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480GB OWC Aura 6G
Solid-State Drive Upgrade For MacBook Air (2012)
Mfr P/N: SSDA2A6G480 OWC SKU: OWCSSDA2A6G480
Upgrade the Original Factory Drive in Your MacBook Air!.
- One of the fastest Internal SSDs available specifically for the MacBook Pro with Retina display!
- 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty
OWC's Aura SSD provides upgrades from the original factory options for MacBook Air 2012.
- More OPTIONS choose from 120GB, 240GB, 480GB or 1.0TB models.
The Aura SSD line features industry leading SandForce® DuraClass™ Technologies:
- DuraWrite™ extends the endurance of your Solid State Drive (SSD).
- Intelligent Block Management & Wear Leveling automatically distributes data evenly across the entire SSD.
- Intelligent Read Disturb Management spreads the active read/write across the flash components eliminating data corruption caused by constant use.
- Intelligent "Recycling" for advanced free space management gradually re-writes data across the SSD over time to ensure data never gets corrupted.
- RAISE™ (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements) protects the data on your drive similar to having a RAID setup.
- Best-in-Class ECC Protection for longest data retention and drive life.
Once again, OWC provides Mac users an upgrade path that delivers higher performance, functionality, and reliability! Whether you own or are considering a 2012 base model 11? MacBook Air with a 64GB Solid State Drive or the top of the line 13? model with a 512GB SSD.
More Options
Unlike the factory pre-configured models with no other SSD choices offered, the OWC Aura 6G gives you the freedom to choose from a variety of sizes to meet your storage needs.
Better by Design
Mean Time To Failure - We all know that nothing lasts forever. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't get the most out of your investment. OWC SSD with DuraWrite™ Technology, optimizes writes to the flash memory over conventional controllers increasing the overall endurance and reliability of the complete SSD. Highly intelligent block management and wear leveling also extends the overall endurance. This adds up to a MTTF that is higher than most SSDs and enterprise class hard drives on the market today.
- Unless you own or have access to a Pentalobe compatible driver and a Torx T5 screwdriver, or bought a Aura/Envoy bundle which includes these tools, you will need to purchase the OWC MacBook Air 2010-2012 SSD Installation Kit.
Includes
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- (1) OWC Aura 6G Solid-state Drive
- 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty
Specs
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Capacity
- 480GB Useable Capacity
- Total Flash Memory Components: 512GB
- 32GB Allocated to real-time data redundancy and error correction
Formatted Capacity
- 447GiB
Drive Format
- Unformatted (Instructions on formatting here)
Controller
- SandForce 2281 Series Processor with 7% over-provisioning
NAND Flash Components
- Tier 1 Major Synchronous Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND Flash
S.M.A.R.T. Attributes
- Standard attributes supported
Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
- Up to 32 simultaneous commands
Form Factor
- Custom Blade
Drive Interface
- SATA 6.0 Gb/s
Random 4K Read
- Up to 60,000 IOPS
Random 4K Write
- Up to 60,000 IOPS
Sustained Read (6Gb/s)
- Up to 501 MB/s
Sustained Write (6Gb/s)
- Up to 503 MB/s
Read Latency (Max)
- 100 µs
Write Latency (Max)
- 100 µs
Nonrecoverable Read Errors
- 1 per 1016 bits read
TRIM Support
- OS Dependent
Error Correction
- Built-in ECC
Security
- Chip Based Data Encryption: 128-bit AES-compliant
Read Mode (Max)
- Up to 3 Watts
Write Mode (Max)
- Up to 3 Watts
Idle Mode (Max)
- Up to 1.2 Watts
Dimensions
- Height: 0.4 cm (0.1 in)
- Length: 13.0 cm (5.1 in)
- Width: 2.8 cm (1.1 in)
Weight
- 20.0 g (0.04 lbs)
RoHS Compliant
- 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)
Idle (Typical)
- 0.0 bels
Seek (Typical)
- 0.0 bels
Compatibility & Installation Videos
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MacBook Air
MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012)
Mid 2012
Model ID: MacBookAir5,2
1.7GHz Core i5
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012)
Mid 2012
Model ID: MacBookAir5,2
1.8GHz Core i5 & 2.0GHz Core i7
MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012)
Mid 2012
Model ID: MacBookAir5,1
1.7GHz Core i5 & 2.0GHz Core i7
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011)
Mid 2011
Model ID: MacBookAir4,2
1.6GHz Core i5
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011)
Mid 2011
Not Compatible
Not Compatible
Model ID: MacBookAir4,2
1.7GHz Core i5 & 1.8GHz Core i7
MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2011)
Mid 2011
Not Compatible
Not Compatible
Model ID: MacBookAir4,1
1.6GHz Core i5 & 1.8GHz Core i7
MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2010)
Late 2010
Not Compatible
Not Compatible
Model ID: MacBookAir3,2
1.9GHz & 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo
MacBook Air (11-inch, Late 2010)
Late 2010
Not Compatible
Not Compatible
Model ID: MacBookAir3,1
1.4GHz & 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo
Videos
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MacBook Air Install Videos
Customer Reviews
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Easy Upgrade for a New Mac Guy
Bought my son a used Mac book air. Needed to give him some extra storage to use parallels, office and other tools. The expandable drive was super easy to add. I followed the online videos, once I found the one for my particular model it was easy to remove the battery and replace the drive. I setup the external storage with little effort and now we have an extra 80gb of storage for his next project.
I would recommend this product to a friend!
Verified Purchase.Tarrc,
Nov, 18 2018
- Reviewer:Tarrc
- From:Port Orange, FL
- Age:35-44
- Experience:IT Professional
- Owned Product:1-3 months
MacBook Air SSD
Bought this to replace my 64GB SSD in my 2012 Macbook Air 11". Arrived quickly and took about 10 minutes to install. Did a Time Machine recovery and I was up and running.
I would recommend this product to a friend!
Verified Purchase.Dorsey,
Jun, 14 2017
- Reviewer:Dorsey
- From:Tucson, AZ
- Age:Over 65
- Experience:Power User
- Owned Product:less than a month
Works perfect
Great price, quick shipping and I'm coming back.
I would recommend this product to a friend!
Verified Purchase.Linney,
May, 1 2017
- Reviewer:Linney
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