpful I use APFS Encrypted and when cloning it to a new SSD APFS Encrypted you first need to mount the Mac HD, then when you chose "image" it will automatically unmount the volume and clone it. If you don't mount the volume first the computer can't copy it as it will determine its locked and encrypted. Took me a couple of trial and error tries to figure it out. I like to use encrypted format on all my drives. Anyways hope this helps someone as no video on the subject explains this.
This helped, I needed to mount the MacHD first!
Thanks for sharing this video Luke! regards
My pleasure!
Thank you for the detailed explanation 👍
No problem 👍
This is absolutely the most complete correct video I needed for the exact mac I have. My memory and ssd come in next week. My mac takes about 2 minutes to load and forget actually editing anything on it. So I’m stuck using my phone for editing. I cannot wait! Thanks so much. Did you do a comparison video after changing the memory?
Thanks! I'm glad you liked the video. An SSD will bring it right back around.
I never did a comparison video as it wasn't that much of an improvement. In fact I can't really tell a difference. The major improvement was from the SSD.
Life saver...Awesome and well detailed. Thanks
Glad it helped!
Thanks so much, it’s works perfectly! 💪🏽
Glad it helped!
Best reviewer ever ! Thanks for the Video sir
Wow, thanks!
Thank you! The only thing I would add to this video is to make sure to mount your “Macintosh HD” and I had to log in to my other account to do so (in the disk utility) otherwise the MOST helpful I found and the one I carried through the process. 🙂
Glad it was helpful!
This was great! Thank you so much. I now have a speedy Mac disguised as an old geezer :). This saved me at least $1000.
Glad it helped! Yes, these computers are great. The newer ones aren't as upgradable.
Very good tutorial. Thanks a lot
Best instructions to replace a HDD with an SSD in a Macbook PRO 2011 !
Thanks!
Thank you, very much helping for me because it's too simple and easy way.
You are welcome!
Thanks for sharing. Awesome video.
Thanks.
Thanks for this video on how to clone a drive. I installed two SSDs in my two Windows PC laptops and they are super fast. I think I might do the same for my Mid 2009 Macbook Pro. I just hope it improves the speed of it by installing a SSD. I always get scared when I pick up my Macbook cause I can hear a small click when I lift it up. Might be coming from the hard drive.
That was amazing...what a sales man for SSD. Incredible! Thanks Luke
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
So simple and to the point.. Impressed buddy... You are the best.. ❤️
Subscribed..
I have one quick question.
Do i need to select any specific format type while formatting my new ssd drive?
Thanks for the sub! Mac os extended(journaled) although when you select restore it will automatically format your new drive while it clones your data. The main reason I format first is to make sure the disc is completely erased before starting.
@@lukeFugate I appreciate your quick response.. Thanks again.. ❤️
One more question i have for you dear..
While cloning my drive, my installed applications will also be cloned? If not, how can i get those applications back?
@@RajivVyasSurat it will make an exact copy of your drive. That includes all the apps and everything.
this style WORKS.. just an add-on .. old OS u need to unmount the drive (example = unmount drive main) then u can proceed restore to work... but this is a good guide... maybe sum1 will have this issue that the drive is in use... just unmount then proceed
Thanks for the advice.