How to Install Sonoma on a 2012 MacBook Pro

Another year another OS on the 2012 MBP. In this video I show you how to install Sonoma on a 2012 MacBook Pro

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[Eevnos]

Have you tried this upgrade yet? If so, how is it working for you?

[kbarnes]

Thank you so much for your tutorials! I have only 1 MacBook, It is the 2012 pro with a dual core i5. I upgraded the ram to 16 GB, and the drive to a Samsung evo 500 GB ssd. Using your guided tutorial I now have Mac OS Sonoma running great on this machine which has allowed me to install the latest upgraded apps. Keep up the great videos! Now, if only I could upgrade the Processor to a i7.

[granville-hamlinhouse]

I followed every step exactly. It got a little rough during the file extraction with an error message saying the software update couldn’t be completed. But I kept rebooting and now I have Sonoma 14.5 installed on my 2012 MacBook Pro! Thank you so much!!

[paullederberg]

Using the info from you and the instructions, my 2012 MacBook Pro, same setup as you, has a 500GB SSD and 16GB ram. i used the latest version of core patcher, and I am running Sonoma!!!! Thanks so much.

[JM]

Typing this from a 2012 MBP on macOS Sonoma 14.2.1, thanks for making this video. Now I have a good computer for school!

[Hammyfidel]

I have been following your videos for over a year now. I followed your instructions and upgraded may Mid 2012 MacBook Pro to a 500GB SSD and a 16GB. RAM, It was smooth installing the Ventura on it and then I made a switch from the 2012 MacBook to the 2016 MacBook Pro and here I am about to install the sonama, Your instructions are very precise and clear and that's why I am confident this will be a success. I will drop an update as soon as I'm done install sonama.

[LGDoc]

Thank you. I was considering buying a new MacBook Pro until I came across your video. Your instructions were on point and easy to follow.

[elsatanyakaneshi]

Thank you so much for this video, having ADHD made other videos difficult to follow but yours was completely easy to follow along with when it came to updating my 2012 iMac. Happy New Year!

[szszg]

Appreciate the video, this breathes new life into my wife's MBP 2012. She'll be able to watch youtube again.

[megayume]

Thanks to you, I just updated my MacBook Pro 2012 to Sonoma to use the continuity camera and it works ! (even when the built-in webcam was broken years ago) 😅

[tptdon]

I have a 2012 macbook pro. I installed a 1tb samsung ssd this morning then spent the afternoon installing Sonoma. Your video was excellent. It works great! Thank you so much!

[AnthonySmith-vcyk]

Been looking to upgrade my 2012 MBP and came across your page. Watched a video last night, bought some new components and I’m giving this a go tonight, can’t wait

[DNGRNDL]

Thank you, thank you! My 2012 macbook pro was recently returned to me, and found your video in the process of upgrading the ram and installing a SSD. Really fun project and very much excited to have this machine back and see what all I can do with it!

[simondavidhunter]

Sincere thanks. MBP 2012 had my fav keyboard and thanks to you it’s back in action.

[glennpaulmusic]

Thanks for making these! I was at the Mac store recently and am really putting off upgrading my trio of 2012. These Videos are great!

[threenetra]

I am also MBP 2012 user n installed sonoma on MBP 2012… Thanks a lot for helping us.. 👍👍

[lovingermckeown]

Thank you much Mr. Eevnos. I have installed and it works perfect. Thank you!!!
Writing this comment on my 2012mbp with this new Sonoma Os.

[CosmicMyst]

Thank you for this! I bought this same MacBook Pro a couple years back to learn more about the Mac OS and just never got around to using it. Just finally bought an ssd upgrade for it and got the ram to 8gb from the 4gb it came with and decided to try the patcher for the first time. Was a lot more streamlined than I thought and a super easy process. This thing still runs great considering it's age

[yohanesmangitung]

Hi Steve, your tutorial works flawlessly! I just installed Sonoma on my 2012 Macbook Pro. Thank you and keep up the good work!!!

[Shnapps]

Thank you!
Had a couple hiccups during the actual OS install but after a few tries it worked.
If anyone’s having problems installing, when you’re in the OS install process and your machine restarts, press cmd option P R to reset the PRAM. When you do this your machine will restart again and you will have to start the OS install again.
Another issue I had was my MacBook was shutting down instead of restarting during the OS install. Connecting the charger fixed this for me.