I was thinking that if they became brave/liked the responsiveness, they
could crack open the enclosure and fit the disk internally in due
course, but £33 to get it running smoother on an external does sound
very straightforward!
On 14 May 2020, at 11:27, 'A C Crooks' via Sussex Mac User Group wrote:
I run my Mac from an external SSD. The Integral one is credit card
sized in various capacities. I use the internal hard drive as backup
using SuperDuper! Seems to work really well - speedy, quiet, takes up
negligible space.
Try
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Integral+external+SSD&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
These prices seem to vary from day to day.
Regards,
Tony
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On 14 May 2020, at 10:24, 'Jason Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group
<[email protected]> wrote:
Agreed that SSD is the answer, but it looks quite fiddly. Don't
forget the suggestion about using an SSD in an external enclosure.
That would be much simpler to set up, and there will be no risk of
damaging anything. It would mean carrying the external drive around
with the laptop, and the battery running out a bit quicker. On the
other hand, it would make the computer usable!
Happy to give further instructions about setting this up if that's
the route you want to go down.
To be honest, it's worth adding an external drive like this as a
backup, so it will be money well spent. An SSD from crucial big
enough to cover 30 gigs would not be expensive.
Good luck,
Jason
On 14 May 2020, at 10:08, 'A C Crooks' via Sussex Mac User Group
wrote:
I’d say replace the hard drive with an SSD.
To see how hard/easy it is have a look at
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Unibody+Mid+2012+Hard+Drive+Replacement/10378
Regards,
Tony
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On 14 May 2020, at 10:00, Tilly <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi Sam
The serial number is C1MRC3URDTY3
It turns out to be older than I thought - mid 2012 13in runnng
Catalina 10.15.4 VERY slowly! (16 minutes today from turn on to log
in to his hangout..) He has 4Gb RAM.
What are our options?
Tilly
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