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#Mac pro mid 2012 max hard drive professional#

It has doubled the graphics performance of the previous architecture, ideal for professional use. It serves as a follow-up to the successful Sandy Bridge processor. The Ivy Bridge refers to the “third generation” processors. This model has a faster processor with its pre-installed MacOS X 10.8.2 (12C2034), 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 3210M (Ivy Bridge) processor and an integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000 graphics processor that shares memory with the system. This seriously was a game changer for us.Processor & Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)

Screw all the screws back in, starting with the longest first.įlip your computer over and turn it back on.Īnd now you will have a super charged, super Macbook Pro!

SSD Support Bar (if not already in place).

Push all your disconnected connections back into place. Next, fit the caddy into the bay where the optical drive was just removed. It's a snug fit, so make sure that you do it gently and be sure that no wires get pinched in the process.

#Mac pro mid 2012 max hard drive install#

Either way, install your hard drive support system.įit the small connection piece that was removed from the previous optical bay, into the top of your new hard drive caddy. There is either a support bar that fits at the bottom (much like the support bar being used on the SSD), or it will come with four screws that will screw into the caddy and into the hard drive to hold it in place. There are two different types of connections for your new hard drive optimizer. Take your old hard drive that you removed earlier and fit it into the new caddy. I managed to strip one and it took quite sometime to remedy my mistake.) (NOTE: Be super careful not to strip the screws. You will see them highlighted in blue in the photo below. Remove the screws holding the optical drive in place. Step Six: Remove the Optical Drive and Replace with Optimized Hard Drive Caddy

I found I needed a little extra room while completing that step. NOTE: You might want to wait to replace the support bar until after the optical drive is replaced. Lastly, take the support bar (with the two connected screws) and screw it back into place. Once screwed in, fit the SATA connection into the top of the SSD and then sit the SSD into the hard drive bay. Grab your new SSD and screw the four screws from the old drive into the sides, the same spots where the old drive had them originally. We will be using that in the optical drive caddy later on. Once screws are out, set the hard drive to the side. Unscrew all four screws and set them to the side. Once the hard drive is free, you will see that there are four small screws sticking out of the two long sides of the hard drive. Open up System Preferences and Select "Time Machine." For more information about the Blu-Ray burner we bought, check out our blog on "How to Burn a Blu-Ray with Adobe Encore and Toast Titanium".

#Mac pro mid 2012 max hard drive portable#

This does mean that we no longer have a disc drive, but seriously, when is the last time you used your optical drive?! We bought an external Blu-Ray/DVD burner recently that is tiny and portable and can actually burn Blu-Rays, so we felt like it would be a much more valuable to get rid of the disc drive and almost double our storage space. It's amazingly fast and we're not quite sure why we didn't do this sooner. We went from one 750GB hard drive and 4GB of RAM to one 1TB SSD, one 750GB HD and 16GB of RAM. It took a total of about 35 minutes to swap the old hard drive with a Sandisk Solid State Drive, add in more Crucial RAM to max it out, and swap the optical disc drive with a caddy that holds the old hard drive.

This last week we supercharged our our Macbook Pro (Mid-2012) and seriously could not be more pleased. Hello everyone! Here is another how-to blog for your reading and learning pleasure.