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Recently widowed neighbor wants me to fix her Macbook Pro 15 - chopper - 01-07-2022
It's very very slow. I did a new admin account and it is still very slow.
Might anyone know what OS this beauty would run if I did a nuke and pave?
Ordering a replacement battery from OWC now.
Re: Recently widowed neighbor wants me to fix her Macbook Pro 15 - hal - 01-07-2022
That's a FINE 2012 top of the line model
it should not be slow - replace the hard drive and install an OS - Catalina is the last one it can run officially.
PS: check the drive with SMART Utility
Re: Recently widowed neighbor wants me to fix her Macbook Pro 15 - numbered - 01-07-2022
Yes, the great last unibody before Retina. First with USB3. As Hal said, can handle Catalina...with an SSD. Can handle 16Gb of RAM.
My beloved spouse still uses this as her daily driver, on Mojave.
Opening to replace battery, RAM, drive is no big deal.
Re: Recently widowed neighbor wants me to fix her Macbook Pro 15 - Forrest - 01-07-2022
You have a highly desirable mid 2012 MacBookPro with the upgraded i7 CPU. This is the last MBP that’s easily upgradeable. If i’s slow, it’s probably the hard drive. The 500 GB, 5400 rpm spinner may be on it’s last legs. You may want install a 2.5 inch SSD for better performance. I would install OSX 10.14 Mojave because of 32 bit compatibility.
Re: Recently widowed neighbor wants me to fix her Macbook Pro 15 - anonymouse1 - 01-07-2022
Assuming it's not Retina and has a replaceable spinny hard drive, put in an SSD.
ALso, how full is the HD/SSD?
Sudden motion sensor enabled suggests it's a spinny drive.
Re: Recently widowed neighbor wants me to fix her Macbook Pro 15 - Ken Sp. - 01-07-2022
How full is the disk?
Re: Recently widowed neighbor wants me to fix her Macbook Pro 15 - Paul F. - 01-07-2022
Backup that drive immediately.
Then see about getting an SSD in there...
Then update to Catalina, import from the backup.
Boom... almost like a new one!
Re: Recently widowed neighbor wants me to fix her Macbook Pro 15 - Carnos Jax - 01-07-2022
Can’t stress enough upgrading to an SSD. It made our 2009 C2D MB eminently useable.
Re: Recently widowed neighbor wants me to fix her Macbook Pro 15 - mattkime - 01-07-2022
Is she your type??
Re: Recently widowed neighbor wants me to fix her Macbook Pro 15 - anonymouse1 - 01-07-2022
New SSD first!
Then, optionally, 8GB of memory is good; wouldn't hurt to bump it to 16GB down the road. Not necessary, though.