Best External Hard Drive For Macbook Pro 2012

[DDR3] My 2012 MacBook Pro is now new again.

[USB-A Male] I use it with my 2012 MacBook Pro. No complaints.

[960 GB] This worked well in my mid-2012 MacBook Pro 13.

[0.11 lb] This worked in my mid-2012 MacBook Pro 13.

[0.185 lb] perfect for my 2012 MacBook Pro! Works great so far and reasonably priced.

[3.3' / 1 m] The xcellon hub has been my answer to getting more USB ports from my macbook. I can now attach my external hard drive, wacom tablet, and charge my phone with my macbook. I really like that it has an independent power supply for things like my external hard drives. And it's small and fits inside my laptop bag.

[Cable] I finally can connect my older LaCie external hard drive to my new MacBook. I haven't seen these pictures and documents since 2014. Tether cord worked beautifully with no problems. Instant connection.

[Full-Stop] I purchased this to make an external boot drive for my 2015 MacBook Pro. This device is probably the fastest way to add external storage to my machine since the Thunderbolt 2 ports are far faster than the USB3 ports. Since this Sabrent Thunderbolt 3 enclosure is self-powered, you can use the Apple Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter in reverse, making full use of the MacBook's Thunderbolt 2 port and getting super fast transfer speeds, making it suitable for use as a boot drive. I don't have any benchmark utilities, but I copied a large VMware image from the internal Apple SSD to an external 2TB FireCuda 530 and saw an Activity Monitor peak write speed of 1.6GB/sec, which is super fast. The case gets a little warm, but that means that it is effectively sinking heat from the M2 drive. I used this to successfully build and test a system upgrade to Mojave, and will continue to use this to occasionally run modern OS versions that I don't want to permanently upgrade to due to software compatibility issues with old apps I still need to run. Right now, it's Velcro'ed to the laptop lid and holds a 1TB drive waiting to test Catalina, so I can see which apps break before deciding if I want to take the plunge. All in all, it's perfect as an external drive for my older MacBook Pro, it's well priced, and extremely well constructed. I'll continue to use it for the rest of the life of this machine, and it'll still be useful if I upgrade to a more modern machine later.

[ M.2 SSD ] I purchased this external drive to compliment my new MacBook Pro M2 Max and no regrets at all. This drive is excellent, runs smoothly, boots up fast, runs fast with Thunderbolt. and is quiet as well can be for an SSD drive with minimal heat.

[2 TB] Simply the Best Hard Drive