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Largest hd for MacBook Pro (Late 2013)
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The late 2013 MBP is a retina that uses a SSD with a proprietary connector.
You can either purchase a larger oem Apple SSD or use a third-party nvme drive; however, using a nvme drive has its own pros and cons.
If you go with an OEM Apple SSD, the largest SSD possible would be the largest drive available in the early 2015 MBP. Drives from the late 2013 to early 2015 and interchangeable.
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You can either purchase a larger oem Apple SSD or use a third-party nvme drive; however, using a nvme drive has its own pros and cons.
If you go with an OEM Apple SSD, the largest SSD possible would be the largest drive available in the early 2015 MBP. Drives from the late 2013 to early 2015 and interchangeable.
Upgrading 2013/2014 Macbook Pro SSD to M.2 NVMe
This thread is about upgrading MacBook Airs & Macbook Pros (2013-2015) with new high speed and/or high capacity NVMe SSDs. This thread was one of the first to talk about MacBook Pro NVMe SSD upgrades on Macrumors, and was started by user "maxthackray", which we can thank and give tribute for...
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You can add two standard M.2 drives with https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...lshark-carrier-board-storage-upgrade.2092108/
but it's expensive.
but it's expensive.
Link is for a Mac Pro?
Nvme upgrade is cheap compared to an Apple SSD: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/upgrading-2013-2014-macbook-pro-ssd-to-m-2-nvme.2034976/
Darn. I was hoping for a way to get my 2013 rMBP 13 to 4TB of internal storage!
You have to look for a very expensive nvme drive as Apple has never had a 4 TB internal SSD for its early 2015 MBP.
Ok, so I have a 2015 MacBook Pro 15 inch - love the machine a lot. Has anyone had sleep issues with any of the Samsung ssd drives. I was looking at the Aura x2 by OWC, but was told by many on here to avoid OWC - sleep issues maybe ?
The 2015 MacBooks are usually okay with sleep; however, the Samsung drives generates more heat that some other drives and use more battery power during idle and normal use.
I personally would not get an owc. Although a Sintech adapter isn't needed with the owc, the owc can't be used in anything but another Mac. Get a nvme drive and a Sintech adapter. In the future, it can easily be re-purposed in another Windows laptop, desktop, or as an external.
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I put a 2TB NVME (intel 660p) in mine with the NVME adapter. The only downside to using NVME that I'm aware of is that hibernation doesn't work. This is the adapter https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FYY3H5F/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Much cheaper than the $600 OWC "OEM" compatible drive
Much cheaper than the $600 OWC "OEM" compatible drive
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And you can re-purpose the drive in a Windows laptop or desktop if necessary.
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Hibernation should work just fine in a 2015 with a third party NVME. I have one, no problems with wake from sleep at all.
Hibernation works with NVME in the 2015, but not the late 2013 macbook pros (and 2014). There is a bug in the 2013s firmware that has never been fixed that causes it to freeze when waking from hibernation. I mentioned this because the OP said they have a late 2013 macbook.
It's not really a bug, it is a missing nvme driver in the firmware for the 2013 and 2014 Pro and Air.
Ok, so any NVMe drive will not cause deep sleep issues on the DG 2015 MB pro which you and I both have, right ? As soon as this epidemic is over and I am able to go back to work( furloughed since 4/6 with return date 3 weeks from that time, I will get the Samsung model.
If you go with the Samsung, you will get great read/write speeds but you'll probably notice more battery drain and more heat.