My CD drive does not work on MBP 13 mid 2012 and I ended paying over the odds on a late 2012 13” retina which has a screen problem it does not turn on, when connected to external monitor it’s all well. Took it to few technicians and they can’t sort the problem out. I really can’t afford to spend 300 quid on a screen replacement. Any recommendations or guidance will be appreciated, I’m quite new to Mac products so might need some further assistance:)
MacBook – use any hardware on MBP retina late 2012 on a MBP mid 2012 (non retina)
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Your system supports following resolutions:
You can use 4K displays and Ultra HD TVs at the following resolutions and refresh rates via the built-in HDMI port.
3840 x 2160 at 30 Hz refresh rate
4096 x 2160 at 24 Hz refresh rate (mirroring is not supported at this resolution)- MBP 2013 and up.
Thus no 60Hz is possible.
To force the usage of the discrete graphics card in your macbook you can uncheck the automatic graphics switching checkbox in the system preferences/ energy saver panel
As the message states, this does drain the battery faster.
However, your mac should not behave as you describe, I suggest taking it to a service desk so apple can take a look at it, or call apple to ask why it is so choppy.
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Best Answer
Displays
As far as your displays go, you aren't going to be able to swap them. The late 2012 Retina display model uses a 40 pin LVDS connector, while the non-Retina mid 2012 model uses the older 30 pin connector. I answered a very similar question to this:
Replace MacBook Pro screen with Screen from old MacBook
If you really must have the Retina display, then you'll need to get a new display.
DVD Drive
If your CD/DVD drive doesn't work, is it really necessary to have? You can remove the DVD and install a SATA caddy that can contain a hard drive for data storage and/or backups or another SSD to create a larger (CoreStorage) volume or a RAID volume; mirrored (for redundancy) or striped (for performance)