Mid 2012 13” MBP RAM Upgrade and HDD Replacement Recommendations.

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Got an oppo with an old MacBook Pro (Mid 2013 13”) that has 8GB of RAM and a 5400 rpm HDD which is chugging along as expected.

Has anyone fitted 16GB (2 x 8GB) of RAM and an SSD to one of these?

What components did you use?

What SW did you use to clone the HDD onto the SSD? I remember Time Machine taking ages to do this when I fitted an SSD to my old pre-Unibody MBP back in the day.

Thanks in advance.
 
Depending on which version of the OS it’s running, you may be able to SuperDuper! or CCC from one drive to the other and just boot straight from the clone.

An SSD will be a huge upgrade.

It’s running Big Sur at the moment which I believe is the last supported version for this 2012 vintage machine.

Am I correct in thinking that swapping out the RAM first will speed up the drive cloning no end?
 
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