Who makes the SSD in the 2012 MacBook Pro 13" i7 8GB Ram model?
Looking to make the plunge from PC to Mac finally but finding difficulty in seeking answers to my question. Considering a MackBook Pro 13" i7 2.9 GHz 8Gb Ram, thinking about whether or not to upgrade to a 256 SSD. I posed a question earlier to an Apple tech who couldn't or refused to enlighten me on what the brand name of the SSD was. In earlier forums I had noticed they used toshiba (TS) or samsung (sm) I'm just trying to figure out what I'm spending $300 +/- on. I have also watched some videos from Mac users and from Samsung on how to install an SSD so I'm just trying to figure out if it is wise to upgrade from apple or do it my self. The SSD I was considering was the Samsung 256 830 series. Any insight this Army Veteran would be very appreciative.
yes, it's much better to do the upgrade yourself - buying the Samsung SSD is a good choice for your Macbook.
it's quite easy to clone your drive - i'll include a link on the step by steps at the bottom and you can use it for reference if you wish to do so.
with regards to Trim, you can download and install Trim Enabler - here's the link for it.
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/37852/trim-enabler
the advantage of enabling trim is for performance on the write speed. you can either enable it if you wish to do so or leave it off. see what works best for you.
here are the steps for cloning your hard drive to your new ssd.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4122
should you need more info - feel free to post back.
good luck
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Is it possible to upgrade the SSD in a 15" Macbook Pro (Late 2013)
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there are two main ways to format the drive: 1.) Erase the drive in disk utility, or 2.) Partition it. Is there a difference, and if so is one better?
Those are potentially three different terms there:
"Erase" just means delete the disk directory file so that even though there might still be millions of files on the drive, there is no longer any record of where they are. Using the drive will gradually write new files over the old ones.
"Partition" means to divide the drive into multiple volumes. Each volume can be mounted or dismounted separately as if it was a separate drive, even though there's just one real drive. Partitioning used to require erasing the whole drive, but now you can at least adjust partition sizes without erasing at all.
"Format" can mean Erase, but there is also a "low-level format" that remaps the entire drive, blocking off bad sectors and optionally writing over old data so it can't be read. That would go well beyond a typical Erase.
Now, what you want to do with any new drive for your Mac is to select it in Disk Utility and make sure it has been formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). If it's formatted as anything that does not start with Mac OS (like Fat32), you need to format it as Mac OS X Extended (Journaled). From there, you can partition it if you want, but it is best not to partition unless you have a specific need to.
Foofighter62091 wrote:
My second question is once I take the back of the computer off is it necessary to disconnect the batter?
I have never disconnected the battery when replacing the drive in current MacBook Pros, but I guess if you do it might be safer. In old models where the battery was removable, I did take it out then.
Foofighter62091 wrote:
Finally, I've noted that anything I've read says to ground yourself by touching the case of the computer. Is this referring to the back portion that I removed or the main body of the computer?
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I'm taking: 15" rMBP 2,6GHz 500GB memory an hopefully 16GB ramPeople seem to forget about memory swapping. I was in a similar dilemma..not knowing if I should get 16 GB ram or 8 GB would be sufficient.. for me, it wasn't simply a question of spending additional 200 bucks.. I had a great deal on a 512 GB 2.6 Ghz quad core i7 with 8 GB of RAM..along with apple care.. for 2200.. If I was to go for a 16 GB.. then it would have cost me a lot more than the 2200 that I had spent.. So i decided to test how much the 8 GB can handle.. and this is what I did.
Used parallels desktop 7.x
Ran Autocad 2010 thru parallels.
Had chrome open on both mac os x and windows 7 . the windows one is obviously open thru parallels.
Had 8 - 10 Tabs open on each of the chrome.. (9 on mac side and about 8 or 10 on windows side)...
Had iphoto on the mac end fired up that connects to an iphoto library stored on my NAS.. the library itself is about 40 Gigs...
I was pushing more than 8 gig of RAM usage.. BUT.. mac os x alloted quite a big chunk to swap memory (or virtual memory).. and ALWAYS seem to leave me at least 100 MB or free RAM..
NOt even a single time was there any lag or any issues at all.. Iphoto was running 1080p videos.. I was browsing thru all the 20 tabs that were open left and right.. and in between I was hopping over to autocad thru the parallel and doing some work on it...
I swear my goal was to somehow bring the system to lag or slow down... and I was extremely surprised to see that even with just 8 GB or RAM.. I WAS SIMPLY UNABLE TO DO IT. ... Virtual memory size kept increasing.. and there were several page ins and page outs...
The main distinction here is the fact that because of Flash Memory... page ins and page outs and pretty much as rapid and speedy as RAM itself... there is no mechanical drive here.. so no spinning drives.... writing in and out is practically instantaneous.
Anyone who has 8 GB RAM, I would encourage you try to get your system to slow down and report back if you are successful.
I simply couldn't.... and I know for a fact that I will never have 20 chrome tabs open while I have iphoto running while I have autocad etc..
I am in simply in awe with this machine.. that's all I can say. -
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I've had my new 15" i7 MBP since this past Friday and it has been great. I've only had relatively minor issues. So the CPU has been running hotter only when the mds/mdworker CPU process decides to spike all over the place for no reason. I tried the following:
- Reset PRAM
- Disabled Spotlight index
- Reindexed drive
- Force quit mdworker process in Activity Monitor
I have two external HD's attached, but this was happening at work today when I had no drives attached. When the mds/mdworker process isn't running amuck, the temps run super cool and the CPU is very efficient. Right now as I'm typing this, the CPU temp is 78 degrees Celsius (and rising), and the mdworker is spiking up to as much as 176% CPU usage, back down, and then back up again.
I know this is a known issue. I've scoured the internet and I cannot ascertain a reasonable fix for this outside of disabling the Spotlight index. I don't like that option because I use Spotlight for certain applications (app launcher).
Is there anything I can do to somehow isolate the culprit and fix the issue?Some further information:
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2012 Macbook pro Slow after final Yosemite upgrade
I have a mid-2012 Macbook Pro 13" with 8gb Ram and 256gb Samsung SSD (Upgraded from the stock apple 128gb SSD). During Mavericks and the whole Yosemite Beta (1-6), my Mac has been running really smoothly and quick. After the public release of Yosemite, it is now super slow. Everything takes 45 seconds to do (like opening something). I took it to the Apple store today and they said it was an early hard drive failure. We did the test and it appears to be a SMART (S.M.A.R.T.) hard drive failure. They offered to put a new 128gb Apple SSD for $450 + service fees. (Why would I ever even think about doing that?!?! That is outrageously high!)
I looked online and I am not the first to experience this problem. I saw at least 8 people that got the SMART hard drive failure after they upgraded to Yosemite. I have a funny feeling that Yosemite is doing something to cause this problem. We can't all just randomly get this hard drive error after upgrading, can we? Seems more unlikely than not.
I know that SMART is non OS specific. I know that a SMART failure can become bad and I can lose all my data. I am just wondering if this is REALLY the issue. Anyone else experience the same thing? Is there a way to bypass SMART? I can't wait 2 weeks to warranty the SSD. I am a college student and I use this all day every day, and I have important stuff on here (which yes, I have backed up).
I am under warranty. I can go and return and get a replacement drive, but I would much much much rather not. I have also disabled File Vault.
So to sum up: Can I get around this feature? Can I do something other than replace this? Anyone else experience this? When is the next version of Yosemite coming out?Get rid of Kapersky unless you enjoy having a 2014 computer that runs like and old DOS Machine from the 80s.
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disksleep 10
Also, an auxilary question. Can anyone explain the autopoweroff and autopoweroffdelay settings? They appear to undocumented in manpages and can not locate any info on the web.Thanks for the input Michael.
The thing that started this, is the new Late 2012 MacBook Pro simply uses much more power in "sleep" mode than what I experienced on my old Late 2007 White MacBook. Every night, the "sleep" mode would result in almost a drain of the battery and the result is that I was unneccessary cycling the battery. With no OS revisions to address this, I have changed the defaults to enable hibernate for both the charging and battery mode.
The strange thing about this is that even to get a true hibernation in battery mode I have to unplug all USB devices or the device will not hybernate. Again, never had to do this on the old White MacBook and the power usage at night was very small.
This works for now, but I think a device should sleep with very little (less than 4%) power loss when power is disabled.
Thanks again for the input. Here are the current settings.
Battery Power:
lidwake 1
autopoweroff 1
autopoweroffdelay 14400
standbydelay 1800
standby 1
ttyskeepawake 1
hibernatemode 3
hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage
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acwake 0
halfdim 1
sms 1
lessbright 1
disksleep 5
AC Power:
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autopoweroff 1
autopoweroffdelay 14400
standbydelay 1800
standby 1
ttyskeepawake 1
hibernatemode 3
hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage
womp 1
displaysleep 10
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acwake 0
halfdim 1
sms 1
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