There’s more to it than sliding in a M.2 SSD into a Mac system. Apple uses a proprietary blade interface so you can’t use a M.2 drive. I would recommend sticking with either one of the custom Apple drives listed here [https://beetstech.com/blog/apple-proprietary-ssd-ultimate-guide-to-specs-and-upgrades|The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs] jump down to '''Generation 2''' section. Or, go with either one of the third party drives made by [https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro-retina-display/2012-2013|OWC] to [https://us.transcend-info.com/apple/jetdrive_pcie|Transcend]
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There’s more to it than sliding in a M.2 SSD into a Mac system.
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Apple uses a proprietary blade interface so you can’t use a M.2 drive. I would recommend sticking with either one of the custom Apple drives listed here [https://beetstech.com/blog/apple-proprietary-ssd-ultimate-guide-to-specs-and-upgrades|The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs] jump down to '''Generation 2''' section. Or, go with either one of the third party drives made by [https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro-retina-display/2012-2013|OWC] to [https://us.transcend-info.com/apple/jetdrive_pcie|Transcend]
Last issue here is you can’t use the faster PCIe/NVMe drives as the systems interface is only SATA based.
There’s more to it than sliding in a M.2 SSD into a Mac system. Apple uses a proprietary blade interface so you can’t use a M.2 drive. I would recommend sticking with either one of the custom Apple drives listed here [https://beetstech.com/blog/apple-proprietary-ssd-ultimate-guide-to-specs-and-upgrades|The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs] jump down to '''Generation 2''' section. Or, go with either one of the third party drive made by [https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro-retina-display/2012-2013|OWC] to [https://us.transcend-info.com/apple/jetdrive_pcie|Transcend]
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There’s more to it than sliding in a M.2 SSD into a Mac system. Apple uses a proprietary blade interface so you can’t use a M.2 drive. I would recommend sticking with either one of the custom Apple drives listed here [https://beetstech.com/blog/apple-proprietary-ssd-ultimate-guide-to-specs-and-upgrades|The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs] jump down to '''Generation 2''' section. Or, go with either one of the third party drives made by [https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro-retina-display/2012-2013|OWC] to [https://us.transcend-info.com/apple/jetdrive_pcie|Transcend]
Last issue here is you can’t use the faster PCIe/NVMe drives as the systems interface is only SATA based.
There’s more to it than sliding in a M.2 SSD into a Mac system. Apple uses a proprietary blade interface so you can’t use a M.2 drive. I would recommend sticking with either one of the custom Apple drives listed here [https://beetstech.com/blog/apple-proprietary-ssd-ultimate-guide-to-specs-and-upgrades|The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs] jump down to '''Generation 2''' section ''''''or go with either one of the third party drive made by [https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro-retina-display/2012-2013|OWC] to [https://us.transcend-info.com/apple/jetdrive_pcie|Transcend]
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There’s more to it than sliding in a M.2 SSD into a Mac system. Apple uses a proprietary blade interface so you can’t use a M.2 drive. I would recommend sticking with either one of the custom Apple drives listed here [https://beetstech.com/blog/apple-proprietary-ssd-ultimate-guide-to-specs-and-upgrades|The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs] jump down to '''Generation 2''' section. Or, go with either one of the third party drive made by [https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro-retina-display/2012-2013|OWC] to [https://us.transcend-info.com/apple/jetdrive_pcie|Transcend]
Last issue here is you can’t use the faster PCIe/NVMe drives as the systems interface is only SATA based.
There’s more to it than sliding in a M.2 SSD into a Mac system. Apple uses a proprietary blade interface so you can’t use a M.2 drive. I would recommend sticking with either one of the custom Apple drives listed here [https://beetstech.com/blog/apple-proprietary-ssd-ultimate-guide-to-specs-and-upgrades|The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs] jump down to '''Generation 2''' section ''''''or go with either one of the third party drive made by [https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro-retina-display/2012-2013|OWC] to [https://us.transcend-info.com/apple/jetdrive_pcie|Transcend]
Last issue here is you can’t use the faster PCIe/NVMe drives as the systems interface is only SATA based.