First I want to THANK everyone who wrote a review on this product!
My MacBook Pro - 13" mid 2012 has gone through a couple of SSD's from OWC during the last couple of years and they have provided excellent customer service replacing the drive with a new one (overnight). The 2nd drive, which was a replacement, I had received in 9/2019. On 3/2020, my MacBook Pro froze and completely locked up. Had to perform a hard shutdown and when I restarted it I got a folder with a flashing question mark. I knew it couldn't find the hard drive so I booted into recovery mode and when I went into the Disk Utility there was no drive showing. Called OWC and after talking to Darren B, he overnighted a new SSD, however when I installed new drive it didn't show up either under Disk Utility. After searching the web, I found an article where the Hard Drive cable in the 2012 MacBooks were faulty. So, I went back to OWC and felt good about being able to repair mine based on the research I found. When I found the cable on OWC and read the reviews I was fairly confident this was the issue I was experiencing - so, I ordered one that night. The following day I called OWC to inform them that I would be returning the new SSD they had sent me, since the SSD wasn't the problem. I spoke to Joe and explained what was happening. Glad I ordered the part because Joe told me that that wouldn't be problem and that the controller on the motherboard was the likely cause. I asked him if he had read the reviews on this HD cable (he didn't answer me). Someone at OWC needs to inform him that this cable is very likely the cause. Once I received the cable and installed it, my computer immediately booted up to my SSD. Not only that I've seen a remarkable degree in responsive of my computer. In fact I would say it didn't run this good when I bought it new, really a night and day difference as to how it performs now.
The only reason I rated this product 4 stars instead of 5 is because the replacement cable wasn't configured the same as the original cable. The original cable had a L bend where two small screws held it down (before the cable goes under the SSD). So, I just held the cable down and installed the SSD over the cable and booted up and everything was good. Hopefully you can see this L bend in the old/original cable pictures. The new cable was completely flat. Still can believe the performance now. Thanks OWC
And again, thanks to everyone who took the time to write excellent reviews on this product!