IS IT WORTH upgrading a MID 2010 MacBook Pro 13 inch laptop in 2020??
Vložit
- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Welcome to the newest episode of TECH U THROUGH
A never-updated Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard MID 2010 MacBook Pro 13-inch laptop got in my hands. So I upgraded it with a fresh 480GB Western Digital SSD and a new battery.
In another video, I will let You guys know the exhausting software upgrade process and countless hours of searching the web for official Mac OS X stock base installation files. Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion to El Capitan to finally High Sierra.
And here is a link to my other CZcams channel - Authentic NBA jersey reviews
Check it out and subscribe if You are interested:
www.youtube.co...
MUSIC COPYRIGHTS:
Lockdown by Baribal & Pold
/ pold-music
/ thatdudebrb
Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported - CC BY-SA 3.0
Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/_lockdown
Music promoted by Audio Library • Lockdown - Pold & Bari...
"Ikson - Verge" is free on social media as long as you credit Ikson.
/ ikson
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: • 'Verge' by @tellyourst...
Syn Cole - Feel Good [NCS Release]
• Syn Cole - Feel Good |...
Acoustic/Folk Instrumental by Hyde - Free Instrumentals / davidhydemusic
Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported- CC BY 3.0
Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/acousti....
Music promoted by Audio Library • Acoustic Folk Instrume...
that's what I have too, use it daily for my remote work. still running perfectly in 2020, high sierra, never changed any hardware. battery lasts about 30 mins, which I think is awesome given the age.
I write this comment from the exact same machine! I've upgraded to a SSD with 8GB of RAM running High Sierra. Although I do believe with High Sierra I can upgrade the RAM to 16GB. Before the upgrade I wasn't able to run more than two programs without significant slow-downs probably due to heavy page faulting. But now it runs like a dream. I'm a CS student at ASU and with the upgrades and a secondary monitor and wireless mouse I can multitask CLion, Word, and Chrome with no issues and complete my school work! Thanks for the video!
I did the same thing and got someone to get a “patched” Catalina OS on it...
(Going to pick it up tomorrow... Hope it works out for me🤞)
8 month late but im about to get this labtop can it run photoshop 2020 and other adobe programs or its just for casual stuff
@@mhamadcommander7785 I've never run Photoshop on this machine so I can't say for sure, but just looking at the system requirements online I would have to say no. It says you need an nVidia GeForce GTX 1050 or better whereas the mid 2010 has an nVidia GeForce 320M thats non-upgradeable and is a much weaker GPU. However, you may be able to find an older legacy version of Photoshop that would work. BTW: since my review 8 months ago I have upgraded the RAM to its full 16GB and gave it a brand new battery.
@@luked3172 can it play 1080p60fps on youtube?
@@rn40721 Sometimes it's unhappy with 1080p60fps, but does 720 no problem
It's always interesting to see such old Macs running the latest OS
How
@@raghavaroyal6837 opencore parcher. And You can run newest macOS montenery on eg MacBook Pro from 2010.
I have a mid2010 15” MBP. Added 2 SSD’s - one in boot drive location and one in place of the optical drive (used OWC data doubler kit). These Mac’s have slower SATA ports but the SSD still makes a massive difference. I have 8 GB ram and run High Sierra. This Mac is a tank and very durable. Using as a TM backup destination, and it is awesome. I have it hardwired to the network and plugged in 24x7 (battery is weal). So far so good. Apple hardware is really great.
I did the same
Just did mine today and upgraded the ram to 8gb
I’m actually very surprised works like a charm
how do you have just 19 subs? you deserve a lot more!
I have a 2008 unibody Macbook. I upgraded to SSD, 8gb 1066mhz ram. Though significantly it improved in performance, it is very well being held down by the CPU and bus speeds. I think the best Macbook for upgrade for 2022 is the 2012 Macbook Pro. Which has a modern bus speed
So I've upgraded mine as well and figured I'd just put this in the comments in case someone is skimming along haha. As of 2021 I say YES it's worth it, but it depends on the user.
If you
1) Find that the cost of this macbook + parts is cheaper than any other mac you can find and you want to add 2 hard drives for more storage and don't care about speed necessarily.
2) Either you still have one of these laying around in your basement or someone gives you their old computer and just want to fix it up to use
If the user
1) JUST uses a browser for like youtube, spotify, flash game type of stuff etc. They have to not care if they just stick to 1080p or 720p video.
2) JUST uses simple applications like word, powerpoint, excel etc.
3) I'd even go as far as to say IDE's like eclipse or QT would still work as well, but would just be slow when compiling. So it can be used for computer science/software engineering stuff so long as it isn't processing intense or like GPU intense.
4) For electrical engineering design stuff, Yes you likely can use this for eagle but the autorouter is probably too much for this to handle. Would not recommend simulation stuff at all (assuming any circuit simulation stuff exists on mac at all)
5) For anyone thinking about using linux, yes it'll work and I've done it before. Depending on the distro it may be slightly more optimized than MacOS since Apple does do this "planned obsolescence" stuff with their software but you'll face slowness regardless of OS. It's just a question of how much.
In terms of my hardware:
Macbook pro mid 2010 13"
OS: Mac OS High Sierra
Ram: 16GB ddr3 1067mhz
Hard drive 1TB SSD
In real life It's still the exact same speed as in this video. The RAM allows me to have more stuff open at once but that's it. I'd like to add that technically you can remove the DVD drive and stick another SSD in there and have 2 separate hard drives. You may even be able to RAID the two together to essentially make 1 faster SSD but I think the bottleneck in this computer isn't the hard drive, it's the GPU and CPU among other things. So using RAID probably wouldn't do much of anything in terms of performance since the CPU and GPU are not very capable.
Thanks for this. I am going to make the jump and see if I can buy a little more time with this laptop. This thing keeps on going!
@@recnamorcen1 Dude it's nuts! They were totally built to last!
Do you play 1080p60fps on youtube with it?
@@rn40721 so to answer your question, yes you can just barely do 1080p60fps. I find it's kind of at its limit while working though haha. The chrome extension "h264ify" helps a bit. 720p60fps works a lot better though and is significantly more consistent. 1080p without 60fps is like 100% fine though. It could be a matter of finding the right chrome extension to either make it 30fps or mess with it some other way
Hey i’m planning to buy this macbook and it’s only 4gb ram and 128 SSD, is it okay??! it’s on High Sierra too
2022 - 13" 2010 MBP running great. i7 I 16GB RAM I SSD. For web surfing/everyday tasks it works fine. Unless gaming (not macs arena), or into gfx design, many dont need the latest-fastest pc. Newer macs are not even upgradeable anymore --corp greed.
It can run on the High Sierra OS just like my MacBook mid 2010 unibody and great SSD upgrades for it to run and lasting for years to come.
Hey man, is the upgrade video of MacOS from the old one to high Sierra coming out soon? Great video!
i had fully completed my own macbook mid 2010 with 16gb ram, SSD and new battery with High Sierra macos and could be used in this year 2022 and in the year to comes.
How did you do it
Dear sir, I have done exactly the same as you on my 2010 MacBook Pro, but I also upgraded the ram to 8GB and using Dosdude1’s patch, upgraded to MacOS Catalina.
Great video
Is it super smooth on Catalina? Been thinking about restoring my dads old MacBook Pro
@@NaviYT I wouldn’t say that it’s super-smooth, but if all you need to do is browse the web, email, watch CZcams and basic word processing, I’d say that it’s fine. Just max-out on RAM (as much as your Mac can take), and get a SSD hard drive and you should be fine! Any program or work that uses a lot of processing power is gonna crawl…
I have mine running Mojave to keep 32-bit support.
I have MacBook Pro 2011 with ssd upgrade and 6 gb of ram. It still great to work with my engineering program such as MATLAB, AutoCAD and anaconda to train an AI.
Hahaha, collecting dust? I am using it right now. Good vid.
I installed Google Chrome OS on mine and now it's much faster
The only real issue with these Mac’s is that they are very heavy and have low resolution screens. I miss the retina displays when I used my 2010 MBP. The I/O is also slow with USB 2.0 and FireWire 800
still using 2008 macbook unibody and still love it !!!
Is mid 2010 with 8gb Ram is good for heavy programing or software development?
I have the 2.66ghz model with 8gb of ram, a 500gb ssd, and running 10.14.6 using the Dosdude patcher. I also have a backup high Sierra partition. It runs pretty nice on Mojave, and is a good little laptop for web browsing and downloading drivers for older computers due to it's small size. It can also burn DVDs which is a massive plus for me. I got it for $135 on eBay.
Do you have any links to the parts you used? I'm going to be fixing up this same laptop soon. Great video man, exactly what I was looking for
Thanks! :) I bought all the parts from my local store. Online, the best solution for quality parts would be OWC.
SSD's:
eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro
Batteries:
eshop.macsales.com/shop/laptop-batteries/macbook-pro
I ordered from them and everything worked perfectly!
of course yes, especially if you use OCLP to update to the latest MacOS
I just threw snow leopard on it because high Sierra runs terribly. Snow leopard runs so fast even without an ssd, it’s crazy.
True. Old Macs worked very good with the old macOS’s on em.
I just got this MacBook from marketplace the saler said it was 2014 but when I got it it turned out to be 2010 I love it either way tho
That's cool that you like it, but shitty and scummy of the seller to mislead you with a 4 year older model of an already kinda old laptop. You paid more for it probably because they said it was a 2014 model. It's kind of a big deal tbh
This Video was perfectly timed. I decided to pull out the old MacBook Pro from mid 2010. think about maxing it out and keeping it as a back up computer. I still have the original Hard drive in it and 10.15 mac OS Catalina on it wit only 4gb of RAM. and I might have google chrome installed lol. I would love to know where you found the battery for this laptop. I also have an Early 2011 MacBook pro but it has broken keyboard.
Thank You! It's so nice to hear that this video can inspire someone to get a second life out of these old machines! :)
And of course You can use Google Chrome :) just in my case I had only 4GB of RAM. I highly suggest to get 4+4GB of RAM modules to get the max out of these 2010 models.
I suppose You have a Catalina patcher installed on the 2010 model, because the latest officially supported software for MID 2010 models is the High Sierra, but I know many people that use patched Mojave and Catalina versions and that's all good! :)
Regarding the battery You just need to search the web for an OEM type battery. There are many places they sell them even today.
I still use my 2010 MBP. I have specked it out a lot and it runs smooth, but can no longer edit video on it.
what issues are you running into with editing videos?
@@auriceli it will freeze and then crash. I downloaded some free low memory video editors and those crash also. The family uses it for online usage now, and I picked up the M1 MBP for myself. The only thing the 2010 could not do is edit video.
Better for Macbook upgrade on macOS Catalina Patcher and runs well with it cause it won’t upgrade further to Big Sur..
Thanks for making and sharing this helpful video. I have a MacBook Pro Mid 2010. I used to use Final Cut Pro and it was working fine but now it’s very slow even though I don’t use any heavy software on it. I actually haven’t used it for some time now.
Could you suggest me a software or tool to check the issues please?
I also would like to upgrade it, so could you suggest me what part I can upgrade and what maximum capacity I should get for those parts? Thanks in advance.
Hi! Thank You for the kond words.
About the upgrade parts, I don’t think there is any more “space” or reason to upgrade that old of a machine. You can only upgrade the ram to 8GB (4+4), but even that wont give You any extra boost or second breath to Your computer.
If You want to use Final Cut Pro or any other photo or video apps, this 2010 Mac would have hard time to deal with such tasks.
So if there is a good price/deal, I would suggest to upgrade to a MacBook Pro 13 inch 2015, from there You could feel much more performance and use the latest macOS software.
@@TechUThrough Thanks for getting back to me. Is there any way to test the whole computer. Just want to find out what made it so slow. I am not using FCP on this computer anymore but it's still running very slow.
@@jaikumar7875 Try downloading an app called Clean My Mac. It has a trial version. This app is checking the overall Mac system, cleans up Gigabytes of unnecessary space, speeds up Your mac, and removes malware from Your mac. That is what I use once a week and my mac runs very well. Of course, it's not a diagnostical app that shows some errors. Have You upgraded any parts of Your 2010 MacBook Pro or has it all the stock hardware inside (like ssd, ram)? Maybe it needs some inside cleaning.
hey!
can i upgrated it with a fresh 18GB or 8GB ram?
How you installed the OS? Technically I I change the HDD so I lose my os no? I have the same macbook and I want to relive it too but I’m not sure about the os..
It's easy! I did it with my MBP2010. On start up, just press together command, shift, and r
Connect to the internet, but it needs fast internet connection. If you are not sure, watch a tutorial on CZcams😘
@@itsjerzonrox That sounds risky to me.
Neat computer!!! Just old school Mac cool!
I did the same to my MacBook Pro 2011. I actually put up to 16gb of ram and put a 1TB SSD and it’s slow as crap.....
Did u fix the thermals?
Check your temperaturas and if your battery is not dead. If the battery is dead or low lvl health mac can also run slow.
Hi, Great video... I'm trying to create an apple id on my macbook since I have never used apple,how do I go about it since it's refusing to create on the macbook
hello and thanks for your awsome video , I just wonder if you reinstall the macOs into the new drive ?
Thank You! 🙏🏻 Not sure about which new drive are you talking about 🤔 In the video I installed a fresh copy of macOS on a new internal SSD drive
@@TechUThrough How do u install a fresh copy of macOS ?
@@keilotalvarado depends on which macOS and on which Mac.
Please check many of my other videos, where I'm showing how to install a fresh copy of macOS
Are you still planning on making a more in depth tutorial on how to get High Sierra? I can't get a straight answer about installing which software. I'm at 10.6.8 currently, also with a mid 2010 MacBook Pro.
Hi! Did you try all the steps provided in my video? And, do you have the original old macOS installer files? If so, you should be able to go through the same steps I did in my video. Of course, that wasn't an easy task for me too.
I wish we could just click upgrade and get the latest available macOS software that our old mac should get without all these road bumps :)
The hardest part was getting all the old installer files. Many didn't work until I happen to find the correct ones.
Hope that you will be able to upgrade your Mac! 👍🏻
@@TechUThrough I was told to install 10.8 and go from there. There's an installer on the Apple website that allows it to be updated from 10.6.8 but it didn't work when I installed it. I'm new to Mac so I have no idea what I'm doing.
@@TechUThrough And I haven't been able to find the first version of the updates; ex: 10.8.1 (ex: 10.8.2 and higher are what are shown on the Apple site)
@@gamerblondie28twitch58 yes. I have to say, it's almost impossible to find them these days. I can try and find them on my external drives, I think I never deleted them, knowing that this day could come :)
Not sure, how can I send them to you. Would have to put them on some cloud drive and send you the links
Hello! Thank you for this video!! I have a mid 2009 MacBook Pro that am wanting to use again. I need help trying to figure out how to get the new software on it. I can’t even use safari because it isnt supported by the current software. Do you have a process for this? Should I first replace the ssd? My battery is still in good condition and holds a charge pretty well. Any help would be much appreciated 🙂
Hi!
There are only certain macOS systems that can be installed on specific year MacBooks as their latest.
If You want to get the newest software on Your 2009 MacBook Pro meaning that it could run the latest macOS Big Sur, the 2009 MacBook Pro will not run even a couple of macOS's before Big Sur.
The latest software You can install on Your 2009 MacBook Pro would be only El Capitan .
So for a perspective, there is the latest macOS Big Sur (2020) followed by macOS Catalina (2019), macOS Mojave (2018), macOS High Sierra (2017), macOS Sierra (2016) and macOS El Capitan (2015) - this one is the official latest supported macOS on Your 2009 MacBook Pro.
SSD sure will help for Your computer to boot up and open apps much faster, but not for getting a fresher macOS system on it.
Reading the description, I completely feel you as I've just found myself in the exact same situation. Got the very same Macbook Pro Mid 2010 13" from a relative. It is still on 10.6.8 and I tried installing El Capitan, but it failed multiple times. You're saying that I first need Mountain Lion and then Capitan and then High Sierra? I'm now trying to do so, but after choosing my USB drive from boot options, it seems I'm stuck at "Installing" white screen with blue-and-white moving progress bar. Have been wondering for days, why does Apple have to over complicate this?? Would be so much easier just formatting the storage drive and being able to install any software version right away.
EDIT: if you still remember, could you please tell me what steps to do to get the latest OS High Sierra? I also plan to upgrade to SSD. Thanks.
Hi!
I totally understand You. I'm thinking that the Mountain Lion is needed as the first step here, because of the fact that it was the first macOS that featured the App Store. Previously we needed a DVD Lion disc to install macOS through the DVD drive.
So only after that, the recovery mode started to fully connect to the update/restore servers. My guess.
Nevertheless, the process was really frustrating as I had a. hard time finding an official old macOS installation bundles/files.
After I found a working Mountain Lion (that was the hardest part, because You need the very first, not some updated version) and El Capitan, the rest was making a couple of bootable USB flashes to finally install one after another.
@@TechUThrough Since I first attempted to install El Capitan (unsuccessfully), it still installed the El Capitan recovery (10.11). Now when I formatted the hard drive via Disk utility, then booted while holding the Options (Alt) key, there are two options to boot from: The bootable USB with stock Mountain Lion (10.8) dmg that I was able to download and create, and Recovery (10.11). After choosing the bootable USB, the installation starts and throws error after 5 seconds. I think that my very first attempt to install El Capitan messed it up somehow as it seems to me that the EFI (BIOS) thinks that El Capitan is its native MacOS version. No idea what to do now.
I asked for a MacBook for my birthday and my sweet mom ended up getting me a really outdated one but I don’t want her thinking I’m ungrateful. I’m doing online school and it keeps overheating, the fan won’t turn on before it shuts down and I took the back plate off and there seems to be nothing preventing the fan from cooling the rest of the Mac. What should I do?
You’ll need a screwdriver kit, new thermal paste and alcohol wipes and you’ll have to look up a tutorial to get to the CPU and replace the thermal paste. You’ll likely have to disassemble quite a bit to get to the CPU, can’t remember with this model.
Once you’re inside, Clean it off with alcohol wipes and clean the heat pipes with alcohol wipes too. And remove all the dust on the logic board. Might have to replace the fans, sounds like they are faulty or dust is stopping the system from working correctly.
It might help too if you put in an SSD, they can help with thermals slightly.
Also reset the SMC if the thermal management isn’t working. Google how to
mac fan control ! and catalina patcher
An old MacBook is amazing. Much reliable than the new ones. If you upgrade it and clean it all up, it will be as good as the new ones. That’s why the resale value is so high on old macs
Ipad pro
I have an SSD from a windows laptop with Win 11 installed. I'm new to Apple but would like to use a Mid 2010 MB I got for free to test the waters. I also have some ram. What is the process of switching the HD from a Windows to Mac? Thanks.
Hi!
For best results and for the Mac to don't crash later on, I am always suggesting to clean install a fresh macOS and formatting the drive before installing it from Windows to a Mac computer.
I have some videos dedicated to the clean install process here on my channel. Please check them out! 👍🏻
Did you have to pay for any software to get to high Sierra. I have a similar laptop with 6mb ram and 160gig hard drive. Its a laptop i got 2nd hand for my 7yr old daughter. She just needa its for utube and browsing. Thanks for the video it was very helpful. So do you think i just need a bigget hard drive the battery is still good?
Hi! Thank you for the kind words.
No, I didn't pay for any software, though the installation files were not easy to find on the internet.
If the battery is ok for your computer, just change the old drive to a new SSD and you will feel the difference immediately.
@@TechUThrough Thanks, much appreciated.
What’s screen and colours according for photography and lightroom? Are pictures on this screen as good enough for colour accuracy (as retina)?
That's a great question. I would say that Retina displays are much sharper, with a much better screen resolution and more saturated colors. Does that make the color accuracy more accurate!? Yes and maybe no.
I would suggest experimenting with the color profiles in Mac's System Preferences inside the Display color profiles. Could work fine even with the non-Retina displays.
@@TechUThrough Thank you for respond. I have another question. I got recommendation from apple technician not take 13” 2010 but rather pick 2011. Are models of 2010 less reliables than 2011?? For some manufacturing defect or why? Thx
@@einarjungmann273 hmm..the only thing that comes to mind would probably be that the 2010 MacBook Pro maybe had a graphics card problem!? Maybe that issue has been resolved in the 2011 MacBook Pro's, although I never heard anyone complaining specifically for the 13 inchers, more for the 17 and 15 inch MacBook Pro's around those years.
And even then, the problem could be for the second graphical card for custom 13 inch MacBook's, the ones with 2 cards. Never heard the main graphics chip failing on the 2010 MacBook Pro's
How long did the battery last?
I have a MacBook mid 2010 working all day, since 2009…And I just want to upgrade my macbook to 16BG ram and 500 GB SSD, for editing little Movies in iMovie, using OBS and Logic. I can’t buy another Mac now… so I’ll do upgrade.
But It loses access to normal upgrades from Apple Store? Thanks for the vídeo.
you cant add that much ram macbook pros only support 8 raM MAX.
@@guidogc90 some people have made that. Finally I’ve add only 8GB because 16GB was too much money here in Brazil now. But thanks
@@daniabioficial usually MacBook Pro prior 2014 doesn’t support 16 gb ram also 8 is good
@@guidogc90 MacBook pro mid 2010 ver 7.1 can run 16gb ram 1066 mhz thats two 8gb ram cards upgraded my mac about 5 years ago, works fine runs stuff like logic pro .ssd up to 1tb. Being 12 year old the wifi ant uses 2.4 ghz so advice to all buy a usb mini wifi dongle and it will connect to the 5 ghz giving you faster internet speeds if your router offers 5ghz.that is .Hope this info helps. stay save people.
@@musicmonk wow thanks, battery of my surface pro die and its irreplaceable. How do you know of its 7.1?
Just a question. I bought a second hand MacBook Pro mid-2010. It has a 500GB HDD and 8GB of RAM running on 2.4ghz intel core 2 duo. I will have it upgraded Monday to 240GB SSD and retain the 8GB. Going to my question, will it be running fine with using Zoom after upgrading to SSD? Basically I will just it for my work, which is teaching. Thank you to those professional answers. Much appreciated ☺️
Hi let me know how well zoom works if you have upgraded to SSD!
@@anthonychikezie6575 I did zoom 2 years ago just fine with my 15" mid 2009 MBP 2.53 with 8GB and 1TB SSD
You just upgraded the HDD. You shouldve upgraded the RAM as this only has 4GB. It officially maxes out at 8GB, but I think it might be able to handle 16GB according to other sources. Other than that good video on showing how it currently performs in 2020.
I've got 10 GB of RAM in mine and I've never had a problem.
macos sierra runs way better on 2010 MacBook Pro
I have MacBook mid 2010 and it used to automatically restart and now it is not turning on what should I do please someone help me
clean the motherboard and replace the old thermal pasta
Hello sir when I do as your video I brought kingston ssd but when I turn on the Mac it’s show question mark with file .. what I do now
Hey! I found this article. Please check it and maybe that can help out:
support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204323
plus, you can check some more detailed info here as well:
www.it-tech.com.au/mac-q-a/how-to-fix-mac-question-mark-folder/
you have to format the ssd using a MAC OS installer, then you install the operating system
I get my MacBook Pro 2010 on Tuesday it runs on snow leopard but want it to run on high Sierra can you upload a step by step video on how to do this please ?
Mind you, you can no longer download iMovie, pages, numbers and a bunch of other stuff anymore on high Serra. You will need macOS Mojave. Am trying to have the seller upgrade my Mac. I got it on Monday.
use mac os catalina patcher
Can I updated 8*2GB RAM in this computer?
Sorry my English is not good. English is not my first language.
Originally, the maximum RAM for all the 2010 MacBook Pro's was 8 GB (4+4).
However, OWC confirmed that, if running OS X 10.7.5 or higher, updated with the latest EFI, and equipped with proper specification memory modules, this model can support up to 16 GB of RAM.
Here is the direct link for more details:
eshop.macsales.com/blog/16302-some-2010-mac-owners-can-get-more-ram-than-they-thought/
But the direct answer to your question, the 2010 Macbook Pro by original can't recognize 8+8 RAM, only 4GB + 4GB
@@TechUThrough but it can. Apple website say it can't. It does without the extra mods that you mentioned. I have one and I only upgraded the HD to a ssd and 2 8g ram worked perfectly.
@@royreed4696 oh, nice! That's actually the first time I hear that. Would like to see a screenshot with the About The Mac upgraded specs. But anyway, thanks for bringing it up!
Hi sir I don’t have a lot knowledge of this MacBooks since mine is 2010 and I have few questions that’s exactly my MacBook Pro model and I want to upgrade it to the latest version looks like I have to use your steps so if I take it to a store can I tell them I want more ram? Like Mine is 4gb ram and I think 250gb inside the storage I I want it like more space cause I want to run chrome and stuffs but it is necessarily to upgrade the battery? If yes is it stronger than the original one like can it last more hours? I hope you answer me thanks
Hi! Thank You for the question.
First of all, You can do it by yourself and not give the Mac to a store, the steps are simple to do by Yourself and You will save some more money in the process. Of course, if You are not sure about it, You can ask for assistance from the store.
But the main thing is to find and buy the right parts (RAM, SSD and battery) for Your 2010 Mac.
If you have 4GB of RAM, that means that probably you have 2+2 modules inside. 8GB is really O.K. and therefor You need to purchase 4+4 RAM modules or even 8+8 RAM if You want to use the max. of 16GB RAM on Your Mac. You can find detailed info about the RAM here:
everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2.4-aluminum-13-mid-2010-unibody-specs.html
Usually 500GB of storage should be O.K., but choose ONLY SSD's if you really want to feel that Your old computer feels and runs noticably faster. By standard, the SSD's have 240GB or 480GB storage, so you can choose the 480GB SSD drive.
About the battery, it wont give you like 8 hours of work time, but a new battery is needed for the computer to run normally. Depending on what You use Your Mac for, new battery will give you more runtime anyway.
Best place to get legit old and new Mac parts is OWC site:
eshop.macsales.com/
Here you can check the parts compatability for specific (Your Mac) model.
@@TechUThrough hi again thank you very much for these good informations, I will start looking for the links and check for good battery and the other necessary things:).. btw I heard that MacBook pros the unsupported ones can get Catalina installed on, is that true? And cause if yes I would like to get it updated. again thanks a lot sir ❤️
@@TechUThrough also sir one more thing which parts of my MacBook Pro can be upgraded for newer parts like the stronger performance, like how the SSD or ram can be more & and newer I want to make it as new as much as possible cause I can’t afford thousands of dollars right now maybe in next year I will ❤️
@@denmarkdiscord1561 Basically that's all you can upgrade, the max RAM and the noticeably faster SSD drive.
For the CPU not to overheat, people put new thermal paste to it, by removing the old one that has been hardened or not existed anymore after many years of exploitation.
Of course, cleaning and dust removal from the coolers and inside of the case helps as well.
@@TechUThrough I googled yesterday and since my MBP fortunately is 13 inch I can put 16gb ram into it I guess and I guess that the SSD can only get 1tb? Or higher
Is this good for youtube editing , iMovie etc ?
I wouldn’t count on it as my main video editing hardware. Maybe light photo editing and 1080p video rendering on iMove, not much more.
How long does it take to boot before upgrade? Im going to get core 2 duo 2,66ghz, 4gb, 320HDD. Just for word, excel, edit light video, browsing n youtube. Is it good enough?
About 30 to 48 seconds.
Just for word, excel, internet and youtube, you should have no problem waiting that time, because, you boot up only once.
The moment you will notice that old HDD is when oppening any app. But only if you compare it to a newer MacBook Pro or a MacBook with an upgraded HDD to SSD.
@@TechUThrough thanks for the reply, yes that SSD got my eyes. Really worth it for replacement. But i think i save up for newer macbook later. Because im new to macbook 😀🙏
Hey man! Do you know when we can update the current high sierra to for example 10.14.1 on 2010 macbooks?
Dosdude1 patcher
From my understanding Apple doesn't support any OS higher that High Sierra for this model, so this is it.
@@luked3172 it’s true! Is the same here
I just have 10 GB RAM on my MacBook Pro 2012...
What about thermal throttling is it a problem or did you put a better cooling system
Hi! I think for such an old core 2 due CPU there will be huge problems with thermal throttling. If it was a year newer and has an i5 CPU, maybe the situation could be a tiny bit better. And I didn’t change anything with the cooling system for that same reason.
clean the fan from dust
Please someone answer this can you run pro tools on this 2010 mid mbp after these upgrades please let me know!
Yes you can im currently running it as we speak
no
@@handitoverent what version of protools u using?
I have a 13 inch mid 2010 MacBook Pro that is running macOS Sierra. Is there any upgrade that I can run on my PC?
That's a great question. But I am not sure that we can ever upgrade a Mac through a PC unfortunately. I hope I'm wrong but I never heard of anything like that.
Open Core Legacy Patcher does it
@@TechUThrough I think he meant to say whether he could update the macbook to the higher version or not
I also have same question
@@marquesbrown5643 you can with dosdude1 patch for catalina you can go up to Big Sur and Monterey but it is very unstable
This old mac still can running Premiere Pro ?
Yes
The premiere pro requiers the mac os 10.13
Can i change or replace the cd drive into another ssd card?
Yes you can.
Was the boot up with the ssd speed up
Yes, it always is after swapping the old HDD drive to any new SSD.
I have my daughter's 2010 Pro Laptop. I installed a new Toshiba 2TB Harddrive. When I started up, it would not load. And I think it is requesting a CD for software update. Can you clarify this? She used it in school back in the day and it is in nice shape. Just the old HD failed to load at some point. HELP! LOL Please. Back in the 70s I was writing HTML and started with Lotus 123. What happened?
Try restarting it in Recovery Mode, when restart is in process, hold COMMAND+R, after that try the latest available online recovery macOS that it recognizes for this years Mac. You should somehow end up with a running macOS. After that You can upgrade it from the App Store or bootable usb flashe (check my other mac videos for that).
Good luck! 👍🏻
Is it good enough to run Garage Band?
Yes it is.. and it runs fine with no issues
Hi. Can you upgrade CPU in mid 2010?
Hello I want to know will this laptop be good for programming in 2021
Hi. I highly doubt that.
Would Adobe photoshop run good on this macbook?
2013 version runs smooth as
I have photoshop on MacBook the white one the first one 🤣 and it works just fine for me 🤷🏻♀️
I did almost the same thing! Kingston 500gb SSD k600 then new bat and i swap the RAM with 8gb (2 x 4gb 2rx8 pc3 8500s ddr3 1066mhz SODIMM:) works well now with high sierra. Went to dosdude1.com/highsierra/ for the upgrade! It took me a while to find this solution to upgrade to 10.13. And you need an 8gb thumb drive (i used 16) to make a bootable installer and an external hard drive case to transfer your files once done at as your back up drive :) and noctua thermal paste. i hope this help :)) i didn't check the processor if it can be upgraded... Can it be upgraded?
sir i have a macbook pro mid 2010 i want to use latest version mac os so i can use this laptop latest version mac os
Hi! Unfortunatly no :(
The latest version You can install on this computer is only High Sierra.
Each year Apple stops to support one or two older mac models. This year they were the 2012 Macs.
@@TechUThrough you can try dosdudes1 patcher
Did you create a video on how to get High Sierra on that MacBook 💻 Pro?
Hi! That's the problem. I was thinking that I was filming the High Sierra installation process, but the camera was never on 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️😄
So I guess, I will have to get this MacBook Pro from someone who has the very old macOS on it to repeat all the process.
Unfortunately, this Mac in the video was not mine. I got it from a customer who asked me to repair and upgrade the parts for it. After that, I returned it.
But thank You for Your interest and I will try my best to make similar videos in the future with different Mac models and macOS installation tricks 👍🏻
Hello, Is there anyway to get your 2010 Macbook pro to run a software after high sierra EG macOS Mojave? cheers
It’s not worth it. That core 2 duo won’t be able to handle it. It can barley handle High Sierra!😂
@@paulhillbeats actually im running catalina with new sad and ram and it runs faster than my 2016 imac
Yeah from the AppStore if I’m correct but please upgrade to a sad if you’re going to do this
@@paulhillbeats Mine runs Mojave pretty well, although it is the 2.66ghz model.
What ram sticks do you think I should get?
Hi. If 8GB is maximum for the computer, You should choose 4GB+4GB ram sticks.
@@TechUThrough well yes i know that but I meant what brand should I get
@@jl4280 In my opinion, the brand choice doesn't play that big of a role here, just get the right 1067 MHz DDR 3 frequency ones. The best way is to check all the correct Mac parts in the OWC site. Here is the correct OWC 2010 MacBook Pro model link for RAM:
eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/8566DDR3S8GP/
But we lose all software?
8gb of ram with chrome? Is it better?
definitely yes
Can we upgrade duo core 2 macbook to i5 processor??
I think that would be only possible if you exchange both MacBook Pro's motherboards.
my school is throwing these out
Send one to me, I send you something
@@salonewise what
NOOOOOOOOOO
Get some for urself then upgrade em, and maybe sell them idk, but DONT LET THEM JUST BE THROWN OUT
can you run garageband on this?
My thought is, that Garageband would run but only with a couple of instruments on a project. As soon as you ad up, again, the RAM would need to be upgraded.
Of course you can run garage band since it was made for even older macbooks
Can you play video games on that
its mac , obv not for gaming
You can play DOS games on it
Ssd where i buy any send me link
The answer is NO!!! I like BARELY being able to edit videos for LONG HOURS!!
Didnt edit any videos since I bought it in 2012 mate
What is your MacBook memory and SSD please?
I just want to upgrade my macbook mid 2010 to 16BG ram and 500 GB SSD, for editing little Movies in iMovie, and OBS And Logic. I can’t boy another Mac now . Thanks
Song name ??
All the song names and direct links are in the description of each of my videos, including this one :)
link the battery buy page please
Sorry. It was purchased in a local service store in my country.
@@TechUThrough oh, ok. Btw is a mid 2010 MacBook Pro a good deal for 100 bucks? (Upgraded to 8gb ram)
It’s hard to justify a 2010 Mac in late 2021. Though it will work, star-up and open apps fast if you upgrade to an ssd internal drive, there will be no Apple support anymore.
I would say, it’s more nostalgia here than a practical need to use that old of a tech as say your main computer.
But to answer your question, if it’s in a good condition, 100 bucks sounds like a good deal!
@@TechUThrough I'm planning on an SSD, ram is already upgraded to 8gb as I said. I will use windows so I don't care about support anyway. My main pc is from 2012 so...
@@DemeDemetre I’m in a country that doesn’t support apple so
how can i downloed a pour oint in this mac
Hi! Not sure what's a pour oint is.. 🤔 Is it an app on the Mac!?
??