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  1. M

    Slow MacBook Pro

    Hi, My MBP is becoming slow, high CPU activity while using excel or firefox mostly when there's an external screen plugged in. I've recently changed the battery which is already better, but it's becoming complicated to use it for work. My question is, is there anything I can upgrade in it or is...
  2. A

    Mid 2012 MacBook Running Extremely slow, beach balls freezing

    Hi, would really appreciate some help. Yesterday, MacBook was running ok, but I noticed a few beach balls lasting a few seconds. Today when I turned computer on, everything is resulting in beach balls that last minutes. I.e. Clicked on my user to login, 3 minutes. Start typing pw, I press the...
  3. J

    Samsung 850 evo did not go smoothly

    Hi everyone. So recently my stock macbook toshiba hdd failed in my mid 2012 13" macbook pro, I replaced it with a samsung 850 evo because I heard good things. I couldn't get my hdd to clone because it was failing so I cloned my friend's to the ssd to have a bootable drive. I then wiped the drive...
  4. akswun

    Is the 2012 13" MBP the last version you can upgrade

    Hi everyone, I just want to confirm if this version of the 13" is the last one where you can upgrade the RAM and HD yourself. I have an opportunity to buy a used late 2012 13" i7 MD102LL/A for a decent price. From a brief search it looks like i can throw in 16gigs of RAM as well as a large...
  5. aj287772

    MBP problems

    About three days ago I inserted a disc into the superdrive and watched a movie and then took it out and then for some reason the MAC was vibrating and making clicking noises. Like the noise when you move your MacBook to fast or something when using it. Eat keeps vibrating a lot and the only way...