Air SSD in Pro

[Splaw]

I have an Air with a broken screen, and want to know if there is anyway to us it's ssd in a MacBook pro. Any info would be great. Thanks.

 

[maflynn]

No, there's no way. The SSD in a MBP uses proprietary connectors, where as the MBP uses the industry SATA connectors

 

[Splaw]

No company makes a housing for it?

 

[Tobias Funke]

No company makes a housing for it?

You might be able to use it externally if you find a housing.

But internally even if it was in a housing its around 3cm longer than a normal ssd.

 

[maflynn]

No company makes a housing for it?

What kind of market do you think there is for used MBA Flash modules? Pretty small to the extent most companies would not invest $$ in developing a housing for it.

That's one of the many downsides of going with proprietary components

 

[MRiOS]

Assuming it's a pre-2012 MacBook air ssd, I think this might be what you are looking for.
MacBook air ssd enclosure

 

[maflynn]

Assuming it's a pre-2012 MacBook air ssd, I think this might be what you are looking for.
MacBook air ssd enclosure

I stand corrected

You know I was going to check OWC to see if they had one, they of all companies would have one if it existed, but I was being lazy. Good find

 

[Splaw]

What kind of market do you think there is for used MBA Flash modules? Pretty small to the extent most companies would not invest $$ in developing a housing for it.


I though their might just be a simple housing, I kind of assumed their wasn't but thought it was worth asking. Thanks for the condescending response, it is very helpful

 

[alphaod]

There is no way to physically plug the MacBook Air SSD into a MacBook Pro. The SSD not only uses proprietary connectors, it's physically longer than a regular 2.5" drive, so even if there was an housing, there is no way to use it internally. That said, there are external USB, Firewire, and eSATA enclosures available from select manufacturers, namely OWC.

 

[Fortimir]

I was under the assumption that the 2012 MBA and MBPr used the same SSD connection. Yes? No?

 

[alphaod]

I was under the assumption that the 2012 MBA and MBPr used the same SSD connection. Yes? No?

Maybe, but the SSDs themselves are not even the same shape.

Also, based on the thread, the assumption is using an older 2010/2011 MacBook Air SSD in a regular MacBook Pro.

 

[shareef777]

I was under the assumption that the 2012 MBA and MBPr used the same SSD connection. Yes? No?

No, they use different connectors.

 

[yusukeaoki]

Maybe the new RMBP.
But for the standard, it uses the 2.5in Drives.
And there is no use for companies making adapters for MBA Flash.
They would lose money

 

[Stetrain]

Which model year is your Air? If it's a 2010 or 2011 model you can use the above external enclosure from OWC.

If it's pre-2010 they used 1.8" drives with a different connector, I don't know if you can get an adapter for them.