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Mid-2012 rMBP - Flash Storage Upgrade?

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cherishzm

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Mar 13, 2011
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I own a mid-2012 15" rMBP with 256GB flash storage and it's little too tight for my needs and want to upgrade it with a 512GB one. I mistakenly assumed the flash storage unit from mid-2012 Macbook Air would fit since it was made in the same year and bought a used one with 512GB for the swap only to find out it won't. The one in the MBA is longer and narrower.

Can someone tell me what year MBA's use the same flash storage as mid-2012 rMBP's?
 
Weaselboy said:
None of them are the same. MBA and Retina are different. You can buy an aftermarket solution from Transcend here.
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Thanks for your reply. I was planning to do this to save money but I should've checked compatibility first.
 
Weaselboy said:
One would think all the Apple products would use the same connector. Apple has made this all very confusing.
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Is the connector different? Not that it matters but when I looked at both flash modules the end connection appeared the same but the module sizes were different.
 
cherishzm said:
I own a mid-2012 15" rMBP with 256GB flash storage and it's little too tight for my needs and want to upgrade it with a 512GB one. I mistakenly assumed the flash storage unit from mid-2012 Macbook Air would fit since it was made in the same year and bought a used one with 512GB for the swap only to find out it won't. The one in the MBA is longer and narrower.

Can someone tell me what year MBA's use the same flash storage as mid-2012 rMBP's?
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The mid-2012 rMBP shares the same mSATA SSD with only these models:

Late-2012 and early-2013 rMBPs.
 
I am swerving a little off topic here to say that I bought one of the Transcends as an upgrade for a 2010 MBA and it is a fine product. Very easy to install and good support.
 
alphaod said:
Well if it's any consolation, all the Mid/Late 2013 models have the same connectors and dimensions: MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro.
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Thanks for the info. I had seen posts about people swapping the rMBP and nMP around, but did not know the new Airs were the same also.
 
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