Your iMac uses a custom PCIe/NVMe SSD. Apple has two versions of these a 2 lane (x2) and a 4 lane (x4). So far Apple is the only source for the x4 SSD's OWC & Transcend offer x2 units.
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As for taking a MacBook Pro SSD and using it: Only the newer models (2015) have PCI'e/NVMe drives, the previous generations used a PCIe/AHCI and the oldest models are SATA/AHCI.
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As for taking a MacBook Pro SSD and using it: Only the newer models (2015) have PCIe/NVMe drives, the previous generations used a PCIe/AHCI and the oldest models are SATA/AHCI.
So before you pull the SSD from your MacBook Pro go into 'About this Mac' and click System Report so you can check which SSD you have.
Here's a great diagram which explains the different interfaces:
Your iMac uses a custom PCIe/NVMe SSD. Apple has two versions of these a 2 lane (x2) and a 4 lane (x4). So far Apple is the only source for the x4 SSD's OWC & Transcend offer x2 units.
-
As for taking a MacBook Pro SSD and using it: Only the newer models (2015) have PCI'e/NVMe drives the previous generations used a PCIe/AHCI and the oldest models are SATA/AHCI.
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As for taking a MacBook Pro SSD and using it: Only the newer models (2015) have PCI'e/NVMe drives, the previous generations used a PCIe/AHCI and the oldest models are SATA/AHCI.
So before you pull the SSD from your MacBook Pro go into 'About this Mac' and click System Report so you can check which SSD you have.
Here's a great diagram which explains the different interfaces:
Your iMac uses a custom PCIe/NVMe SSD. Apple has two versions of these a 2 lane (x2) and a 4 lane (x4). So far Apple is the only source for the x4 SSD's OWC & Transcend offer x2 units.
-
As for taking a MacBook Pro SSD and using it: Only the newer models (2015) have PCI'e/NVMe drives the previous generations used a PCIe/AHCI and the oldest models are SATA/AHCI. Here's a great diagram which explains it
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As for taking a MacBook Pro SSD and using it: Only the newer models (2015) have PCI'e/NVMe drives the previous generations used a PCIe/AHCI and the oldest models are SATA/AHCI.
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So before you pull the SSD from your MacBook Pro go into 'About this Mac' and click System Report so you can check which SSD you have.
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+
Here's a great diagram which explains the different interfaces:
Your iMac uses a custom PCIe/NVMe SSD. Apple has two versions of these a 2 lane (x2) and a 4 lane (x4). So far Apple is the only source for the x4 SSD's OWC & Transcend offer x2 units.
As for taking a MacBook Pro SSD and using it: Only the newer models (2015) have PCI'e/NVMe drives the previous generations used a PCIe/AHCI and the oldest models are SATA/AHCI. Here's a great diagram which explains it
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