MacBook Pro 13 Inch Mid 2012 Hard Drive Replacement

Hi Guys,
Thinking about replacing my stock 500GB hard drive in my MacBook Pro Mid 2012 13 Inch to a 1TB drive at 5200rpm as I don't really need the speed increase of a 7200rpm and would rather have improved battery life and have a hard drive a bit quiter.
However just wondering your opinions on the Western Digital Blue at the link below:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/inch-SATA-Internal-Hard-Drive/dp/B00C9TEBJQ/ref=sr_1_1?i e=UTF8&qid=1398026527&sr=8-1&keywords=Western+Digital+Blue+1TB+2.5%22#productDet ails
Does it work in my version of the MacBook Pro? I've always used Western Digital drives in my desktop no problem, just wondering about this working in my MBP.
Any help would be much appreciated,
Cheers.

I will take a different position. For about a year now I have used 1 TB HDDs in my MBPs. I have had 1 TB 5400 rpm HGST HHDs, 1 TB 7200 rpm HGST HDDs and now have 1 TB SSHD Seagate in my late 2011 MBP.
They all have been quiet with no performance issues. Though I do have much data on external HDDs (principally videos) I would prefer to have all of my data resident on my MBP. In my opinion that would be more convenient for several reasons but large enough drives are not available yet. My current drive is about 90% full.
Quite frankly I fail to understand the 'accepted wisdom' since my experience tends to refute that premise.
I can recommend any of the afore mentioned drives as valid options as an internal HDD.
Ciao.

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Hardware Information:
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          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1
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          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
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Gatekeeper:
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Kernel Extensions:
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          [loaded] com.charlessoft.pacifist.helper.plist Support
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
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          [loaded] com.spotflux.Spotflux.plist Support
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          [running] com.syniumsoftware.CleanAppDaemon.plist Support
          [loaded] net.sourceforge.MonolingualHelper.plist Support
          [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist Support
          [invalid] org.virtualbox.startup.plist
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          [running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support
          [loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist Support
          [loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist Support
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          [running] com.hp.printerAgent.plist Support
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User Login Items:
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Internet Plug-ins:
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          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16   - SDK 10.8 Support
          Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.3.5f1 - SDK 10.6 Support
          AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
          DivX Web Player: Version: 3.0.1.5 - SDK 10.5 Support
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 45 Check version
Safari Extensions:
          VKontakte.ru Downloader: Version: 0.2.7.1
          ClickToFlash: Version: 2.9.4
          AdBlock: Version: 2.6.37
          Awesome Screenshot: Version: 1.4.3
          SaveFrom.net helper: Version: 2.37
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
          BlueStacks Install Detector: Version: Unknown
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player Support
          Flip4Mac WMV Support
          FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Support
          fuse-ext2 Support
          Java Support
          MacFUSE Support
          MagicPrefs Support
          NoSleep Support
          Perian Support
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
              11%          WindowServer
               5%          Safari
               4%          storeagent
               1%          hidd
               1%          CleanAppDaemon
Top Processes by Memory:
          557 MB          Adobe Photoshop CC
          426 MB          Safari
          244 MB          WindowServer
          213 MB          Finder
          164 MB          softwareupdated
Virtual Memory Information:
          1.04 GB          Free RAM
          4.00 GB          Active RAM
          1.96 GB          Inactive RAM
          1007 MB          Wired RAM
          2.70 GB          Page-ins
          2 MB          Page-outs

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My MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) is too slow after installing Yosemite version 10.10.1. All programs take for ever to load especially Safari and even chrome. I regret upgrading to yosemite, it was all fine with Maverick. Any suggestions ? ThankYou

1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off by the complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. As I wrote above, it changes nothing. It doesn't send or receive any data on the network. All it does is to generate a human-readable report on the state of the computer. That report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can act on it yourself without disclosing the contents to me or anyone else.
You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of the script have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message.
Nevertheless, if you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
4. Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
5. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
7. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
8. Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
9. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "Syntax error" or "Event not found," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
10. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, press the key combination control-C or just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
11. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
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to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report what happened. No harm will be done.
12. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words "Start time." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
13. When you post the results, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "You are not authorized to post." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
14. This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
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Why does my MacBook Pro 13" mid 2012 version run quite slowly?

I used to have a Windows PC, which ran VERY VERY VERY slowly. I heard that Macs did not get viruses and ran very quickly, so I bought a brand new MacBook Pro 13" mid 2012 version (entry level). At first it was running quite smoothly, but after some time it became slower, with boot ups taking about 2-3 minutes, instead of the 30 seconds boot up time I kept on hearing on Internet reviews. Is the RAM (4GB) insufficient? Or is 30 seconds just exaggerated? Launching apps can take quite a while, especially graphics intensive apps such as iMovie. Opening folders in my thumb drive can be quite a pain too, seeing as there is a lot of visible lag in the opening of files and folders.

Boot times of 2-3 minutes are a little slow, my 15" doesn't do 30 seconds but faster than 2-3 minutes. From your comments about how you are using the MBP, the entry level model may not have been the best choice...the 13" models have only one graphic processor, the 15" models have two. The normal-usage Intell 4000 and a discrete AMD that kicks in with graphic intensive software. If you are going to do a lot of video and games, the discrete processor will be a big help. Also, 4 GB ram is often more than adequate, but some software really benefits from more ram.
You can check the ram usage, and cpu usage, by going to Launchpad, Utilities, Activity Monitor. See what the memory usage is with your software open and active...is the ram being used fully, are there a lot of page ins and page outs? That means it is using the mass storage as it runs out of memory space. If that is the case, increasing the ram to 8 GB will help.
The Activity Monitor can also show you the load on the cpu so that gives an idea of how much you are pushing the system.

Macbook pro 15 mid 2012 with os x 10.8.4 taking long time to boot up

i am using macbook pro 15 mid 2012
2.6GHz intel core i7
8GB RAM
700GB hard disk
my macbook is taking much more time to start and get it ready its taking more than 1min 30sec
after system starded its hard to open any application(safari) for starting time some times while using safari the cursor is in not responding i mean doing some process its showing colour wheel rotating
please tell me how to speed up my macbook pro

How much free disk space is available ??
Click the Apple menu icon top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About this Mac > More Info > System Report then select Storage on the left under Hardware.
You'll see Available and Capacity. Make sure there's at least 15% free disk space.
If there's sufficient free disk space, check for login items. Open System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items
Delete any items there then restart your Mac to test.
some times while using safari the cursor is in not responding i mean doing some process its showing colour wheel rotating
Try troubleshooting plugins and extensions...
From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Security tab.
Deselect: Allow all other plug-ins. Quit and relaunch Safari to test.
If that made a difference, instructions for troubleshooting plugins here.
If it's not a plug-in issue, select the Extensions tab. If there are any extensions installed, turn that OFF, quit and relaunch Safari to test. If that made a difference, uninstall one at a time, quit and relaunch Safari to test.

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