Upgrade Your Macbook Pro (SSD Upgrade, RAM Upgrade, Optical Drive Bay Adapter)
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This video was shot during a recent Macbook Pro Upgrade. The video displays a 13-inch non-retina Macbook Pro but the process will be very similar for the 15-inch non-retina Macbook Pro. The Macbook Pro in this video is the latest, 2012 model but the process should be the same for older, unibody, non-retina Macbook Pros. The 2010 Macbook Pro & 2011 Macbook Pro share the same body type.
I'm still a big fan of the non-retina Macbook Pro models because they offer user upgrades unlike the retina Macbook Pro. In this video you'll see an SSD upgrade, RAM upgrade & optical drive bay adapter installation.
For full pictures & upgrade instructions for the Macbook Pro visit this page & use it in conjunction with my video - bit.ly/TnWFZe
Never thought (almost) 6 years old video will be my tutorial/guide. I have ordered SSD EVO 860 and will replace existing HDD on my MBP 2012.
Many many thanks to Unbox Therapy for making this video (for me) in advance ;)
how did you make ssd to boot macos instead of hadd, any tools you used
Both channels are 6Gb/s on the 2012 Macbook Pros as stated in the video.
Unbox Therapy you were not hype back in the days🤔
I recommend doing what Lou did, but in opposite hard drive placement. Put your max performance SSD on your main bay and your HDD in your optical bay. I heard that the optical bay is only 3Gb/s, compared to the main bay, which is 6Gb/s link speed. Cheers! Happy upgrading!
Thanks for the tip. Can you still boot up your OS with HDD being at optical drive, and just clone everything to the SSD once it's booted, or you would have to install the OS on SSD first (from USB stick or Wi-Fi) ?
@@vladimirradosevic3749 You should be fine to boot from the optical drive bay, it will just be half the speed as mentioned.
Look in your system profiler, navigate to the specified interface & check the link speed. For this model it reads 6 Gigabit in both bays.
2019 anyone?
overhere!! lol
2020
Yep, 2020.5
@@RichardSchletty Yes
2020 here. I use a laptop where I've done a similar upgrade and was curious to see if any big names on RUclips have covered this. Came across this and I'm quite bemused
Upgrading it in 2021 ! Just Put a 16gb Ram On it Now. Faster than ever love it
I like watching stuff that I can't afford :)
Good One lol hahahahahahaha
300 dlls is affordable?
I just did this swap, and I have to say, the instructions were quite thorough. I have never really done any sort of thing similar to this except for the RAM swap on a PC laptop that I own. Success.
DO MORE OF THIS KIND OF THING
UNREAL! I was just about to give up on my MacBook Pro Early 2011 as I was unable to open two windowes in Safari without it stalling on me! I upgraded my HD to the Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SSD and same Value Select 16GB RAM. SUPERFAST!
Old Boot time: 175 seconds
New Boot time: 5 seconds!
Using Samsung part in an Apple product, I see what you did there :))
Yes it will, I got an 64 Gb crucial M4 + an 500Gb HDD. I used it ast first as 2 volume, but now combined them as a Fusion Drive, work perfectly
I have a 13" macbook non Pro, early 2007. I want to put in a SSD and add some Ram. I have the original OS discs as well as Leopard OS disc. How current can I upgrade the OS, after I put in the SSD , Ram? Does that depend on the processor? Mine is Intel dual core.
you can go up to OS X 10.6 snow leopard.
the SSD will improve performance significantly. your boot time will be cut in half. I bought a $35 60gb ssd at fry's and that's the performance increase I got. the white macbook is harder to take apart but if you are patient and smart you can do it. you don't need the latest ssd since the Sata 150 bus wont appreciate a Samsung evo.
Yes exactly. Plus, i think it's better to put the SSD in the original disk place and to put the HD in the optical bay adapter. It's related to the negotiated speed between the MB and the SSD (in the optical bay adapter) that makes it only Sata 2 speed and limits the SSD performance.
i know this video is 4 years old. i just ordered the same set up. i hope it's not too out of date
how'd it go?
works well, I would just go with a bigger ssd if I would do it over
patrick mallare which size adapter did you get? There's a 9.5mm and 12.7mm. Planning on doing this myself
I have a MacBook Pro 13inch late 2011and I upgraded with a Samsung SSD as main hard drive + Old HDD from before as second hard drive + 16 Ram = Couldn't be happier with the result!
@@TheParaSIET Hey David I was thinking of doing that too on my MacBook 2012. Do you think in 2018 it's still valuable ?
Came back from 2018 to see this. I wasn't disappointed. The problems of using a 2011 mb pro in 2018 you know
does this work on the 2015 models?
No ram is soldered on there so u cannot. It's annoying
+Chaney they do it for money chill
that's why I choose to buy an Mid 2012 Macbook Pro over the new Retina MacBook Pro so u can upgrade it
I upgraded my MBP too. Mine is the old model, I bought it in 2006. I replaced the old hard drive with 500GB and I bought the new battery as well. I'm still looking for the new RAM. It's hard to find that fits for the old MBP. So far my MBP works great. I did by myself and nobody taught me. My husband was shock I did it :)
this is stupid... putting the SSD in the optical port is ridicules. you should have switched them...
Why?
the read/write speeds are not even close to the same , it would make more sense to swap the 2 around and put the SSD as a boot drive
Ah i see. Even though they are both connected through Sata?
yup the optical bay is
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
where as the main bay is
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
i run a 120 gb SSD in my main bay and the original in my optical bay as storage, my boot time is like 2 seconds with this SSD as the boot drive
Can adding a Samsung 860 EVO 500GB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E500B/AM) work better? It looks larger and costs less nowadays
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You just did an real unboxing therapy of MacBook Pro
ive read all over the internet that mid 2010s will not function properly with more than 8gb of RAM. 8 is the ceiling
so 16GB of ram is useless for the Macbook pro 13" 2010 mid ?
@@jshbluesky If it's Intel Core 2 Duo it will see the full 16Gb of ram (mine does)
Yes you can do that and you should see an improvement in speed. The only thing that won't be compatible is the 16 gigs of ram. Your mbp will support 8GB max.
yes both will work. unbox therapy even has an older video showing the upgrades in that model i believe
I'm happy with my retina, sure the hard drive isn't there but iTunes does so much to add things to it by converting disc to different kind of files and the speed wifi etc. is way more.
Yes, you could use a usb adapter or use any ordinary external optical drive
Although it doesn't really fit the situation. It is possible to install different size dimms as long as their in different channels. The most important thing is that the timings and the frequency match.
I'm my gaming computer is running 12gb. 2x2gb in one channel. And 2x4gb in the other.
I have a late 2011 13inch Macbook Pro with the 500GB (400GB used) hard drive. I recently bought a Crucial MX200 250GB SSD, ORICO External Hard Drive Enclosure Adapter Case for the HDD, and 4GBx2 Crucial RAM. I also have a 1TB external hard drive. I am running OS X 10.7.5 (Lion) and am planning on upgrading to Yosemite. What would be the best way to keep all of my files while running a smooth computer with advanced programs like Adobe CC and Final Cut Pro?
Lew you forget some serious Party I think, like mirgate your Account/Data from the HDD to SSD. This is ( in my opinion) the most difficult part. Thumbs up for people with same problems!
Thanks for your response.. I continued my research - The Sata II is the best I can put in my system in the optical drive location.. Sata III should work too but I wont get the speeds of a III - I should get 3Gb/s=375MB/s theoretical while the actual maximum observed has been 285MB/s.. My current OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD as my main drive should get 6Gb/s=750MB/s.. but it's currently way less than that.. currently getting 245MB/s write and 413MB/s Read..
For you people wanting to keep your drive, go to the link for the ssd adapter. When you get to the Amazon Page it will say others who bought this also bought... And it will be a usb 2.0 enclosure for the disk drive.
No, only in the 2012 models. But you can put the SSD in the HDD bay and the HDD in the optical bay.
Macs are really easy to work with and work on. The insides are generally as good looking as the outside. Also, if you have a Mac put an SSD in it. OSX is great in combination with an SSD.
Your best to check on the OWC website as there are only certain models that will work. Just check the exact spec of your MBP first then go see.
Yes you can, at least for all unibody models (From 2008 to present).
i agree with Casper Andersen. I too have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) model. and i heard the tops i can go is 8GB. I this its the bus speed. Currently my bus speed is 1067MHz.
Go to CRUCIAL.COM
They'll sort your compatibility issues easy peasy
i guess this has already been answered, but you want the faster drive in the main bay, main bay is SATA3 and optical drive is SATA2 so speed is limited when using optical bay :)
I just did this on my 13". It is very important to note that if you want to boot from the ssd, you NEED to put it in the place of the traditional hard drive
I just upgraded to a SSD+HDD hybrid and I love it! :) upgrading memory is next!
The original bay is designed with faster read times than the optical drive so to get the full performance out of the SSD I would put it in the HDD bay. Unless you don't want to use the SSD as your main drive, just storage.
Is the Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F240GBGT-BK 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC compatible with this Mac? Also is there faster RAM than 1333MHz?
you have that perfect voice that doesnt require us looking at your face
Click on the little apple logo in the top left hand corner of the screen, then click on "About This Mac", and onto 'More Info..." It should say it in little grey writing under "Macbook Pro/iMac/Mac Pro".
Once you know which model/year you have just look up (Your model and year) on the apple website, and there'll be an outline of the exact specs of your machine and how much RAM it will take.
Hope that helps :)
@raphy goldberg the 13 macbook pro retina you cant upgrade the RAM though you can upgrade SSD but it is some wierd type, Also the high resulution screen on the retina takes alot of power from Intel HD4000 graphics, the non retina you can upgrade and stuff but I think it use Intel HD3000 graphics. Its your choice hope this helped
Even though I'm not upgrading my hard drive (I will soon thanks to you) this helped me with what I want to do this week which is replace my superdrive. Thumbs up! 4 years old video that keeps helping us out. Great job! Love the detailed descriptions.
Hey man, If your looking for the awesome speed of the SSD (as anyone is that uses a SSD) You may want to put it where the original HDD is. This is because the SATA controller the original HDD uses has speed capabilities of 6GB/s whereas the SATA controller you are using on the adapter from the ODD only has a max speed of 3GB/s. Though its not a huge loss its still a different. All in all I would just swap the drive locations. P.S. I have the same SSD, AMAZING w/ 16GB Corsair Vengeance RAM!
I'm leaning toward this route. Yes, I'd love to have a retina display MacBook pro 13 but the ability to insert 16gigs of ram and an SSD in place of the optical drive I'd never use seems so much more practical and long term to me than to be stuck with 8gigs of ram and a 128 gig hard drive. Though you could get an external hard drive I would rather not have to carry that around with me, too. Think I'll run with this machine.
Ideally yes, because you most likely want the SSD to increase boot times and also application launch times. You don't have to put the OS on there, but it would significantly increase performance.
Please post video, MacBook Pro 15" late 2013 - PCI drive (harddrive) and upgrade RAMs - thanks
You should do a tutorial on how to set up the hardrives so that they work like one hardrive. You have all the applications and OS on the SSD and everything else on the HDD. OWC has a great tutorial on their youtube page if anyone is interested.
So I've set up an SSD in the optical bay. And after using carbon copy
cloner, i've copied everything onto my ssd. Now if I want to transfer
files back and forth between my HD and SSD how would I do that?
Also, if I use carbon copy cloner, and booted the SSD, is everything backed up from the hD?
The speed would be the same since both of them are SATA III. You should keep the HDD in the hard drive spot because it has the motion sensor technology to save your hard drive's data in case you drop your MacBook and that security for the HDD isnt provided by the optical bay. The SSD does not need this the sensor.
A fusion drive is a software raid between an SSD and an HDD, similar to SSD caching, you only get in volume visible by the OS.
So i installed a KINGSTON SH103S3120G Media SSD by removing the optical drive spot. I formatted the new drive, however mac seems to keep refreshing itself, like the finder. Almost like it is re-launching finder every minute. Do you know why this could be?
I recommend you swap the SSD with the traditional hard drive and put it in the optical drive (this is because the optical drive has a slower rate)
Lou, as an fyi never hold a screwdriver (that's magnetic) that close to your motherboard as it can de-magnitise it
You can upgrade the ssd in the MacBoo Pro retina. OWC other world computing has a 480GB ssd upgrade kit available. So i'm sure in the coming months they will only increase the capacity.
I am SO happy you have made this video! I was going to get an older MacBook Pro rather than the new on, but I thought it would only be old and slow, sporting a mere 8gb max ram and 500gb ATA drive. However, I was completely oblivious to the fact that the non-retinal models didn't have soldered ram cards! All I heard was "oh, you don't want an apple because they solder things to their motherboard"...
@raphy golberg I would go with non-retina with upgrades but put the SSD where the HDD is and HDD at the optical bay it will give you higher speeds on SSD
2020 anyone?
Time to work on that 2012 MacBook Pro. 🙃
2011 LATE MODEL
Can I use the 500gb HDD from my PS4 in my Macbook pro, same model as in this video, and can I simply use time machine backups to reinstall everything once I swap out the old drive. Also, do I need to format the PS4 hdd first???
thestr8jacket1 I witched out my PS4 HD for a Seagate 1TB SS/HD hybrid and then switched out my 13" Macbook Pro Mid-2009 model's HD with the PS4 500GB HD, works fine and was super easy. RUclips how to install a new HD and they'll explain how to reformat the PS4 HD, you just partition and he briefly goes over it here, its super easy. Good luck!
if you're actually using your macbook for programming or video / photo editing and u need too run several programs at once or big programs, 16gb of ram is going to help.
I put my optical drive in an adapter like that and my mac won't write anything to a disc except shortcuts. Any ideas why?
I think it's because the hardware wasn't meant for the bay or it's somehow different from the USB ones sold in the store. I can read discs from it, but it barely even acknowledges a blank disc or gives me the option to write to it.
yes this works for all models but the new retina models
they did this to make it significantly faster and the used speed testers and the start up also verified it
I'd like Know if got change all you show en video, the laptop will working normally again. Because every time try it see video o images screen become blue or frozen.
Hi does it work for the 17" Macbook Pro. my version is 2009 model. I don't want to lose my 17" screen. If I put in the SSD where my Optical drive was, will I still by able to use an external optical drive for CD's or DVD's if I need to play them.
try 2 ssd discs in raid 0 and be blown away by the speed! Nice video and exactly what i did to my own macbook pro!
Is a mid 2010 Macbook Pro in good condition for $300 a good deal? Thinking about picking one up off my mate on thursday, will be making the switch from PC to mac so idk shit about what theyre worth tbh esp a 2010 model
So glad I found this - Wanted to upgrade to a SSD but they are so expensive I cannot get one that I can fit all my music and videos on - So I was contemplating putting it on a portable WD drive.
Never thought about removing the optical cd drive and putting in a SSD to replace. Makes sense! I'm assuming it's pretty easy to purchase a USB cd drive to use as and when I eed (like on a MB Air) as I occasionally burn CDs.
Thanks again
Hello, it's me, 2021, with a 9-year old Macbook Pro.
Does anyone know if the ntel 530 Series SSDSC2BW120A4K5 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) will work with the provided caddy? just want to make sure nothing will bounce around.
In theory, it would work, however it is good practice to install RAM in pairs, so if you want 8GB, use 2X4GB, if you want 16GB, use 2X8GB.
Will it work?
Most likely yes.
Should you do it?
No, instead spend the extra money, get the 16GB kit, or opt for 8GB instead.
If I bought 1600mhz ram but it says compatible with 1333mhz... Is this okay? I have a late 2011 MBP and the updated Yosemite OS X.
Watching in November of 2018; thinking of buying a 2011 pro doing this upgrade
Got the Samsung 840 Pro 256GB and going to upgrade in a bit, thanks for the vid!
Hi I have a question: If instead HDD was put at the optical drive area, and SSD in the main drive area can you still boot up your OS with HDD being at optical drive, and just clone everything to the SSD once it's booted, or you would have to install the OS on SSD first (from USB stick or Wi-Fi) ? Thanks in advance
Cool! I don't use the optical drive so this is perfect for me and I don't have to give up storage space.
That's what I got was the pro. It loads programs SO much faster. I'm about to try playing a game to see what that does.
old video but perfect timing for me. upgrading my 2011 macbook pro
Make sure ur ribbon cable is connected properly. And also what drive are u using. Apples macs don't play nice with some drives (ocz). Try getting a return if you can
If you want maximum compatibility (most drives do. But the ones I list are the best choices) pay the premium and get the m4 from crucial or the intel 520
Hi
i have a macbook pro late 2011, 2.8 GHz i7, the memory is 4 GB DDR3. storage is 700 GB.
my problem is that when i run any app, it takes a while to run!!
should I upgrade every thing, like the video?
or just the ram??
thank you
The difference is, one is hard disk drive(HDD) and the other one is solid state drive (SSD). He kept that on purpose because it is the one that holds the OS(Mac OSX) to run the mac afterwards and may provide extra storage from inside your device in future. Hope i helped you.
Great video and my MacBook is a hot rod performance machine!
I have a mac book pro end 2011……….i have already a 1 tera SSD samsung EVO witch replace the first internal 750 giga HD
Now i read that the maximum SSD i can put as a first HD is 2 tera…. i can't put 4 tera samsung EVO…. but what if i put 4 tera SSD has a first HD but slipt in 2 part of 2 tera… means it could works with 2 OSX choose to boot when computer start….. So? (of course I instal first the 2 OSX when the 4 tera SSD is an external HD and after i put it inside my mac as a first HD
thank you very much
im confused....when we click erase on the disk boot, it will erase everything in the HDD right....?
so both connections, the one where the HD is and the one where the DVD is, both have the same speed? or will the SSD be faster if I put it where the original HD was or Will I get the same performance if I install my SSD on the optical drive with a caddy. Thank yyou for your answer
Yes I also have a mid 2012 13 inch macbook pro very easy actually
Does anyone know what size adapter he used 12.7mm Optical Bay or 9.5mm Optical Bay? It wasn't said in the video.
An external Sata dock if you aren't gonna keep your original HDD, if you are, then boot to your HDD, clone your files to the SSD, then boot from the SSD. Hope that helped
hey i have an asus n550jv but i gotta say that im not a fan of the optical drive, does anybody know of something more modern looking like the mac book pro optical drive something where you dont have to push a button to open
just google update macbook pro in google. the apple website sets out specific requirements for each macbook pro. and you have to match it to their requirements. a 2011 mbp 13" for example can only take up to 8Gb or RAM. 1333 MHz is what they stipulate as well. also its a 204pin connection.
WARNING: For those who don't know. Before you start touching any components inside the PC/Laptop, please making sure you either: have a wrist warp or touch a mental. What this would do is, it won't give ESD to your device. ESD (Electro Static Discharge) this WILL mess up any component inside the device.
Awesome tutorial . I need some help I have the same MacBook pro 2012 with 500gb HHD and dvd drive, I have 240 SSD and the second HDD or SSD caddy and 2 modules of 4gb ram all ready BUT I like keep the original HDD but someone tell me that for better performance I need to put the SSD where the HDD is now because the connection is faster and move the HDD to the new Caddy because that DVD drive connection is slow any suggestions please are welcome you are the expert thank you
the optical drive ad an SATA 1 until 2011, now it's a SATA 3 for both the optical drive and the HDD
My hard drive has two partitions; one for Mac OS and one for Windows. Can I move files from either partition into the new SSD?
Its amazing how macbook pros retain their value even a decade later. I just upgraded to an ssd and 8gb and still run software piblished today. Tho this last mac os says it can't run on a 2010.
I purchased every thing and followed your video. The SSD drive shows up on the desktop but I can't read and write to it. What can I do?
Hi bro... what I have to buy to upgrade my macbook 2010 mid white Color lap, it has currently 1+1 gb ram... just upgrading RAM to 8gb or 16gb will improve the speed? What else I have to replace... please advice...thanks