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You mean a 2013 Mac Air or Mac Pro on a 2015 Mac Pro? I'm asking because you posted this question in the Macbook Air forum.
Does the Mac Pro SSD have a heatsink attached?
It should fit based on what I have seen here: https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/S3DAPB4MB05/
It should fit based on what I have seen here: https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/S3DAPB4MB05/
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It should fit hard on what I have seen here: https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/S3DAPB4MB05/[/QUOTE]
I have an early 2014 model 1466 Macbook air 6.2
1.4 GHz Core i5 / 8GB RAM and 256 SSD / currently running OSX10.9.5 Mavericks?
I have been following various threads over the past few months in hopes of finding a larger SSD that I can swap in myself. I don't need a souped up processor or care to downgrade battery consumption - my fan barely goes on at all now. No gaming, etc.
I have read some descriptions of various swaps of other SSDs:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/upgrading-2013-2014-macbook-pro-ssd-to-m-2-nvme.2034976/page-68
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/air-13-a1466-mid2013-ssd.2108638/
https://beetstech.com/blog/apple-proprietary-ssd-ultimate-guide-to-specs-and-upgrades
Although this one looks like it will work, it costs about what my computer is worth.
https://beetstech.com/product/solid-state-drive-512gb-655-1805a
I may incapable of performing the tweaks to get one of these “outsider” configurations to work, although have been inside iphones (4S & 5 battery replacement) and earlier macbookpro (replace HD), but am willing to try a proven path that has worked with my model and year.
Now reading about this OWC 480GB which seems like a reasonable route, I am reminded of others posts recommending against OWC SSDs in terms of their reliability. Is this still the case?
Although I am happy with Mavericks and don’t really want to have to upgrade other apps as a result of moving up to Sierra or HS, I will do that if there is no other option. Most of what I've read requires HS.
So, I’m looking for a solution to going to a larger SSD preferably around 500GB without spending a ton of money. If I have to go to a insertable card, I'll do that, but would really like a larger internal SSD.
To Gilles, Audit and others who have taken on this task for the rest of us, I thank you.
Daniel
I have an early 2014 model 1466 Macbook air 6.2
1.4 GHz Core i5 / 8GB RAM and 256 SSD / currently running OSX10.9.5 Mavericks?
I have been following various threads over the past few months in hopes of finding a larger SSD that I can swap in myself. I don't need a souped up processor or care to downgrade battery consumption - my fan barely goes on at all now. No gaming, etc.
I have read some descriptions of various swaps of other SSDs:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/upgrading-2013-2014-macbook-pro-ssd-to-m-2-nvme.2034976/page-68
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/air-13-a1466-mid2013-ssd.2108638/
https://beetstech.com/blog/apple-proprietary-ssd-ultimate-guide-to-specs-and-upgrades
Although this one looks like it will work, it costs about what my computer is worth.
https://beetstech.com/product/solid-state-drive-512gb-655-1805a
I may incapable of performing the tweaks to get one of these “outsider” configurations to work, although have been inside iphones (4S & 5 battery replacement) and earlier macbookpro (replace HD), but am willing to try a proven path that has worked with my model and year.
Now reading about this OWC 480GB which seems like a reasonable route, I am reminded of others posts recommending against OWC SSDs in terms of their reliability. Is this still the case?
Although I am happy with Mavericks and don’t really want to have to upgrade other apps as a result of moving up to Sierra or HS, I will do that if there is no other option. Most of what I've read requires HS.
So, I’m looking for a solution to going to a larger SSD preferably around 500GB without spending a ton of money. If I have to go to a insertable card, I'll do that, but would really like a larger internal SSD.
To Gilles, Audit and others who have taken on this task for the rest of us, I thank you.
Daniel
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