Macbook Pro Retina 2016 Ssd Upgrade

For this story i upgraded a 15 inch 2013 macbook pro with retina display that originally came with 256gb of storage.

Macbook pro retina 2016 ssd upgrade. Macbook pro 15 touch bar late 2016. I purchased a 480gb owc aura 6g ssd envoy pro upgrade kit which costs 288. Apple s 2016 revision to their laptop lineup targeted at professional users. Unlike the 15 inch retina display macbook pro the ssd in the late 2012 and early 2013 models is mounted in a small drive caddy that can hold a 5 mm or 7 mm tall ssd or hard drive in lieu of the small proprietary ssd module that.

Owc has also offered pcie ssd upgrades for macbook pro retina laptops from 2012 through early 2013. To find out what you have click the apple logo in the top left corner of the menu bar and select the about this mac option. For example i ve got macbook pro retina 15 inch mid 2015. Owc 2 0tb aura pro x2 complete ssd upgrade solution with tools owc envoy pro enclosure for macbook air mid 2013 2017 and macbook pro retina late 2013 mid 2015 owcs3dapt4mb20k 4 3 out of 5 stars 458.

The company even has used uncommon pentalobe screws also called five. Just calling it a macbook pro isn t enough. M 2 ssd to macbook pro retina a1425 a1398 adapter amazon dx combine these adapters with either a samsung 850 evo msata ssd or a transcend m 2 ssd respectively and you could potentially upgrade the ssd for significantly less than the designed from scratch modules offered by transcend and owc. Owc 1 0tb aura pro x2 complete ssd upgrade solution with tools owc envoy pro enclosure for macbook air mid 2013 2017 and macbook pro retina late 2013 mid 2015 owcs3dapt4mb10k 4 4 out of 5 stars 751.

Upgrade obstacles compatible ssd details. If you purchased a macbook pro retina you already shelled out at least 1 300 for the 13 in. Apple does not intend for end users to upgrade the ssd in these models themselves.