MACBOOK PRO 13 (mid 2012)

[docjrichey]

Suggestions on how to speed up my MACBOOK running slow and get the spinning wheel of death . Help pls!

 

[crawfish963]

Do you have a SSD (solid state drive) or a hard disk drive (traditional hard drive)? If you don't have an SSD, that's what you need. That will solve your speed issues without the need for additional RAM.

EDIT: just post your specs, please. There's really no way to get a decent answer until we know what hardware you have.

 

[docjrichey]

Intel core i5
2.5 GHz
4 Gig memory
HHD

 

[crawfish963]

Replace it with a SSD and you're good. Something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX50...50203402&sr=8-3&keywords=macbook+pro+2012+ssd

 

[Audit13]

Could be a failing sata drive cable too.

 

[mikzn]

Replace it with a SSD and you're good

Yeah a 500 g ssd will be a huge improvement - mid 2012 is easy to upgrade and still a great lap top with a faster drive - 4 g memory is on the low side - you might look at bumping that up too - but the drive is where the big improvement will be.