500GB OWC Aura Pro X2
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500GB OWC Aura Pro X2

PCIe 4.0 NVMe Solid-State Drive Upgrade Solution for MacBook Pro with Retina Display (Late 2013 - Mid 2015) and MacBook Air (Mid 2013 - Mid 2017)


Mfr P/N: SP4P1T1MB05B OWC SKU: OWCSP4P1T1MB05B

Complete Internal Flash/SSD Drive Upgrade Kit with Tools & 1.0TB OWC Express USB 3.0 Portable Storage Solution

  • High performance for high demands
  • Read speeds up to 3127MB/s and Write speeds up to 2807MB/s1
  • MacBook Air Read speeds up to 1460MB/s and Write speeds up to 1551MB/s2
  • Consumes less power and runs cooler
  • Designed for macOS 10.13 and beyond
  • NVMe – PCIe 4.0 x4
  • 5 Year OWC Limited Warranty
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Overview

Your Mac. More Space. Twice as Fast.

A Mac’s small stock SSD can fill up quickly — especially with photos, video files, games, and even your email. When storage gets tight, there's no reason to ditch the Mac you know and love. The OWC Aura Pro X2 provides up to 16x more capacity, and the speed to keep up with your imagination. With that capacity and power, you can keep your Mac running optimally for years — all at a fraction of the cost of buying new.
OWC Aura Pro X2 SSD inside a MacBook Pro

Blazing Fast and Super Cool

Aura Pro X2 combines speed, stamina, and efficiency that will change the way you experience your Mac. With read speeds reaching 2989MB/s and write speeds of 1208MB/s, Aura Pro X2 is up to 2x faster than the factory Apple SSD, delivering performance on par with the latest Mac models. Calibrated to use less power and run cooler, Aura Pro X2 SSDs are the best way to upgrade your Mac.

up to 2989MB/s Real-World Performance

High-Performance + Extra Storage

Your new internal storage upgrade should be a seamless experience. That's why Aura Pro X2 SSD upgrade kits come with a 1TB OWC Express USB portable storage solution.

With this solution you get the best of two worlds — a new super fast internal SSD and a new 1TB external drive. Before your upgrade, back up your data to ensure a trouble-free SSD install. After your upgrade, you'll have a spacious, portable drive for data storage or backup purposes. Even better, you can trade in your original Apple drive for cash.

OWC Aura Pro X2 SSD with Tools and OWC Express Drive
MacBook Pro Disassembly

15 Minute DIY Upgrade

Transform your Mac with Aura Pro X2 speed and capacity. OWC Install Videos guide you step-by-step through the install process. Plus, our award-winning support team is just a call or chat away.

Enhanced Burst Performance

In addition to groundbreaking read and write speeds, the Aura Pro X2 is engineered with enhanced burst performance for instant full-speed write acceleration. Media projects and games stream fluidly and respond without lag on Aura Pro X2 enhanced Macs. You might even forget what that beachball looks like.

OWC Aura Pro X2 SSD with MacBook Pro and MacBook Air

Built for Your Mac

Aura Pro X2 is designed for macOS to take full advantage of the advanced features of APFS (Apple File System) including: strong encryption, copy-on-write metadata, space sharing, cloning for files and directories, snapshots, fast directory sizing, atomic safe-save primitives, and improved file system fundamentals. All that adds up to one heckuva drive that’s built to make your Mac perform at its best.

No Hassles. No Hacks.

OWC Aura Pro X2 PCIe-based flash storage upgrades are precisely engineered for your Mac laptop, so you'll never need to compromise your data, or rely on complicated software hacks. Just install, migrate your data, and enjoy the great performance and reliability of OWC flash storage.

7% Over-Provisioning

OWC SSDs perform maintenance tasks in the background that optimize the health, performance, and endurance of your drive. These tasks utilize available unwritten space on the SSD. Aura Pro X2 SSDs reserve 7% of the overall drive capacity as free space to perform these normal maintenance tasks — making your drive a stable, dependable, and safe place to store all of your data.

OWC Accelsior 1A PCIe Adapter Card

Reuse + Maximize

At OWC, we don’t like to waste anything. Especially perfectly good Apple SSDs. Don’t put that stock Apple SSD in a drawer when you can put it back to work in Mac Pro towers, Thunderbolt expansion chassis, and PC towers, with the OWC Accelsior 1A. It’s the versatile reuse solution for Apple SSDs.

Also, if you can’t reuse that stock Apple SSD, trade it in for cash.

IncludesIncludes

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  • (1) OWC Aura Pro X2 Solid-State Drive
  • (1) Tools
  • (1) 1.0TB OWC Express USB 3.0 Portable Storage Solution
  • (1) Envoy Pro User Guide
  • (1) Installation Guide
  • 5 Year OWC Limited Warranty
  1. Some customers have reported an issue related to Apple NVMe resources that occurs when attempting to wake some Mac models from "Standby Mode" (a lesser known macOS "Sleep" behavior). Please review the support article “NVMe SSDs: Standby Mode” if you experience this issue.
  2. The host computer must be updated over an Apple factory SSD to the latest OS available before installing this drive.
  3. When upgrading from an AHCI SSD used in some older Mac models (2013-2014), you may observe a slight increase in boot times. Please read the support article "Aura Pro X2, Aura N SSDs: Boot Times" to learn more.

500GB OWC Aura Pro X2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe Solid-State Drive

Total Capacity

  • 500GB Useable Capacity
  • Total Capacity: 512GB
  • 12GB Allocated to real-time data redundancy and error correction

Formatted Capacity

  • 466GiB

Drive Format

  • APFS for Mac

Controller

  • Innogrit IG5220 with 3% over-provisioning

NAND Flash Components

  • Synchronous Triple-Level Cell (TLC) 3D NAND Flash

Native Command Queuing (NCQ)

  • Up to 32 simultaneous commands

Form Factor

  • Custom Blade

Drive Interface

  • PCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.4

Sequential Read (Max)

  • Up to 3335 MB/s

Sequential Write (Max)

  • Up to 3271 MB/s

MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)

  • 1,500,000 hours

TRIM Support

  • OS Dependent

Error Correction

  • Built-in ECC

Endurance

  • 1000TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 392 GB per day for 7 years

Mac OS Compatibility

  • macOS 10.13 High Sierra
  • macOS 10.14 Mojave
  • macOS 10.15 Catalina
  • macOS 11.x Big Sur
  • macOS 12.x Monterey
  • macOS 13.x Ventura
  • macOS 14.x Sonoma
  • macOS 15.x Sequoia

Other Requirements

  • The host computer must be updated over an Apple factory SSD to the latest OS available before installing this drive.

Read Mode (Max)

  • Up to 1.39 Watts

Write Mode (Max)

  • Up to 1.13 Watts

Idle Mode (Max)

  • Up to 0.09 Watts

Dimensions

  • Height: 0.3 cm (0.1 in)
  • Length: 8.9 cm (3.5 in)
  • Width: 2.2 cm (0.9 in)

Weight

  • 7.0 g (0.02 lbs)

RoHS Compliant

  • Yes

Reach Certification

  • Yes

Ambient Temperature

  • Operating: 32°F to 158°F (0°C to 70°C)
  • Non-Operating: -40°F to 185°F (-40°C to 85°C)

Altitude

  • Operating: -304.8 m to 3,048.0 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000 ft)
  • Non-Operating: -304.8 m to 12,192.0 m (-1,000 ft to 40,000 ft)

Humidity

  • Operating: 5% to 95% non-condensing

Shock

  • Non-Operating: 1500 G max at 0.5 ms

Idle (Typical)

  • 0.0 bels

Seek (Typical)

  • 0.0 bels

    Compatibility & Installation VideosCompatibility & Installation Videos

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    Notes:
    • Not compatible with Apple Boot Camp when installed in the following hosts: MacBookPro11,1; MacBookAir6,1; and MacBookAir6,2
    • The host computer must be updated over an Apple factory SSD to the latest OS available before installing this drive.
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
    Mid 2015
    Model ID: MacBookPro11,5 & MacBookPro11,4
    2.5GHz & 2.8GHz & 2.2GHz Core i7
    Detailed SpecsInstall Videos
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
    Early 2015
    Model ID: MacBookPro12,1
    2.7GHz & 2.9GHz Core i5 & 3.1GHz Core i7
    Detailed SpecsInstall Videos
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)
    Mid 2014
    Model ID: MacBookPro11,3 & MacBookPro11,2
    2.5GHz & 2.8GHz & 2.2GHz Core i7
    Detailed SpecsInstall Videos
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)
    Mid 2014
    Model ID: MacBookPro11,1
    2.6GHz & 2.8GHz Core i5 & 3.0GHz Core i7
    Detailed SpecsInstall Videos
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
    Late 2013
    Model ID: MacBookPro11,3 & MacBookPro11,2
    2.3GHz & 2.6GHz & 2.0GHz Core i7
    Detailed SpecsInstall Videos
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
    Late 2013
    Model ID: MacBookPro11,1
    2.4GHz & 2.6GHz Core i5 & 2.8GHz Core i7
    Detailed SpecsInstall Videos
    MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2017)
    MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2017)
    Mid 2017
    Model ID: MacBookAir7,2
    1.8GHz Core i5 & 2.2GHz Core i7
    Detailed SpecsInstall Videos
    MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)
    MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)
    Early 2015
    Model ID: MacBookAir7,2
    1.6GHz Core i5 & 2.2GHz Core i7
    Detailed SpecsInstall Videos
    MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)
    MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)
    Early 2015
    Model ID: MacBookAir7,1
    1.6GHz Core i5 & 2.2GHz Core i7
    Detailed SpecsInstall Videos
    MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014)
    MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014)
    Early 2014
    Model ID: MacBookAir6,2
    1.4GHz Core i5 & 1.7GHz Core i7
    Detailed SpecsInstall Videos
    MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014)
    MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014)
    Early 2014
    Model ID: MacBookAir6,1
    1.4GHz Core i5 & 1.7GHz Core i7
    Detailed SpecsInstall Videos
    MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)
    MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)
    Mid 2013
    Model ID: MacBookAir6,2
    1.3GHz Core i5 & 1.7GHz Core i7
    Detailed SpecsInstall Videos
    MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013)
    MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013)
    Mid 2013
    Model ID: MacBookAir6,1
    1.3GHz Core i5 & 1.7GHz Core i7
    Detailed SpecsInstall Videos
    4.74 out of 5

    187 out of 198 (94%) reviewers would recommend this product

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    Everything works great, installation easy.

    I would recommend this product to a friend!

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    Reviewer858280549, 
    Jan, 5 2025 
    • Reviewer:Reviewer858280549
    Response from OWC, Support

    Thank you so much for your fantastic review! We're thrilled to hear that everything is working great for you and that the installation was easy. It's always our goal to provide a seamless experience, and your feedback means the world to us! Enjoy your new gear! Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions, comments, or concerns.  https://eshop.macsales.com/Service/


    Easy as pie

    Arrived in great shape, installed in minutes, works perfectly. To be more specific I was able to boot to internet recovery mode, format the new SSD, and install the correct macOS all with the drive in the external enclosure. I then opened the bottom of the Mac, extracted the original SSD with a single screw, and then swap the new into the Mac and the old into the enclosure. Lastly, I used migration assistant to copy the user folder. I was able to revive a failing computer, quadruple the storage, and increase the speed. Success!

    I would recommend this product to a friend!

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    Reviewer3534080164, 
    • Reviewer:Reviewer3534080164
    Response from OWC, Support

    Wow, thank you so much for your fantastic review! We're thrilled to hear that your experience with our SSD was so smooth and that you were able to breathe new life into your computer! It sounds like you tackled the installation like a pro, and we're especially excited that you were able to quadruple your storage and boost your speed. Your success story is exactly what we love to see! We appreciate your support and can't wait to assist you with any future upgrades! Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions, comments, or concerns.  https://eshop.macsales.com/Service/


    Gr8 product!

    Easy to install, perfect to prologue the life of the laptop.

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    Reviewer1143800833, 
    • Reviewer:Reviewer1143800833
    Response from OWC, Support

    Thank you so much for your fantastic review! We're thrilled to hear that you found our product easy to install and that it's helping to prolong the life of your laptop. Your satisfaction means the world to us, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your experience!


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