Upgrading Hard Drive on a MacBook Pro, Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014 (MacBookPro11,1)

[niceties55]

I have a MacBook Pro, Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014 (MacBookPro11,1) that I would like to upgrade the hard drive. What style of PCIe SSD do I need for this?



Researching these online I see a lot of different varieties of these drives.



I have seen:



1. HP EX920 M.2 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 (link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-2YY47AA...490131&hash=item2aa57913f4:g:PvsAAOSwuWJaxt2~)

2. Toshiba 1TB Gen3 x4 PCIe NVMe M.2 (link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Toshiba-1T...021356&hash=item3f9fe05913:g:eLQAAOSw9mFbGA9U


Will these work with well with my MacBook if I buy this adapter?
1. M.2 M-Key PCIe NVMe SSD to 2013-2017 Macbook 12+16 Pin SSD Adapter Converter Mac (link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/M-2-M-Key-...893374?hash=item2cd576cb7e:g:t0IAAOSwWxNaxs3w)

 

[Audit13]

This thread is very informative: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/upgrading-2013-2014-macbook-pro-ssd-to-m-2-nvme.2034976/

 

[tubeexperience]

Transcend JetDrive 820 for Mac

https://www.transcend-info.com/Products/No-787

 

[Audit13]

A 960 GB transcend 820 is $600 USD from Newegg.com: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...m_re=Transcend_820-_-1Z4-000M-00087-_-Product

 

[tubeexperience]

A 960 GB transcend 820 is $600 USD from Newegg.com: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...m_re=Transcend_820-_-1Z4-000M-00087-_-Product

It is $0.49 cheaper on Amazon.

 

[terraphantm]

I'd much rather spend half the price on an NVMe SSD. I got my HP EX920 for $240 (thanks to the 20% of eBay deal recently), and the adapter is $10-15 on Amazon.

Downside is you have to modify your EFI to get it to work properly for pre-2015 macs. But you can also get a PCIe AHCI drive and have it function properly without messing with the EFI. Granted those are somewhat rare.