

- #INSTALL MAC OS ON A NEW SSD DRIVE FOR MACBOOK PRO MID 2012 USING TIME MACHINE BACKUP HOW TO#
- #INSTALL MAC OS ON A NEW SSD DRIVE FOR MACBOOK PRO MID 2012 USING TIME MACHINE BACKUP MAC OS X#
I bought mine from Crucial, who have a very spiffy System Scanner that will tell you exactly what you need. It’s either a clever marketing ploy, or a computer truth, that you need matching RAM sets (4GB/4GB or 8GB/8GB) and that’s how most RAM comes packaged. 1024 bytes per kilobyte means that the 480GB will actually shake out to around 447GB.īuy RAM, It’s Cheap – As a quick aside I recently also maxed out the RAM I could have in my 2010 Macbook Pro (8GB) if you have a 2011 MBP I believe you can go to 16GB. *Remember that you won’t actually get 480GB of space due to the difference between the way people sell GB’s and the way the computer reads them. I bought the M500 480GB drive from Crucial, who also recently released a 960GB drive.* A DoP friend Adam Roberts also recommended the SanDisk Extreme, but as my RAM had worked out so well and you can’t really beat their prices, I went with Crucial. Some quick answers! Which SSD drive should I buy?ġ.
#INSTALL MAC OS ON A NEW SSD DRIVE FOR MACBOOK PRO MID 2012 USING TIME MACHINE BACKUP HOW TO#
Here is an in-depth, how to guide on how I installed the SSD and did a fresh install of Mac OS X. My laptop has been a very faithful workhorse these past few years, but its time for a spring clean and a new lease of life with some affordable upgrades.

#INSTALL MAC OS ON A NEW SSD DRIVE FOR MACBOOK PRO MID 2012 USING TIME MACHINE BACKUP MAC OS X#
I’ve decided to upgrade my Macbook Pro with a brand new SSD drive, along with a fresh install and upgrade of Mac OS X 10.8.4. Upgrading your edit suite – How to install an SSD & clean install of Mountain Lion
