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The March 2015 update of Apple's 13" MacBook Pro Retina Display, model A1502, features fifth-generation Intel Core i5 and i7 processors and introduces the Force Touch trackpad.

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Internal drive swap mbp 2013 and 2015

I have dead mbp 2015 early retina 13 and good mbp 2013 retina 13. I believe internal SSD in mbp 2015 is not damaged. Can I boot the 2013 mbp using internal SSD taken from the 2015 mbp? Both models are reffered as A1502 and use PCIe SSD. SSD itself is interchangeble but I wonder configuration file might be problem. I tried OWC enclosure but cannot mount the SSD, maybe because of encryption. I just want to take out important files from the SSD before sending it for repair.

THANK YOU!!!

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May not be that easy… Apple altered the drives format to APFS when you upgraded to High Sierra. If the system you are trying to use has not been upgraded it’s system firmware won’t know how to handle reading the drive.

In addition, the older system can’t access the newer PCIe/NVMe Drives directly. The OWC Auroa case may not be for 2015 generation SSD as well.

Reference this for a full understanding: The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs

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Thank you for your reply.

Both MBP 2013 and 2015 use PCIe2.0-NVMe. Upgrade from 2013 to 2015 seems to be minor although it may prevent from swapping SSD.

Re OWC enclosure, I used envoy pro which is compatible to SSDs used for 2013 MBP and after. With this enclosure, my 2015 MBP's SSD is recognized by Disk Utility but cannot be mounted. I can erase/repair/format it. It appeared just like a new SSD.

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The early 2013 uses a different SSD than the late 2013 as I was not sure which you had. Thats why I posted the SSD guide so you had the info to figure things out.

But the version of macOS each has as I stated out will also be a factor.

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Both MBP are running on the same version (newest) of MacOS. Since I have both, it's easy to try. But I dont want to end up with having two dead MBP.

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