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I have an old Macbook Pro from 2012 (the last model to have HDDs instead of an SSD). It's only used now to run some specialized scanner software, which is Windows only and expensive so it only ever runs Windows in Basecamp. It's painfully slow to boot up but I can't nuke and reinstall the Windows installation because the scanner software licence does not allow it to be uninstalled and then reinstalled onto the same machine, only shifted to a different machine. So, I figured that cloning the HDD to an SSD should improve things a lot. My assumption is that the cloning would have to be done from inside MacOS, not from Windows, and that the Basecamp/Windows side of things would be cloned along with the Mac OS. Does anybody know about cloning a Mac with Basecamp installed?
Also, the battery is knackered. Is it possible to buy 3rd party batteries that are safe or should I just pay up for Apple to do it (I'm leaning towards the latter, but if it is possible to buy a battery that isn't a timebomb, I would replace it myself.)
I don't know precisely from experience about the cloning and basecamp specifically, but from experience of cloning a Mac hard drive using CCC it is exactly that - a clone of everything on it. A couple of times over the years the HD shat itself, a new HD was installed and the backup clone transferred back to the new internal HD. It was like nothing had happened, except usually the new HD was faster and bigger, so cannot see why it would not be the same for you.
Just check that the new SSD is bootable, I am fairly sure there is some shenanigans with that and the newer OSs, but may not be an issue for you. I also once changed the SSD (small SSD to big SSD) on my dad's stupidly purchased 2016 MacBook Pro with a 128gb SSD, but there was also some shenanigans betting the bios to recognise it. I managed, was not without stress, but ultimately very satisfying. Suggest a wee bit of googling to ensure you know the steps.
On our old 2012 MacBook Pro (and indeed on a couple of other machines) I successfully used and ifixit kit and battery. The operation was like defusing a nuclear bomb in its stressfulness, but all entirely doable.
HTH
Thanks, much appreciated. Yes, it seems logical to me that the cloning would include the Basecamp installation. I've cloned Windows machines before but no idea how different Macs are. Still, I guess I can always put the old HDD back in if the cloning fails.
Thanks again