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#How to replace macbook 2015 ssd upgrade
#How to replace macbook 2015 ssd full
#How to replace macbook 2015 ssd pro
#How to replace macbook 2015 ssd plus

I picked the ADATA XPG SX8200 SSD after following the MacRumours thread intensively.

A P5 Pentalobe & a T5 Torx Screwdriver ( iFixIt have a great kit, but there is a budget option).

Are there any ‘gotchas’ that I need to be wary of?Ī huge thread on MacRumours answered almost all of these questions, as well as raising some new ones along the way, as people started experimenting with setups.

Which NVMe drive is best in terms of speed and compatibility with macOS?.

Which adapter is needed, and where can I get one from?.

Does this work on the early 2015 retina MacBook Pro?.

What followed was some late nights gathering answers to the following questions Talk of an adapter that can be used with the super-speedy NVMe SSD drives suddenly catch my eye.

#How to replace macbook 2015 ssd upgrade

I believe OWC sold some upgrade kits, but they were outside of my budget.įast-forward to earlier this year, and my search results change. Occasional searches every 6 months or so revealed that whilst the SSD is removable (and about the only thing that is on that machine!), any upgrades were hugely pricey due to a proprietary connection used by Apple. Whilst at home, I also have a USB dock connected which has a couple of external hard-drives connected, but again, suffer with being slow.

This doubles my usable space, but is a second-class citizen of course, as it’s inherently slow. With only 128GB of disk space, I quickly added a Transcend JetDrive Lite to the machine, which sits flush in the SD card slot on the right-hand side.

Entry-level 128GB SSD, 8GB RAM it is then! As it turns out, they were just drop-shipping the standard builds, which meant any customisation (upgrading the RAM etc.) was out of the question.

#How to replace macbook 2015 ssd pro

For those of us in the UK, it is managed by the same company that also do the Cycle To Work Scheme vouchers etc.Īt the time, I had a capable but old MacBook Pro (2011 I believe), so the temptation of an upgrade was too great, and I jumped at the opportunity for a shiny new retina MacBook Pro (Early 2015). I am not sure if I can trust the system with an EVO SSD.It’s early 2016, and my employer comes up with a scheme that can help us purchase a laptop and spread the cost over 12 months. I even changed the adapter from the Kalea to System-S converter card ( ). I tried to simulate the situation of running couple of VMs and do a stress and load test, but the System booted correctly. I changed back the SSD disk and voila it booted, I swap again to the EVO 1TB and it booted too. Next day (I thought it was maybe to hot) I tried it again but nothing. I could hear the fans, but no start sound or any output on the screen, tried a PRAM reset but nothing.

#How to replace macbook 2015 ssd full

In the evening I had to work with a couple of VMs and system was running under full load, I finished and shutdown the system.īut afterwards the mac didn't want to boot. Yesterday (26 of Feb.) I made an APFS disk, cloned the original disk, swaped the SSD bars and booted.Įverything worked as expected, I could work a whole day without any Issues. So I decided to with to an Samsung 970 Evo 1TB.

#How to replace macbook 2015 ssd plus

Because I alway ran out of storage I wanted to upgrade to an Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB.įor reasons I don't know I couldn't clone the system to that SSD (CCC always crashed after 30-40GB). I have an Macbook Pro Mid 2015 with an 512GB SSD.