- #MACBOOK PRO 13 INCH MID 2012 MAX MEMORY HOW TO#
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I have to do it myself because I can't pay a repair shop to do it. The keyboard backlight recently went out on mine and I bought an OEM replacement from OWC. That said, I don't understand why authorized repair shops are forbidden to do any repairs on a "obsolete" Mac if a part is still readily available. The only way I see myself getting rid of it is if they stop manufacturing the OEM Lucia inks. I'd have to spend at least $600-800 or more. I get that products can't be supported forever, but when I look at the amazing photos that my Canon Pro 9500 MKll still produces, I feel like I'd be wasting money on a newer and comparable printer.
#MACBOOK PRO 13 INCH MID 2012 MAX MEMORY DRIVERS#
I connect my older Canon scanner and Canon Pro 9500 MKll photo printer to it because they are no longer supported with current drivers after High Sierra. I mainly use it for my photography hobby and archiving family photos. I've kept it in pristine condition and get compliments on it all the time. In 2015, I replaced the HD with an SSD and it continues to be a solid and fast machine. I still use it as a secondary Mac at home but it is also "obsolete". That being said, somewhere out there someone is going to complain that Apple is no longer supporting a 9-year-old computer. However, I will never again own a computing device that will work as hard, as reliably, for such a long time as my trusty mid 2012 15" MBP. The new M series processors are a harbinger that the time for such a change is approaching sooner than later. I am aware that eventually, I will have to break down and buy a new MBP. While the new MBPs are lighter and have longer battery life, they hold little performance edge over this machine in my day to day use of the machine as INTEL has done little to really advance processors in a meaningful way over the years since this machine was designed. This machine is fast, reliable and delight to use. The logic board nor the display on this machine have ever faltered.
#MACBOOK PRO 13 INCH MID 2012 MAX MEMORY UPGRADE#
I upgraded the machine to Big Sur using a popular patching program along with an upgrade to the latest Broadcom WiFi/BT card (thanks to an enterprising young man) and am running 11.2 currently with no issues outside the ones that are plaguing even the newest MBPs. Both fans have been replaced and most recently I replaced the right side speakers as the woofer section had started to rattle. I have replaced the keyboard only ONCE in that entire time. The 1TB HDD is still used as an in-machine Time Machine drive for Big Sur. I upgraded to 1TB SSD and a 1TB HDD and moved to APFS once Catalina came along using the HDD as an in-machine daily clone backup drive (used SuperDuper until Big Sur negated the ability to easily create a bootable clone). I upgraded the SSD to a larger one and rolled the SSD and HDD into a FUSION drive using the tools apple made available to anyone comfortable with the command line, which I ran with zero issues for several years. I swapped out the super drive (CD/DVD burner) for an SSD (initially a relatively small one to just hold the OS). I upgraded the HDD several times (started life as a 256MB HDD).
#MACBOOK PRO 13 INCH MID 2012 MAX MEMORY FULL#
This machine has a full compliment of ports with NO dongles needed! I upgraded the ram over time to its max 16GB. This machine was the last of the totally user repairable notebooks Apple made. Without question, a fine example of solid engineering. My daughter gave me this machine as a christmas present in late 2012. You cannot upgrade the memory on this model.I am among those still using a mid 2012 non-retina 15" MBP. This model has no memory slots and came with either 8GB or 16GB of onboard memory installed.
#MACBOOK PRO 13 INCH MID 2012 MAX MEMORY HOW TO#
See these MacBook Pro: How to remove or install memory for instructions. However, real world tests have proven that they can actually support 16GB of RAM. according to Apple) these models only support 8GB of RAM. This model has two memory slots capable of taking 204-pin PC3-12800 (1600 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM memory chips. Your question doesn't specify which model of MacBook Pro (Mid 2012) you're asking about and the answer may be different depending on model.
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