SSD storage is a great idea but can be quite pricey depending on the size you are looking for. I might suggest, de-cluttering your drive and making a timemachiene backup of it. If you don't have any important software/still have the installation/purchase licenses for it, I might even suggest doing a fresh install and selectively copying items from your timemachiene back onto your macbook.
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SSD storage is a great idea! But, can be quite pricey depending on the size you are looking for. I might suggest, de-cluttering your drive and making a TimeMachiene backup of it.
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At the moment, I have a mid 2010 macbook 13" that has 3gb of ram in it. I don't use it for anything too heavy, but it has a fresh install of sierra on it and it is flying fast. So that is my experience with fresh installs.
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If you don't have any important software/still have the installation/purchase licenses for it, I might even suggest doing a fresh install and selectively copying items from your TimeMachiene back onto your system.
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At the moment, I have a 13" MacBook Mid 2010 that has 3 GB of RAM in it. I don't use it for anything too heavy, but it has a fresh install of Sierra on it and it is flying fast. So that is my experience with fresh installs.
It looks like your macbook is maxed out at 16GB of ram.
Check this out to see if it is your model
[https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i5-2.3-13-early-2011-unibody-thunderbolt-specs.html|https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i5-2.3-13-early-2011-unibody-thunderbolt-specs.html]
SSD storage is a great idea but can be quite pricey depending on the size you are looking for. I might suggest, de-cluttering your drive and making a timemachiene backup of it. If you don't have any important software/still have the installation/purchase licenses for it, I might even suggest doing a fresh install and selectively copying items from your timemachiene back onto your macbook.
At the moment, I have a mid 2010 macbook 13" that has 3gb of ram in it. I don't use it for anything too heavy, but it has a fresh install of sierra on it and it is flying fast. So that is my experience with fresh installs.
Good luck and let us know what you end up doing!