This macbook air will not take conventional SSD.(such as the samdung evo ) they are in the form of a card and are very similar to M.2 SSDs BUT apple have decided to move the notch on the SSDs(the notch is the cut in the middel of the card where it connects to the mobo, logic board ... whatever you wanna call it ). Which means if you go out and buy a standard M.2 SSD chances are it wont fit. i have seen variations in where the notch is in older models and i really hope apple have conformed to standards of the industry rather than just call some variation of a connector a different name. the good news is YES you can at least increase the storage capacity of a mac book air of any year, BUT you must do your homework to make sure you get the right one. Good Luck
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This MacBook air will not take a conventional SSD (such as the Samsung EVO 850 or 950). They are a different blade type of SSD and are very similar to M.2 SSD's.
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Apple decided to move the notch on the SSD's (the notch is the cut in the middle of the board where it connects to the logic board (MLB... whatever you wanna call it). Which means if you go out and buy a standard M.2 SSD it wont fit.
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I have seen variations in where the notch is in older models and I really hope Apple will conform to standards of the industry rather than just call some variation of a connector a different name.
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The good news is YES! You can at least increase the storage capacity of a MacBook air of any year. BUT, you must do your homework to make sure you get the right one.
This macbook air will not take conventional SSD.(such as the samdung evo ) they are in the form of a card and are very similar to M.2 SSDs BUT apple have decided to move the notch on the SSDs(the notch is the cut in the middel of the card where it connects to the mobo, logic board ... whatever you wanna call it ). Which means if you go out and buy a standard M.2 SSD chances are it wont fit. i have seen variations in where the notch is in older models and i really hope apple have conformed to standards of the industry rather than just call some variation of a connector a different name. the good news is YES you can at least increase the storage capacity of a mac book air of any year, BUT you must do your homework to make sure you get the right one. Good Luck