OWC's Aura SSDs Not Working With macOS High Sierra, Fix Coming Soon

[Bowie0.o]

Some Mac owners who have replaced their machine's storage with Aura SSDs from OWC are not able to install macOS High Sierra at this time due to an incompatibility issue that prevents the update from successfully converting the drives to the new APFS format.

The Aura SSDs show up as "Rotational" drives instead of Solid State, and when attempting to install macOS High Sierra, users are seeing an error message about a firmware update before the installation process crashes.

Several customers who have purchased Aura SSDs have complained on a macOS High Sierra beta blog post, as the issue long pre-dates the macOS High Sierra release. One customer was told that new firmware would not be developed until the High Sierra golden master was released, but new firmware has apparently not made it out yet.

OWC offers Aura SSDs for a range of Macs, including many MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro models. According to the company, Aura SSDs compatible with the following machines are affected:

- MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)
- MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014)
- Mac Pro (Late 2013)

Apple is aware of the issue with select third-party SSDs, and the OWC engineering team is working directly with Apple on a fix. OWC expects "a very timely solution."

Article Link: OWC's Aura SSDs Not Working With macOS High Sierra, Fix Coming Soon

[doublepost=1519065922][/doublepost]This problem has been resolved with a firmware update.

https://www.owcdigital.com/aura-ssds-firmware-update

Did the trick for me.

 

[jcxstar13]

I am on my third 2tb drive from OWC. My mac pro 6,1 does not work with their drives. I am able to install but my mac starts to lag and act funny. I run black magic disk speed test and I get write speeds of 60m/s and reads of 200m/s. I stick my factory ssd back in and it works fine as it did before. I wish I had another mac pro to test it on. OWC tested drives that have been sent back and before this last one was sent out and they say it performs normal.

Anyone have any answers to this or experienced a similar situation? I really need the 2tb of internal storage with the fast speeds.

 

[PlaidRadish]

I am on my third 2tb drive from OWC. My mac pro 6,1 does not work with their drives. I am able to install but my mac starts to lag and act funny. I run black magic disk speed test and I get write speeds of 60m/s and reads of 200m/s. I stick my factory ssd back in and it works fine as it did before. I wish I had another mac pro to test it on. OWC tested drives that have been sent back and before this last one was sent out and they say it performs normal.

Anyone have any answers to this or experienced a similar situation? I really need the 2tb of internal storage with the fast speeds.

I know this is an old thread, but I am just experiencing this with a client, and I noticed the above comment from jcxstar13 about his "Mac Pro" - PLEASE NOTE from OWC's firmware upgrade instructions, the top of the page reads, ...
"This specific firmware update process does not apply to Mac Pro customers."

jcxstar13: this fix is not for you.