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Old MBA2015 ssd to Sonnet Echo Dual?

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toke lahti

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Should this do the trick?
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NFHK PCI Express PCI-E 4X M.2 NGFF M-Key to 2013 2014 2015 Apple MacBook SSD Convert Card for A1493 A1502 A1465 A1466

IEC Male C14 to Right Angled 90 Degree IEC Female C13 Power Extension Adapter A down right angled power connector. You'll want to check your device to see which way the cable would exit when plugged in.
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“can’t convert to usb enclosure”
But Echo Dual is a tb box meaning works through pci-e, so it should work?

Can somebody explain why usb does not work, but motherboard connection does?
Usb enclosures do not convert the M.2 PCIe signal to usb?
So, how do those usb enclosures work?

I just should recover data from my sisters dead MBA, so I wish to buy as cheap part as possible that I only need once.
 
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If you're looking to just recover the data from the SSD, you could just get a USB enclosure specifically made for MacBook Air SSDs.
 
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toke lahti said:
Should this do the trick?
www.amazon.com

NFHK PCI Express PCI-E 4X M.2 NGFF M-Key to 2013 2014 2015 Apple MacBook SSD Convert Card for A1493 A1502 A1465 A1466

IEC Male C14 to Right Angled 90 Degree IEC Female C13 Power Extension Adapter A down right angled power connector. You'll want to check your device to see which way the cable would exit when plugged in.
www.amazon.com

“can’t convert to usb enclosure”
But Echo Dual is a tb box meaning works through pci-e, so it should work?

Can somebody explain why usb does not work, but motherboard connection does?
Usb enclosures do not convert the M.2 PCIe signal to usb?
So, how do those usb enclosures work?

I just should recover data from my sisters dead MBA, so I wish to buy as cheap part as possible that I only need once.
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This might work?.. Check it out. It's only 58$ now I think..
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OWC Envoy Pro 1A Portable Enclosure for Apple and OWC SSDs

Add your own Apple SSD from most 2013-2019 Mac models or select OWC SSDs, including Aura Pro X2, Aura N2, and more. Rugged, bus-powered, portable.
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The Sonnet Echo Dual will not help you at all with that Apple OEM flash memory, because of the proprietary Apple connector on that card. The adapter that you asked about, is just that, an adapter. It adapts the Apple OEM card to the PCIe (m.2) standard connector, and does not provide a USB connection. Not that USB is not possible, but that you would then need to plug in that adapter to another adapter that does provide connection for USB. You will likely be limited for that, because of the size of the adapter.
rampancy has the good choice - and here's another link to the same item, listed at the US Amazon site.
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ACASIS USB C 3.2 SSD Enclosure for Apple Flash SSDs 12+16 PIN MacBook Pro,MacBook Air, Mac Pro, iMac from 2013 to 2017 Portable Storage Enclosure Compatible with M.2 Nvme SSD with Adapter

ACASIS USB C 3.2 SSD Enclosure for Apple Flash SSDs 12+16 PIN MacBook Pro,MacBook Air, Mac Pro, iMac from 2013 to 2017 Portable Storage Enclosure Compatible with M.2 Nvme SSD with Adapter
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About $70 is much more reasonable for maybe one-time use, than more than $200 that you asked about.
 
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DeltaMac said:
The Sonnet Echo Dual will not help you at all with that Apple OEM flash memory, because of the proprietary Apple connector on that card. The adapter that you asked about, is just that, an adapter. It adapts the Apple OEM card to the PCIe (m.2) standard connector, and does not provide a USB connection. Not that USB is not possible, but that you would then need to plug in that adapter to another adapter that does provide connection for USB. You will likely be limited for that, because of the size of the adapter.
rampancy has the good choice - and here's another link to the same item, listed at the US Amazon site.
www.amazon.com

ACASIS USB C 3.2 SSD Enclosure for Apple Flash SSDs 12+16 PIN MacBook Pro,MacBook Air, Mac Pro, iMac from 2013 to 2017 Portable Storage Enclosure Compatible with M.2 Nvme SSD with Adapter

ACASIS USB C 3.2 SSD Enclosure for Apple Flash SSDs 12+16 PIN MacBook Pro,MacBook Air, Mac Pro, iMac from 2013 to 2017 Portable Storage Enclosure Compatible with M.2 Nvme SSD with Adapter
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About $70 is much more reasonable for maybe one-time use, than more than $200 that you asked about.
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Why would I need usb connection?
Sonnet Echo Dual is tb4-device.
And to use it to this would cost me $0. Since I already own it.

But it fits only 80mm ssd. Which air's 12+16-ssd is already. So with adapter it would be too long.

Anyway, I got to borrow an working air. It does not see my sister's ssd. And working ssd is seen with my syster's air.

So, the ssd is bust.

Any fancy ideas, anyone, how to resurrect this ssd?
Do they charrche more or less for recovery than with spinning drives?
 
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DeltaMac said:
The Sonnet Echo Dual will not help you at all with that Apple OEM flash memory, because of the proprietary Apple connector on that card. The adapter that you asked about, is just that, an adapter. It adapts the Apple OEM card to the PCIe (m.2) standard connector, and does not provide a USB connection. Not that USB is not possible, but that you would then need to plug in that adapter to another adapter that does provide connection for USB. You will likely be limited for that, because of the size of the adapter.
rampancy has the good choice - and here's another link to the same item, listed at the US Amazon site.
www.amazon.com

ACASIS USB C 3.2 SSD Enclosure for Apple Flash SSDs 12+16 PIN MacBook Pro,MacBook Air, Mac Pro, iMac from 2013 to 2017 Portable Storage Enclosure Compatible with M.2 Nvme SSD with Adapter

ACASIS USB C 3.2 SSD Enclosure for Apple Flash SSDs 12+16 PIN MacBook Pro,MacBook Air, Mac Pro, iMac from 2013 to 2017 Portable Storage Enclosure Compatible with M.2 Nvme SSD with Adapter
www.amazon.com
About $70 is much more reasonable for maybe one-time use, than more than $200 that you asked about.
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Looks like it's a norm, that when they say that you can also use m-key-ssd with adapter, they always forget about the length: normal 80mm ssd does not fit with an adapter. Although with this, you can leave the end off of case...
 
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(Yes, but the Apple device is shorter than 80mm, and the adapter adapts that Apple device to the standard m.2 slot @ 80mm. That is its purpose.) This is wrong --

Yeah, sorry, I was thinking backwards - again. The Apple device slot takes a longer device, because the Apple device card is longer than a normal m.2/NVMe card. The adapter allows one to insert a standard m.2/NVMe card into an Apple card slot
 
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