[SOLVED] Upgrading my Macbook Pro Mid 2012

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Ozzey

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Hi,
I am about to upgrade my macbook pro with a SSD, for increased speed, and startup times - and was wondering how i could move my OS to the SDD as i want to keep the HDD for storage.
Right now the OS and all my stuff are on the HDD, and i want to "move" ONLY the OS. Is there any way to move, reinstall or upgrade the os to the other drive (SSD)?

And of course the SSD is going to be the main startup drive...

Many thanks! :)



What I'm going to buy
Samsung Evo 840 120GB [MZ-7TE120BW] ~80$
+
Optical bay caddy ~15$


Current HDD 500GB 5400RPM [APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 Media]

OS installed on hdd
Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.2
+
Windows 7 Bootcamp

Rest of specs
Intel i5 2.5Ghz | Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024MB | 2x4GB DDR3 1600Mhz |
 
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Ozzey

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Thank you! Yes that is indeed very important - and i already have researched quite (alot) as i want to be 100% sure this is gonna work hardware based!
It will fit! :)
 
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You've got 2 options, either you reinstall everything & setup the new SSD as new or you can use programs like Carbon Copy Cloner after you've removed all media & other non-essential data to another location so that all important stuff including OS, etc. fits into the 120GB on your SSD.

You can then just create a clone of your stripped down bare-essential HDD & replicate it onto the SSD (take care to keep the data to minimal possible/important only); then all you need to do is to get your mac to boot from the SSD. Post that you can just format the HDD to store all of your other stuff.

I too did the upgrade on my mid-2010 Macbook (not Pro!) & the results are - an exceptionally fast Macbook. At times I wonder if it was as fast on the day I bought it in the first place..:) Welcome upgrade, should've done it long back.
 
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