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It would either take forever or just get an error and fail. I did everything from reseting the PRAM, SMC, trying to system restore from Time Machine, to reinstalling the OS and nothing was working properly. Verified Buyer Reviewer: LJT11 Location: Chicago, Illinois Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 1-3 months Rating: 5/5 Solved my MBP (mid 2012) problems OctoMy hard drive was failing so i purchased a 1 TB SSD Electra (great drive! - after i got it to run) and no matter what I did, I could not get it to work. Thanks OWCĪnd again, thanks to everyone who took the time to write excellent reviews on this product! Hopefully you can see this L bend in the old/original cable pictures. So, I just held the cable down and installed the SSD over the cable and booted up and everything was good.
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The original cable had a L bend where two small screws held it down (before the cable goes under the SSD). The only reason I rated this product 4 stars instead of 5 is because the replacement cable wasn't configured the same as the original cable. In fact I would say it didn't run this good when I bought it new, really a night and day difference as to how it performs now. Not only that I've seen a remarkable degree in responsive of my computer. Once I received the cable and installed it, my computer immediately booted up to my SSD. Someone at OWC needs to inform him that this cable is very likely the cause. I asked him if he had read the reviews on this HD cable (he didn't answer me). Glad I ordered the part because Joe told me that that wouldn't be problem and that the controller on the motherboard was the likely cause. I spoke to Joe and explained what was happening. The following day I called OWC to inform them that I would be returning the new SSD they had sent me, since the SSD wasn't the problem. When I found the cable on OWC and read the reviews I was fairly confident this was the issue I was experiencing - so, I ordered one that night.
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So, I went back to OWC and felt good about being able to repair mine based on the research I found. After searching the web, I found an article where the Hard Drive cable in the 2012 MacBooks were faulty. Called OWC and after talking to Darren B, he overnighted a new SSD, however when I installed new drive it didn't show up either under Disk Utility. I knew it couldn't find the hard drive so I booted into recovery mode and when I went into the Disk Utility there was no drive showing. Had to perform a hard shutdown and when I restarted it I got a folder with a flashing question mark.
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On 3/2020, my MacBook Pro froze and completely locked up. The 2nd drive, which was a replacement, I had received in 9/2019. My MacBook Pro - 13" mid 2012 has gone through a couple of SSD's from OWC during the last couple of years and they have provided excellent customer service replacing the drive with a new one (overnight). Verified Buyer Reviewer: Dawalk Location: Prescott Valley, AZ Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: less than a month Rating: 4/5 Apple Hard Drive Cable for mid 2012 MacBook Pro MaFirst I want to THANK everyone who wrote a review on this product!