Additional note: if you are noticing shutdowns when high CPU programs are running, it seems that it is caused due to interference from the tailspind and spindump daemon. For example, Macbook pros made before mid-2012 are unable to upgrade to the 2019 Catalina update. Tested on May 2020 with a macbook pro 13 mid-2018 and running Catalina. The space bar has gotten like glued down and I had to use a cotton swab with isopropyl to release itĪlso, I downloaded a maple story private server one time. A Macbook Pro that’s 7 years or older may not be able to upgrade to the latest operating system. Take it to Apple or an ASP (preferred as they have a financial incentive, Apple will pay them), and ask the to replace the hard drive/IR cable for free. I don’t do anything crazy with it, literally hardly use it for actual work, there’s like 40gb free on storage idk if that has anything to do with itīut I don’t even like manage huge excel sheets or play any games or anything that would use significant CPU energy, just like word docs and chrome tabs but it can’t even handle thatįor context before this laptop I had an early 2014 MacBook Air (also base) that solidly lasted me for 5 years and took a long time before it got slowĮDIT: also, it feels like the quality of the physical keys is also a lot lower - one of my number keys popped out and I like had to put it back in but it’s permanently loose now. Replace the original drive, do not mention the you've been into it. I know it’s a base model but even like 15-20 tabs completely overwhelms itĪll the trackpad gestures can get super laggy sometimes, like swiping between screens or mission control become insanely slow and instead of the smooth transition, it gets stuck on single frames and takes 10 seconds I have a 2019 MacBook Air (base 8gb ram i5) that I’ve owned since early 2020 and it’s just been a really disappointing computer.

Macbook pro 13 mid 2012 super slow