A Battery replacement is available for this system (see the bottom of the product page for installation video).

And of course, you’ll need a larger 2.5-inch HDD or 2.5-inch SSD. Follow this guide to do the installation.

Adding a second drive requires replacement of the existing DVD-drive using this Dual Drive Kit, which also contains all of the required tools and driver bits.

You can keep your old 2.5-inch HDD in the enclosure for external storage.

To clone your existing OS/app setup first, purchase a cloning cable or 2.5-inch HDD/SDD enclosure to connect your new SSD to your mac, then use the Super Duper app to perform the clone, then switch the drives. I was wondering, would the Corsair 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 SODIMM Memory Kit work with my macbook pro mid 2012 Im upgrading from 8GB RAM due to the fact that I am running applications like Final Cut Pro X, Maya, After Effects and some video games.

Plus you’ll need a larger 2.5-inch HDD or 2.5-inch SSD. To upgrade the existing 2.5-inch HDD to a larger capacity HDD or high performance SSD, purchase the same tools as for the RAM upgrade above, and follow this guide.

By default, this model is configured with a 750GB/1TB 2.5-inch hard drive connected to 6.0Gb/s SATA port.

Then follow this guide to install the RAM. All the tools you'll need are in the Essential Electronics Toolkit and an Medium Anti-static mat is also recommended.

Although Apple only officially supports 8GB total installed RAM, this MacBook Pro can actually be upgraded to a maximum of 16GB (8GB + 8GB) of RAM, which we have confirmed with many 100's of our customers.

INSTALLATION GUIDES for this MacBook Pro.

MacBookPro9,2 13-inch Unibody Mid-2012 A12.

iMac (All models up through 2020, except the following 21.

The below Mac models have user-upgradeable RAM: We wouldn't recommend trying this unless you're extremely experienced with electronics and your machine is already out of warranty. Some newer iMacs technically have user-upgradeable RAM, but doing so requires extensive teardown of the machine. Recent MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models have the RAM soldered to the motherboard. Unfortunately, most modern Macs don't allow you to upgrade the RAM yourself.

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