Mid 2012 13' inch MacBook Pro A1278 Disassembly RAM SSD Hard Drive Upgrade Repair OSX Install

Disassembly Repair Fix Tutorial Teardown Guide Installing Catalina OSX to 2012 MacBook Pro Internet Recovery and data migration.

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[daffyduk]

What a brilliant video from someone clearly expert at his game. A privilege to have the opportunity to watch. Thanks

[cristianpiano]

learning about macs a bit more and this video helped me feel like I was in a class room! I hope your channel continues to grow! Great job!

[madeleinedacey]

Thank you so much! Managed to get this ancient machine running better with a new SSD

[mrmartywaring]

I recently got this as a backup device. I upgraded the HDD to a 1TB SSD, the RAM to 16GB & replaced the battery. I even updated the OS via Open Core Legacy Patcher to Ventura, but found it to be laggy so I removed it & use it in Catalina. It's a really good backup device for basic to medium level tasks

[dosuphu]

Hey Bi`nh, thanks for making the video. I bought a used A1278 recently and upgraded the RAM to 16GB. I plan to upgrade the HD to SSD as well.
My question is what is the purpose of the 4 jumpers (J0, J1, J2, J3) at the upper left? They come from the display ribbon from upper right.
When I opened mine. They are left unconnected. If I connect any one of them, the screen will just flash when powered on, then nothing.
In the video, those jumpers look connected. I can't find anything about them.

[kyle]

So is the A1278 early 2011 or mid-2012? Friend of mine just gave me his old laptop. I want to do the ram and SSD upgrades. You called out a different RAM than the one I'm seeing for A1278 which is showing PC3-10600.

[ogeidihccuts]

Awesome video, thanks’ a lot.
I was wandering if it were possible to directly install windows when changing hard drive, for instance using a pen drive; or if you have to install Catilina (or any other mac ox system) first, and then use boot camp to install windows.

[labrat]

Do the resets you mentioned need to be done before anything is put on the new ssd? I recently did this upgrade to my Mac but I cloned the drive and it's working fine. Can I still do these resets after I'm up and running again. Thank you for your video.

[MTJ]

do i need to downlod any thing on the new SSD like I do in windows

[andremosley]

I’m getting mine in a couple hours do I need to back anything up or anything I’m getting it bran new can I just swap them out or no

[burrito_bobby]

Hi I just installed a 500gb ssd, having issues with opening some apps like iCloud, says safari can’t establish a secured connection.

[Vlog_Dimension]

I have install ssd, while um going to erase the ssd on disk utility its failed and ssd didn’t show in disk utility after that error message. I have shut down the laptop and tried several times but same error happening. Is there any solution? I have tried to erase with Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

[YukimaruM]

I dont know what happened but after I installed the new ssd, and tried to boot from my usb installer, holding alt only goes to recovery mode instead of boot device selection. What did I miss?

[romohum]

Why it showing -1007F . In Internet recovery. Installed new ssd

[JeremyBolanos]

Have you considered the silicon solder mat? I love mine (from Amazon) for organizing the tiny screws.

[GLXTCHYY]

whenever i boot up and hold option i see the cursor and thats it
nothing else loads

[thetruth]

I just put in new hard drive and now on Home Screen it’s the hard drive logo with a question mark symbol what did I do?

[pedropacheco-dolan]

How much is for me to send u my Mac to do the same thing is the same model as that one ?

[JuanMartinez-mhnh]

Why do you install Catalina? Why not just install high Sierra ?

[justicetube]

I watched for 5 minutes and then I couldn’t stop counting how many times you said “Alright” and then I had to turn it off. Sorry.