MacBook Pro Upgrade

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MacBook Pro 15 i5, ipad 1st gen, 27in imac
I have a stock i5 Macbook pro 15inch,I want to upgrade the ram to 8gb and put in a 500gig 7200rpm harddrive. How would i transfer all my programs and files on to the new harddrive?
 
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2019 iMac 27"; 2020 M1 MacBook Air; macOS up-to-date... always.
I have a stock i5 Macbook pro 15inch,I want to upgrade the ram to 8gb and put in a 500gig 7200rpm harddrive. How would i transfer all my programs and files on to the new harddrive?

Put the new drive in an external drive case, clone the existing internal drive to it, then swap them.
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