Can I change the internal drive out?

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.

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.

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.

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.

Good Luck!

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Do you think that just maybe those cards are different and not just notched differently?

由 mayer 完成的 2016年9月1日

Here's a bit of background on the different M.2 dialogs used: The Differences between Samsung NVMe 950 Pro vs. 850 Series. The M.2 standard uses different slot locations to make sure they are not intermixed.

Apple's SSD's likewise use different alignments to prevent the wrong SSD to be fitted into the system. Apple still uses a unique physical interface, the interface is a variation of mSATA or PCIe x2, or PCIe x4 and the dialog is either proprietary in the first blade SSD, or AHCI (SATA) or NVME.

由 Dan 完成的 2016年9月2日

thanks for the edit Jessica :)

由 Reboot Gozo 完成的 2016年9月2日

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2015年初 MacBook Air 13"

Can I change the internal drive out?

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