12/28/2022 0 Comments Mac ssd adapter![]() ![]() The catch is, just like i mentioned before, u need 2230 or 2242 SSD for a perfect fit. So i managed to install a new SSD to A1708 2017 MacBook Pro using this adapter. Just keep in mind there are a lot snake oil sales folks online. So… Is it worth trying? Given the fact there are no alternatives you are between a rock and a hard place with no way out (thanks Apple!) I guess if you need more storage and are unable to get the correct drive for your system you’ll need to give it a try. ![]() ![]() Between the costs of the correct drive and what went down the drain and then the labor to put the proper drive in.Īlso review this: The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs I’ve had people crying when I tell them the news. While there are lots of people who swear by M.2 SSD’s in MacBook Pro’s, I’ve needed to take out quite a lot of adapter/SSD setups at least the MacBook Pro’s are easy enough to take out, the iMac’s are a different story. They and Transcend figured out how to make a direct Apple compatible drive and support it on the older models! I was hoping OWC would have offered a SSD which was pin compatible. There is also some issues with sleep mode as the signal it uses is not present in the M.2 SSD's. So while the M.2 drive will likely work, over time the adapter/drive combo tend to fail. The M.2 interface currently are limited to four.Īpple also has some special sauce in there SSD’s that the M.2 drives don’t have. The Apple interface was designed with the idea of creating wider I/O than 4 PCI lanes (x4). I’m curious on how it performs against the Apple unit. But what happen if the macOS can't properly "talk" with the SSD controller ? (because it never designed to do so) Then the SSD won't know for sure when to sleep, and when to use appropriate power. ![]() Let's say, the SSD is supposed to use less than 0.5W of power when idling, and less than 0.2W when in sleep state, if everything work good, then surely there wont be any problem. Even though you can say that most of it consume similar amount of power, not every firmware and model play nice when it installed on macOS, which wasnt designed to be used with all those different controller and firmware. To make it even more complex, each brand has their own variants as well, like how Silocon Motion has SM2262, 2262EN, 2263XT, or how Phison has P11, P12 and so on. NVME SSD come with many different controllers (Silicon Motion, Western Digital/Sandisk, Toshiba, Hynix, Samsung, Phison, Realtek, etc) and firmware on it. Ka what you said is true if it were to be installed on normal PC. ![]()
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