Battery should be disconnected first before removing any components from the logic board. Also when opening up the case and you see this much dust/dirt you should take the time to use compressed air and blow out all the dust and debris from the computer. I usually wipe down the inside part of the case cover as well before closing the case up.
Thanks, great video. I'd love to note one thing for people who don't have an extra HDD/SSD lying around, instead of buying a whole USB (flash) drive, you can also buy a M2 USB adapter for NVMe drives. You're right on not being able to find a reasonable priced adapter for drives with the Mac connector, but for regular drives there are plenty of cheap and reliable adapters out there, which means you only have to clone it once: directly to your new drive and then you only have to put it in your Mac afterwards. But, if one's going to do that, they might want to skip to the end of the video where you format the drive before running the cloning software again.
Yes that's true and also the M2 USB adapters are much cheaper now than at the time of recording! However once you put your NVMe in, what are you gonna use the M2 adapter for?
@@Andytizer yeah that's a good point. Might be handy to have around for possible other situations where you need to read out drives like that (or at some point on a new device, the drive you installed in your Macbook), and with a good deal an adapter can be cheaper than a drive with enough storage. But even then it might be more cost effective for some to buy any type of storage to use for other purposes after the cloning process rather than having an adapter you don't do much with.
Thank You So much for your helpful video. I had no idea that this could be done and with the help of Your video I was able to change my old MacBook from 128GB To 500GB and add many years to its usefulness. As a matter of fact, I’m still using it to this very day as I write this comment. You should feel proud that the video You posted so long ago, has helped so many people. I’m so very thankful to You for taking the time to share Your knowledge with so many. Augusta, Ga. USA 👍👍
Couple of critical points missed for non-Mac user upgrading: for this to work 1) power supply must be plugged in 2)external drive must have no partitions/containers and fully formated as a whole 3) the formating/initializing of upgrade SSD should state "GUI" in line below format choice. You need to update this great video as Carbon Copier has a new version which is even more awesome & still with free trial
Thanks. I went with this solution as well. I can’t tell if it’s really affecting my battery very much, but I’m keeping the screen a little dimmer just to compensate. As for reinstallation, I just put Monterey installer on a thumb drive booted to the Internet for recovery mode and it worked perfectly.
Very good and easy to follow. I carried out a similar upgrade in a 2010 Mac mini and I just installed a SSD hard drive and installed the contents of my old drive from the time machine back up external hard drive.
Woooooooooooooooow! You saved my music career with this one!! Will this same SSD and adapter work for the 13 inch MacBook Air (early 2015)?? thank you so much!!
Easiest way is to make a time machine backup, install the new drive, CMD + R to format new drive and install software then reinstall time machine backup. saves you alot of time.
Useful video! Just wonder how's the battery performance with P2? Heard that the battery drains really fast with it. Would love to know if it's true. Thank you very much!
Good video but you say 'no adapter' is necessary in the written description at top BUT you show one being used at 7:16. What is the name of this adapter please?
Because when using CCC you can create and identical “bootable” copy of the OS with all files, this copy could even be ran via USB (although speeds will be heavily reduced)
Hi, I followed every step, but after the first reboot, while holding the Option key, I don’t get any volumes to choose from. Only an option to connect to the internet.... any ideas on how to solve this problem? Thanks
Very well explained, thanks. I have a 11inch, MacBook Air early 2015 with a 250gb SSD, which I wish to upgrade to 1TB, using the Crucial P1 NVMe 1TB SSD. Will I need the same Sintech NGFF adapter? Thanks in advance. Percy
you can use that adapter or the smaller less bulky version from amazon www.amazon.com/dp/B07FYY3H5F/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_i_qlJ.FbV7WH22Z?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 used in this video th-cam.com/video/4SSxtWPogFQ/w-d-xo.html
Great video Thanks so I have one question, Where can I buy the adapter for the ssd drive please I look for it and I can't find the place have nice day.
@Andrew Tsai thank you for this video. I have a question. Can we still use carbon copy as you did after upgrading os to Big Sur. Or we have to boot and install from USB ? Thank you for your answer.
Thanks for the video. This actually works great and the easiest to follow, even not using sintech adaptor (i used the cheapest adaptor, sintech is expensive here). Advise is some SSD may not recognize at the beginning but after format (use disk utility boot from cloned external drive), it will work as the video.
I have a question. I have the 13 inch 128gb early 2015 macbook air. If I change it to the 500 gb SSD will it improve the speed on the laptop? Right now it lags after upgrading to Big Sur
Hi , I want to ask, replace the flash storage of the Macbook Pro 2015 with another SSD from info some friends in the group, there are experience naturally can't hibernate or sleep mode, the battery heats up quickly and wastes and even some that die completely can't be restored again because of the panic screen and then it's completely dead can't be repaired again. My question is, should I look for an SSD and converter that is really compatible because each SSD has different speeds, while the Mac software is not as fast as the latest SSD. Then the type of ssd must also be the same as the original. Friends say it's like we ride a BMW, spare parts are replaced by LOWEST part , let alone use a converter. Then, if we replace the SSD, the one that appears in our storage is not FLASH STORAGE but SSD, is there really a difference that can cause occasional errors? Then the final question, if the SSD is replaced, the OS is upgraded, can it ERROR and die. Is there something natural about it? Thanks for the answers to some of the questions above. I hope this channel will be more successful
Ok this is a long shot but has anyone else had "wake" issues after this hardware change? About 75% of the time, my macbook refuses to wake on open, doesn't respond to repeated ESC presses or mousepad clicks. I usually wind up holding down the power key to restart. Anyone? Anyone?
I cannot seem to get the external to read as a bootable drive does it have to be in a certain format also should mention that this is on the latest version of monterey and CCC 6, any help would be appreciated
Hi Percy... if you're still wondering, both the 1TB and 2TB are fine. I believe the 1TB Crucial drive has faster read/write speeds too. I'm still researching all of this but I'm opting for the 500GB drive featured in this video only as it's much cheaper.
@@rick_terscale1111 one issue with these Crucial drives now is that they degraded the components inside that drive recently. Same as how some other brands like WD did it with some models. Also, heat is a big concern with this type of drives in general, meaning your Macbook will run noticably warmer. The basic rule with NVMe drives is that speed comes with heat. I've tried a few. Samsung NVMes ran the hottest but still seemed to keep their speed. Crucial ones, WD ones and Kingston ones I have (especially used the Kingston A2000 for some time), they ran pretty hot too but not as hot as the Samsung. They seem to throttle if your doing very heavy tasks and they get really hot though. Even when you're basically doing nothing, they all run "warm". The drive I'm using now is the Intel 660p, which is definitely the best option in terms of heat, there's very little difference with my original drive. However, it comes with the downside of QLC (which means slower speed when you start filling the drive, same for Crucial P2). The Intel is also noticably slower in general than most NVMe drives, running at SATA speeds. But from day-to-day use, you get the storage upgrade and casual users won't ever notice the difference in speed over time. And it makes sense, because like I said, the faster the drive is the more heat it will generate.
Thanks for the video I think it is very useful. I just have one question I have the same MacBook model, but it is incredible slow opening apps and documents, is literally a nightmare. Do you think it will improve with a new SSD?? Thanks.
hello sir, thank you for the video, i have 2 questions 1) can i use a usb memory stick to copy the data instead of the external hard drive(if yes, in which format the usb flash memory should be)? , 2) i have a windows 10 installed on my macbook air using bootcamp, so is it going to copy it without a problem or it will only compy the macOS only?
1) Yes if the USB is big enough, macOS Journaled or APFS. 2) Copying Bootcamp is tricky, I would just start fresh or you can use paid software Winclone.
Great! I have an Early 2014 Macbook Air 13 inch that I would like to upgrade to a Crucial P2 500GB SSD. Would this M.2 adapter work for my computer? Thanks in advance!
Andrew Tsai Is it possible that I got a bad Crucial SSD? I have tried to using in different computers from other clients and none of my computers recognized the Crucial SSD. I am really having a hard time on this one because I feel I got a bad ssd. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks a lot for your help and the video.
FYI: I performed this upgrade also in a 2014 rmbp with the samsung evo plus 1tb, found out the sleep/standby/hibernation/autopoweroff issues affected the 2013-2014 models, reading on the macrumors forum website thread this known for all aftermarket ssds and apple has no plan to update the dxe boot rom driver for this forums.macrumors.com/threads/upgrading-2013-2014-macbook-pro-ssd-to-m-2-nvme.2034976/page-257 Mac models will enter Standby mode after they have been sleeping for 3 hours. The issue we are investigating is a system crash which can sometimes occur while attempting to wake a Mac from this Standby mode. Afterward a panic log will be displayed. eshop.macsales.com/Service/Knowledgebase/Article/26/785/NVMe-SSDs-Standby-Mode-Issue This problem is related to the NVMe DXE driver in the bootrom indmem-global.com/download/20191014.html
@@LPAFilm I had to create a mount of Monterey using the terminal as explained here th-cam.com/video/Mqnr3f8eikc/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Jinu%27sTech-Videos . Then I was able to install Monterey on the new SDD and during the installation I was able to copy data from the clone. It is slightly longer but it worked fine.
the max read/write speed is1500 mb/s, all the same whether geekbench or black magic disk speed test app, this is the max capped by apple no matter the promoted speed on any of the nvme drives...
Hi i found your videos really helpful, may i ask if i have macbook air 11 inch 2015 128gb ssd by default, am i capable to 500gb SSD upgrade?, Really looking forward to your response
:-( after installing the new SSD and powering up with the option key held down my macbook air (early 2015, Mojave) only shows the external usb drive. Any thoughts?
@@thehacklife0913 I have no idea if the 11 inch ssd is replaceable or not. If I had to guess I would say it is but I'd suggest googling around and see what you can find out.
Any one having problem on running OS BigSure? I'm with my crucial ssd running with OS Mojave, all good with Mojave, but I can't up grade to BigSure. It can't install because the drive does not have "APFS", that's the massage that I get.
per sintech ssd adapter on amazon, fit 2013-2017 Macbook Air fit late 2013-Mid 2015 Mac PRO support Adata NVMe SSD : SX6000, SX7000, SX8200, SX8200 Pro etc,Corsair : MP500, MP510,Crucial : P1,HP: ex920, ex950 Support Intel NVMe SSD : 600p, 660p, 760p,Toshiba XG3-XG4-XG5-XG5p-XG6 line,Samsung: 960 Evo, 960 Pro, 970 Evo, 970 Pro,WD:v1, v2 and v3,MyDigital: SBX - BPX...check the link Sintech NGFF M.2 nVME SSD Adapter Card for Upgrade MacBook Air(2013-2016 Year) and MacBook PRO(Late 2013-2015 Year) (Black) www.amazon.com/dp/B07FYY3H5F/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_was-FbRKGQ554
Morning Andrew. Would the Crucial P5 500 GB CT500P5SSD8 Internal Solid State Drive-up to 3400 MB/s (3D NAND, NVMe, PCIe, M.2, 2280SS) , work in this machine along with the same adapter please?
Hey, I tried this, and I have the same computer, adapter, and hard drive, but after I turned my computer after installing it, it has a Big Mac folder with a question mark on it, with the screen black in the background. What do I do?
@@Andytizer Ok, I’m using a sea gate external hard-drive and it’s not showing. I just fixed something and it’s only showing the internet recovery when as I’m trying to use it to back it up, when I go in and press the internet recovery option, it leads to other options, and I can see that it picked up, yet not when I first turn it on 😭
I noticed the SSD is a “P2” while the adapter I noticed only supports “P1” I tried to install the same SSD on my MacBook and right now I cannot get the drive to appear on my Mac. But when I put the old SSD back in the machine it runs just fine. Please help
@@LPAFilm Yes I did, turns out it had nothing to do with the hardware, Amazon even explains this in small print on the specs section of the item. These drives come with absolutely no info on them, so you have to boot the mac up with an external drive (that has compatible mac os on it) and than configure the new SSD that way in the settings, otherwise the mac wont recognize the new SSD because there is no pre existing software on it.
As a best practice, you should disconnect the battery as well as press the power button for a second or two to fully discharge the system. In reality, I've worked on hundreds of laptops (Mac and Windows) without disconnecting the battery and sometimes even the power supply without any issues. Laptops are a lot more robust than they're given credit for.
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Can I use these to upgrade MacBook Air 11? ✔️Crucial P2 1TB 1000GB 3D NAND PCIe NVMe Gen 3 M.2 SSD Up to 2400 MB/s 1 TB - CT1000P2SSD8 ✔️Sintech M.2 nVME SSD Card for Upgrade MacBook Air O.S. is mojave, thank you
Typical Apple, I hate that their products are so good otherwise nobody would buy anything from these shysters. In their new MacBooks every time you open an app that information goes straight to an Apple server while at the same time they claim they are so concerned with your privacy and you cannot turn this off. Using the privacy argument they wont allow the right to repair or have your own devices repaired by a third party, again shysters.
Nice. Well explained. One important bit of advice, though: make sure you unclip the battery before you touch any of the internal components.
This is good advice, will do next time!
@@Andytizer the sdd shown in the video is it suitable for apple macbook air 11 2014 early??
@@nikhilanandmythri3774 yes it’ll work.
@@Andytizer thank you so much 😊
Does gigabyte aorus 1tb compatible to macbook air A1466
Battery should be disconnected first before removing any components from the logic board. Also when opening up the case and you see this much dust/dirt you should take the time to use compressed air and blow out all the dust and debris from the computer. I usually wipe down the inside part of the case cover as well before closing the case up.
Thanks, great video. I'd love to note one thing for people who don't have an extra HDD/SSD lying around, instead of buying a whole USB (flash) drive, you can also buy a M2 USB adapter for NVMe drives. You're right on not being able to find a reasonable priced adapter for drives with the Mac connector, but for regular drives there are plenty of cheap and reliable adapters out there, which means you only have to clone it once: directly to your new drive and then you only have to put it in your Mac afterwards. But, if one's going to do that, they might want to skip to the end of the video where you format the drive before running the cloning software again.
Yes that's true and also the M2 USB adapters are much cheaper now than at the time of recording! However once you put your NVMe in, what are you gonna use the M2 adapter for?
@@Andytizer yeah that's a good point. Might be handy to have around for possible other situations where you need to read out drives like that (or at some point on a new device, the drive you installed in your Macbook), and with a good deal an adapter can be cheaper than a drive with enough storage. But even then it might be more cost effective for some to buy any type of storage to use for other purposes after the cloning process rather than having an adapter you don't do much with.
Thank you. I just upgraded my Mac to a 500GB internal drive. Excellent tutorial video.
Thank You So much for your helpful video. I had no idea that this could be done and with the help of Your video I was able to change my old MacBook from 128GB To 500GB and add many years to its usefulness. As a matter of fact, I’m still using it to this very day as I write this comment. You should feel proud that the video You posted so long ago, has helped so many people. I’m so very thankful to You for taking the time to share Your knowledge with so many. Augusta, Ga. USA 👍👍
Glad I could help :)
Couple of critical points missed for non-Mac user upgrading: for this to work 1) power supply must be plugged in 2)external drive must have no partitions/containers and fully formated as a whole 3) the formating/initializing of upgrade SSD should state "GUI" in line below format choice. You need to update this great video as Carbon Copier has a new version which is even more awesome & still with free trial
External drive? I did my 2014 Macbook Pro without one.
I did internet recovery and wiped my drive and reinstalled macOS.
Great video Andrew, nice and concise, easy to follow and well explained, thank you.
Thanks. I went with this solution as well. I can’t tell if it’s really affecting my battery very much, but I’m keeping the screen a little dimmer just to compensate.
As for reinstallation, I just put Monterey installer on a thumb drive booted to the Internet for recovery mode and it worked perfectly.
This video showed exactly what I was looking for!!! Thank you so much for the CCC example
Easy tutorial with a relaxed voice. Thank you.
Very good and easy to follow. I carried out a similar upgrade in a 2010 Mac mini and I just installed a SSD hard drive and installed the contents of my old drive from the time machine back up external hard drive.
Brilliant video thank you. I am about to do this and save lots of heartache with my lack of space on my little macbook. Cheers
Woooooooooooooooow! You saved my music career with this one!!
Will this same SSD and adapter work for the 13 inch MacBook Air (early 2015)??
thank you so much!!
Yes it does work for the 13 inch early 2015
Thank you for your video, very2 useful. I just upgraded my MacBook Air yesterday.
Easiest way is to make a time machine backup, install the new drive, CMD + R to format new drive and install software then reinstall time machine backup. saves you alot of time.
Useful video! Just wonder how's the battery performance with P2? Heard that the battery drains really fast with it. Would love to know if it's true. Thank you very much!
What a great video, thank you! This really helped me in my upgrade.
Good video but you say 'no adapter' is necessary in the written description at top BUT you show one being used at 7:16. What is the name of this adapter please?
That is the Sintech adapter: geni.us/sintechnvme
What I mean is that there is no USB adapter for use for cloning/copying original MacBook data.
why did you just use time machine?
good video thanks
won't be any problems updating to big sur? lets says some kind of hardware check during install?
Wont be an issue, it should just load up the new OS
Thank you a lot for this video. It helped me to finally install a new ssd
Glad I could help!
Can you tell me what type sad I need to upgrade my MacBook Pro mid 2014 the brand and all specifications please
Nice, but one question, why did you not use Apples own backup software Time Machine to backup and restore the disk.
good question! I'm interested in the answer !
using time machine, see video th-cam.com/video/4SSxtWPogFQ/w-d-xo.html
Because when using CCC you can create and identical “bootable” copy of the OS with all files, this copy could even be ran via USB (although speeds will be heavily reduced)
After the clone process completed it had a notice that stated that the macOS was not backed up. Is this normal? Or did I miss something in the setup?
Hi, I followed every step, but after the first reboot, while holding the Option key, I don’t get any volumes to choose from. Only an option to connect to the internet.... any ideas on how to solve this problem?
Thanks
Did you upgrade your original SSD to High Sierra or later, this is necessary for the firmware to update to read the NVMe drive.
@@Andytizer I’m running on Big sur. but have a 2015 MacBook Air, should be the same procedure?
@Dantheharpman were you able to solve the problem? I'm having the same exact issue.
Very well explained, thanks.
I have a 11inch, MacBook Air early 2015 with a 250gb SSD, which I wish to upgrade to 1TB, using the Crucial P1 NVMe 1TB SSD. Will I need the same Sintech NGFF adapter?
Thanks in advance.
Percy
you can use that adapter or the smaller less bulky version from amazon www.amazon.com/dp/B07FYY3H5F/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_i_qlJ.FbV7WH22Z?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 used in this video th-cam.com/video/4SSxtWPogFQ/w-d-xo.html
Did anyone have a reply to this question as I have the same one
Great video Thanks so I have one question, Where can I buy the adapter for the ssd drive please I look for it and I can't find the place have nice day.
thank you for this tutorial video, very detailed. I was thinking is the clone software free to use?
@Andrew Tsai thank you for this video. I have a question. Can we still use carbon copy as you did after upgrading os to Big Sur. Or we have to boot and install from USB ? Thank you for your answer.
Hello nice video ..can you provide link to the adapter piece needed to install a other than apple brand pcie m2 ssd drive please
I have a MacBook air mid 2012, what would you recommend for an upgrade of my ssd? The plug on my ssd is different than yours
Thanks for the video. This actually works great and the easiest to follow, even not using sintech adaptor (i used the cheapest adaptor, sintech is expensive here). Advise is some SSD may not recognize at the beginning but after format (use disk utility boot from cloned external drive), it will work as the video.
Glad I could help! I have used other cheaper adapters apart from SinTech and they all seem to work fine.
help! my macos catalina is not working ang shows an error occurred validating the installer data. the download is either damaged or incomplete
I have a question. I have the 13 inch 128gb early 2015 macbook air. If I change it to the 500 gb SSD will it improve the speed on the laptop? Right now it lags after upgrading to Big Sur
Thank for the video. I have a query. How Carbon Copy Cloner differ from Time Machine Backup? Which is the better one for Macbook air 2017?
Any idea why newer SSDs such as crucial P3 doesn't work with Macbook pro/Air?
Superb thank you!
Hi , I want to ask, replace the flash storage of the Macbook Pro 2015 with another SSD from info some friends in the group, there are experience naturally can't hibernate or sleep mode, the battery heats up quickly and wastes and even some that die completely can't be restored again because of the panic screen and then it's completely dead can't be repaired again. My question is, should I look for an SSD and converter that is really compatible because each SSD has different speeds, while the Mac software is not as fast as the latest SSD. Then the type of ssd must also be the same as the original. Friends say it's like we ride a BMW, spare parts are replaced by LOWEST part , let alone use a converter. Then, if we replace the SSD, the one that appears in our storage is not FLASH STORAGE but SSD, is there really a difference that can cause occasional errors? Then the final question, if the SSD is replaced, the OS is upgraded, can it ERROR and die. Is there something natural about it? Thanks for the answers to some of the questions above. I hope this channel will be more successful
Ok this is a long shot but has anyone else had "wake" issues after this hardware change? About 75% of the time, my macbook refuses to wake on open, doesn't respond to repeated ESC presses or mousepad clicks. I usually wind up holding down the power key to restart. Anyone? Anyone?
I cannot seem to get the external to read as a bootable drive does it have to be in a certain format also should mention that this is on the latest version of monterey and CCC 6, any help would be appreciated
Hi Andrew
Also, can I use the P2 1TB NVMe for my 11" MacBook Air 2015 early?
Hi Percy... if you're still wondering, both the 1TB and 2TB are fine.
I believe the 1TB Crucial drive has faster read/write speeds too.
I'm still researching all of this but I'm opting for the 500GB drive featured in this video only as it's much cheaper.
@@rick_terscale1111 one issue with these Crucial drives now is that they degraded the components inside that drive recently. Same as how some other brands like WD did it with some models. Also, heat is a big concern with this type of drives in general, meaning your Macbook will run noticably warmer. The basic rule with NVMe drives is that speed comes with heat.
I've tried a few. Samsung NVMes ran the hottest but still seemed to keep their speed. Crucial ones, WD ones and Kingston ones I have (especially used the Kingston A2000 for some time), they ran pretty hot too but not as hot as the Samsung. They seem to throttle if your doing very heavy tasks and they get really hot though. Even when you're basically doing nothing, they all run "warm".
The drive I'm using now is the Intel 660p, which is definitely the best option in terms of heat, there's very little difference with my original drive. However, it comes with the downside of QLC (which means slower speed when you start filling the drive, same for Crucial P2). The Intel is also noticably slower in general than most NVMe drives, running at SATA speeds. But from day-to-day use, you get the storage upgrade and casual users won't ever notice the difference in speed over time. And it makes sense, because like I said, the faster the drive is the more heat it will generate.
is that adaptor something you got from crucial?
could you make a video please- how to upgrade ram 4gb to 16 gb at macBook Air 11.6 inch 2015
The RAM is soldered in and can’t be changed I’m afraid!
Is there any other adapters that I can use instead? I live in Europe and cant seem to find this one anywhere :(
Thanks for the video I think it is very useful.
I just have one question I have the same MacBook model, but it is incredible slow opening apps and documents, is literally a nightmare.
Do you think it will improve with a new SSD??
Thanks.
Yes your old SSD is probably dying, new one might help or do a fresh install of macOS.
@@Andytizer Thank you!
do we get those connector within those packaging or do we have to order them?
My SSD doesn't get recognized from disk utility. Why?
what version of MacOS are you running? Not all versions support this SSD.
Does changing SSD will increase the speed of computer? Did you tried using the Blackmagic software?
Thank you!
Please reply I want to know will ssd samsung nvme 980 1tb pro work in macbook air A1466 please reply I’m not sure about the compatibility please reply
Yep!
hello sir, thank you for the video, i have 2 questions 1) can i use a usb memory stick to copy the data instead of the external hard drive(if yes, in which format the usb flash memory should be)? , 2) i have a windows 10 installed on my macbook air using bootcamp, so is it going to copy it without a problem or it will only compy the macOS only?
1) Yes if the USB is big enough, macOS Journaled or APFS. 2) Copying Bootcamp is tricky, I would just start fresh or you can use paid software Winclone.
Friend, thanks for this video tutorial. A question, how I can change mem ram 4gb to 8gb? with macbook air 11 early 2015?
No
T5 or T6 to remove the flash storage?
Hi Andrew, thanks for the video. My original SSD completely died - so how can I boot into the machine if I don't have any access to the OS?
Install the new SSD and then switch on laptop holding Command+R, then use Disk Utility to format as APFS and the install macOS.
Unfortunately the Crucial P2 does not work for my Macbook Air 2015, after installing the P2 SSD card it becomes hot and lost it's power.
Same issue, with the new drive and external not appearing after restart. Did u figure it out?
Hola, no me reconoce la ssd crucial. Como puedo hacerlo
Is your external Hard Drive formated into empty disk before attempting?
Great! I have an Early 2014 Macbook Air 13 inch that I would like to upgrade to a Crucial P2 500GB SSD. Would this M.2 adapter work for my computer? Thanks in advance!
Yes the SinTech adapter works for Early 2014 MacBook Air.
My Crucial SSD is not recognized by my computer using disk utility. Do you know what’s wrong?
Manuel Sanchez is your MacBook using High Sierra or above?
Andrew Tsai yes it is currently in High Sierra 10.13
Andrew Tsai Is it possible that I got a bad Crucial SSD? I have tried to using in different computers from other clients and none of my computers recognized the Crucial SSD. I am really having a hard time on this one because I feel I got a bad ssd. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks a lot for your help and the video.
Bro, for the new ssd, is the booting performance also improving?
Wait, what if you dont have enough space to upgrade the OS to be NVME compatible?
I have macbook air 2014 early , 11 inch size , can i upgrade my hdd ? And if yes please tell me how ?
Yes you can - same process as in this video.
FYI: I performed this upgrade also in a 2014 rmbp with the samsung evo plus 1tb, found out the sleep/standby/hibernation/autopoweroff issues affected the 2013-2014 models, reading on the macrumors forum website thread this known for all aftermarket ssds and apple has no plan to update the dxe boot rom driver for this forums.macrumors.com/threads/upgrading-2013-2014-macbook-pro-ssd-to-m-2-nvme.2034976/page-257
Mac models will enter Standby mode after they have been sleeping for 3 hours. The issue we are investigating is a system crash which can sometimes occur while attempting to wake a Mac from this Standby mode. Afterward a panic log will be displayed.
eshop.macsales.com/Service/Knowledgebase/Article/26/785/NVMe-SSDs-Standby-Mode-Issue
This problem is related to the NVMe DXE driver in the bootrom
indmem-global.com/download/20191014.html
Hello Andrew. Followed all instructions to “option + power,” but the two drives don’t appear! Any advice please?
Did u figure it out? Same problem! External and new internal drive don’t appear after restart
@@LPAFilm I had to create a mount of Monterey using the terminal as explained here th-cam.com/video/Mqnr3f8eikc/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Jinu%27sTech-Videos . Then I was able to install Monterey on the new SDD and during the installation I was able to copy data from the clone. It is slightly longer but it worked fine.
Can you tell me the SSD speed test for this upgrade? Thx.
Good question, would also be interested in this information.
the max read/write speed is1500 mb/s, all the same whether geekbench or black magic disk speed test app, this is the max capped by apple no matter the promoted speed on any of the nvme drives...
Hi i found your videos really helpful, may i ask if i have macbook air 11 inch 2015 128gb ssd by default, am i capable to 500gb SSD upgrade?, Really looking forward to your response
Yes also 2TB will work too.
:-( after installing the new SSD and powering up with the option key held down my macbook air (early 2015, Mojave) only shows the external usb drive. Any thoughts?
Ignore that. I figured out how to get it recognized. Great video, though.
Hi sorry to bother, but may i ask if am i capable to upgrade my macbook air 11inch 2015 128gb ssd default to 500gb ssd?
@@thehacklife0913 I have no idea if the 11 inch ssd is replaceable or not. If I had to guess I would say it is but I'd suggest googling around and see what you can find out.
Question can I use a usb if I don’t have an external clone system
Any one having problem on running OS BigSure? I'm with my crucial ssd running with OS Mojave, all good with Mojave, but I can't up grade to BigSure. It can't install because the drive does not have "APFS", that's the massage that I get.
Could someone suggest which SSD's work on 2017 Macbook Air A1466 ?
per sintech ssd adapter on amazon, fit 2013-2017 Macbook Air
fit late 2013-Mid 2015 Mac PRO
support Adata NVMe SSD : SX6000, SX7000, SX8200, SX8200 Pro etc,Corsair : MP500, MP510,Crucial : P1,HP: ex920, ex950
Support Intel NVMe SSD : 600p, 660p, 760p,Toshiba XG3-XG4-XG5-XG5p-XG6 line,Samsung: 960 Evo, 960 Pro, 970 Evo, 970 Pro,WD:v1, v2 and v3,MyDigital: SBX - BPX...check the link Sintech NGFF M.2 nVME SSD Adapter Card for Upgrade MacBook Air(2013-2016 Year) and MacBook PRO(Late 2013-2015 Year) (Black) www.amazon.com/dp/B07FYY3H5F/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_was-FbRKGQ554
can i use the crucial p2 to my macbook air 11" early 2014
Morning Andrew. Would the Crucial P5 500 GB CT500P5SSD8 Internal Solid State Drive-up to 3400 MB/s (3D NAND, NVMe, PCIe, M.2, 2280SS) , work in this machine along with the same adapter please?
Yes, absolutely.
Thank you Andrew. One last question please, before I order! Would this not get too hot in the 2015 11 inch Air? Thank you.
Hey, I tried this, and I have the same computer, adapter, and hard drive, but after I turned my computer after installing it, it has a Big Mac folder with a question mark on it, with the screen black in the background. What do I do?
The hard drive I have is 1TB, but the same one you have.
It could be an issue with the adapter, if it can’t see the SSD then it might need replacing
@@Andytizer Ok, I’m using a sea gate external hard-drive and it’s not showing. I just fixed something and it’s only showing the internet recovery when as I’m trying to use it to back it up, when I go in and press the internet recovery option, it leads to other options, and I can see that it picked up, yet not when I first turn it on 😭
Is it ok to use Super Duper for cloning?
Everyone upgrades there mac laptop,But knowone uses the fastest Nvme ssd, for these old machines?..The Samsung 970 pro. 1tb....Why?..
Does SK hynix Gold P31 500GB PCIe NVMe Gen3 M.2 2280 work for Macbook Air 2017 A1466 ?
hello Andrew. Crucial say that this SSD won't work with the Air 2015 11 inch. Comments please.
They're wrong, it just requires this custom adapter.
@@Andytizer Thank you. You have been so helpful. I wonder why they say it won't, is it because of the adapter?
Does the external harddrive need to be empty before cloning the old SSD files into it? Pls answer
Yes you will wipe all the data on the SSD.
@@Andytizer got it. Thank you. Thanks for the video as well!
What is the largest drive that the 11 inch air book can handle? As far as terabytes?
2TB NVMe is the max.
Nah worst video EVER!!! LOL no im just kidding you saved me a crap load of money doing this myself...Thank you so much!
hi its that downgrade before you upgrade ssd and then reformat OS
I noticed the SSD is a “P2” while the adapter I noticed only supports “P1” I tried to install the same SSD on my MacBook and right now I cannot get the drive to appear on my Mac. But when I put the old SSD back in the machine it runs just fine. Please help
Same issue, with the new drive and external not appearing after restart. Did u figure it out?
@@LPAFilm Yes I did, turns out it had nothing to do with the hardware, Amazon even explains this in small print on the specs section of the item. These drives come with absolutely no info on them, so you have to boot the mac up with an external drive (that has compatible mac os on it) and than configure the new SSD that way in the settings, otherwise the mac wont recognize the new SSD because there is no pre existing software on it.
once you partition it and what not, you should be able to plug it in and download the latest os through online or VM
I'm having problem with update to big sur on macbook air 2015(4/128)
Do you figure it out? It won’t recognize my external drive upon boot up
Can it run the boot camp assist after upgrading the ssd?
What Type of SSD does the 2015 MacBook Air 13.3 Inch Use?
That worked! Cheers
Any concerns with not disconnecting the battery first?
As a best practice, you should disconnect the battery as well as press the power button for a second or two to fully discharge the system.
In reality, I've worked on hundreds of laptops (Mac and Windows) without disconnecting the battery and sometimes even the power supply without any issues. Laptops are a lot more robust than they're given credit for.
Should I format the external HDD to ExFAT or MacOS Extended (journaled)
Has to be MacOS Journaled.
Also why do we need to transfer the data to another drive and transfer it back?
You only need to do this if you want to have your data copied over without using a USB-SSD adapter which are very expensive.
@@Andytizer like what data?
can i follow the same process for MacBook air 13' (early 2015)
Yes the process is identical - same parts required.
@@Andytizer okay thank you
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Can I use these to upgrade MacBook Air 11?
✔️Crucial P2 1TB 1000GB 3D NAND PCIe NVMe Gen 3 M.2 SSD Up to 2400 MB/s 1 TB - CT1000P2SSD8
✔️Sintech M.2 nVME SSD Card for Upgrade MacBook Air
O.S. is mojave, thank you
Yep you can!
does the external hard drive that will be used as a backup drive have to be empty?
When you do a clone, the 'Volume' must be empty, however you can have multiple Volumes on a hard drive if you partition it.
@@Andytizer okay then, thank you so much 🙏🏻
is it possible to directly clone data directly to my new nvme by using an nvme adapter? without having to use another hdd as a backup?
My Macbook air 2015 doesn't recognize my new ssd :( only showing my external hdd.Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance
Same issue, with the new drive and external not appearing after restart. Did u figure it out?
is it necessary to update to Mojave? or can I also do this method on Catalina?
Yes it just has to be Sierra or later including Catalina or Big Sur.
thanks!
I have one more question, about SafetyNet, what is it exactly and do I need to enable it?
@@amauryd you can turn this to off.
If i dont need a backup. cant i just use the internet recovery?
Yes you could!
@@Andytizer thanks
a alguien le funciono windows en bootcamp ? Did someone work windows in bootcamp?
Active cooling??? Omg
great video but how many ads do you want to put on it? so unwatchable....
very nice
would a 1tb drive work as well?
Yes you can even install 2TB easily.
Can this macbook upgrade RAM from 4gb to 8gb?
No you can’t, the RAM is soldered in.
Typical Apple, I hate that their products are so good otherwise nobody would buy anything from these shysters. In their new MacBooks every time you open an app that information goes straight to an Apple server while at the same time they claim they are so concerned with your privacy and you cannot turn this off. Using the privacy argument they wont allow the right to repair or have your own devices repaired by a third party, again shysters.
yes, if you have experience with a proper work station, see video...th-cam.com/video/CTsEJ49LLsQ/w-d-xo.html
Didn’t you just say you don’t need any adapter 😂