Increased SSD

[trentriver]

my late 2013 15' macbook pro has a 256Gig SSD, today I see a Crucial 1TB SSD for $259.99 and I am tempted to buy it. Any negatives I should consider ??? Can I do it myself? I know I need to backup, but how do I put the "factory original" stuff back on? Thanks in advance... jay

 

[JTToft]

Yes. The chief negative of it is that it won't fit in your machine.

You need either OWC Aura for your model or an Apple original SSD.

 

[jerryk]

If you have a retina Macbook, which I am pretty sure you do. The drives can only by replaced by a special Apple drive, or a 3rd party equivalent. You cannot use a standard SSD in 2.5 " form factor SSD, which I suspect this Crucial drive is.

 

[snaky69]

my late 2013 15' macbook pro has a 256Gig SSD, today I see a Crucial 1TB SSD for $259.99 and I am tempted to buy it. Any negatives I should consider ??? Can I do it myself? I know I need to backup, but how do I put the "factory original" stuff back on? Thanks in advance... jay

It won't fit.

The retina MBP uses a blade type SSD like the MBA, you either have to go with a third party option which is costly and slower than what you have, or with another drive pulled from another mac on ebay.

 

[robvas]

If you had an early-2013 you could use the mSATA adapter...

 

[radus]

this is the thread for you, may be to much detail, but it works :
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/m-2-ssd-for-retina-macbook-pro-late-2013-and-later.1985514/