OWC
480GB Aura SSD / Flash Internal Drive Upgrade
for Mid-2013 and Later MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with Retina display
New Possibilities
For the first time, upgrade the PCIe-based flash SSD in your mid-2013 or later MacBook Pro with Retina display or MacBook Air with up to eight times the original capacity. The new Aura SSD continues OWC's dedication to giving you more from your Mac.
No Hassles or Hacks
Aura PCIe-based flash storage upgrades are precisely engineered for your Mac, so you'll never need to compromise your data by relying on complicated software hacks or TRIM-enablers to get the most from your upgrade. Just install, migrate your data, and enjoy the great performance of flash storage with up to eight times the capacity of the factory-installed drive.
Quality in Every Bit
Aura SSDs are designed from the ground up for reliable performance and complete compatibility with your Mac. It begins with choosing the highest-quality components, and then engineering a perfect-fit solution that simply works with your computer.
Tier-1 Flash — Aura SSDs use only top-rated flash for superior performance and dependability.
Highlights
- The first and only SSD upgrade for mid-2013 and later MacBook Pro with Retina display and MacBook Air laptops
- Up to 8x the capacity of your Apple factory SSD
- Free install videos
- 3 Year OWC SSD limited warranty
Superior Error Correction — Aura SSDs provide three levels of error correction for improved reliability and RAID-like protection for your data.
Cell-Level Data Refresh — Aura's SSD controller monitors data blocks and maintains correct charge at the cell level, improving the integrity of your data, and extending the life of your drive.
7% Over Provisioning
OWC SSDs perform maintenance tasks in the background that optimize the health, performance, and endurance of your flash drive. These jobs take advantage of available, unwritten areas on the SSD. Aura PCIe-based flash storage reserves 7% of the overall capacity as free space. Always. With this allocated free space, Aura SSDs can perform these normal maintenance tasks making your drive more stable, dependable, and ultimately a safer place to store your data.
Experience the OWC Difference
Aura SSDs for Mid-2013 and Later Macs are proudly designed in Austin, TX, and are backed by a 3-year limited warranty as well as a lifetime of free, award-winning USA-based support.
480GB Aura SSD Specifications:
Specifications
Flash Controller
Silicon Motion 2246XT
RAID Controller
Marvell 9230
Capacity
480GB useable capacity
Total Flash Memory Components – 512GB
32GB allocated to real-time data redundancy & error correction
Formatted Capacity
447GiB
SMART Attributes
Not Supported
Native Command Queuing
up to 32 commands
Manufacturer Model Number
SSDAB2MB05
RoHS Compliant
Yes
Format
Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Physical
Height (max)
3.7mm (0.1″)
Width (max)
24mm (0.9″)
Length (max)
89mm (3.4″)
Weight
21 grams (0.7 oz)
Reliability
Security
Chip Based Data Encryption: 128-bit AES-compliant
TRIM Support
Not Supported
Performance
Sustained
Reads (up to)
763MB/s
Sustained
Writes (up to)
446MB/s
Read Incompressible
Data Rate (up to)
754MB/s
Write Incompressible
Data Rate (up to)
425MB/s
Environmental (Operating)
Temperature (°F)
32°F — 158°F
Temperature (°C)
0°C — 70°C
Environmental (Non-Operating)
Temperature (°F)
−40°F — 185°F
Temperature (°C)
−40°C — 85°C
Acoustics
Idle (Typical)
0.0 bels
Seek (Typical)
0.0 bels
Manufacturer provided specifications for Other World Computing p/n SSDAB2MB05 UPC#: 812437022827
MacBook Pro 15" Retina (Late 2013, Mid 2014, Early 2015) SSD Install Video
MacBook Pro 13" Retina (Late 2013, Mid 2014, Early 2015) SSD Install Video
MacBook Air 13" (Mid 2013, Early 2014, Early 2015)
MacBook Air 11" (Mid 2013, Early 2014, Early 2015)
Please Note: When the OWC Aura SSD is installed in a mid-2013 MacBook Air 13" (MacBookAir6,2), the computer may intermittently boot to a flashing question mark. Restarting the computer or resetting the SMC will allow the computer to boot normally. We are working to resolve this issue.
MacBook Pro (15-inch Retina display Mid 2015)
(May, 2015)
Model ID: MacBookPro11,5
2.5GHz, 2.8GHz
MacBook Pro (15-inch Retina display Mid 2015)
(May, 2015)
Model ID: MacBookPro11,4
2.2GHz, 2.5GHz, 2.8GHz
MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina display Early 2015)
(March, 2015)
Model ID: MacBookPro12,1
2.7GHz, 2.9GHz, 3.1GHz
MacBook Pro (15-inch Retina Display 2014)
(July, 2014)
Model ID: MacBookPro11,3
2.5GHz, 2.8GHz
MacBook Pro (15-inch Retina Display 2014)
(July, 2014)
Model ID: MacBookPro11,2
2.2GHz, 2.5GHz, 2.8GHz
MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina Display 2014)
(July, 2014)
Model ID: MacBookPro11,1
2.6GHz, 2.8GHz, 3.0GHz
MacBook Pro (15-inch Retina Display 2013)
(October, 2013)
Model ID: MacBookPro11,3
2.3GHz, 2.6GHz
MacBook Pro (15-inch Retina Display 2013)
(October, 2013)
Model ID: MacBookPro11,2
2.0GHz, 2.3GHz, 2.6GHz
MacBook Pro (13-inch Retina Display 2013)
(October, 2013)
Model ID: MacBookPro11,1
2.4GHz, 2.6GHz, 2.9GHz
MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2017)
(June 2017)
Model ID: MacBookAir7,2
1.8GHz i5, 2.2GHz i7
Detailed specs Coming Soon
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2015)
(March 2015)
Model ID: MacBookAir7,2
1.6GHz i5, 2.2GHz i7
MacBook Air (11-inch Early 2015)
(March 2015)
Model ID: MacBookAir7,1
1.6GHz i5, 2.2GHz i7
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)
(April, 2014)
Model ID: MacBookAir6,2
1.4GHz, 1.7GHz
MacBook Air (11-inch Early 2014)
(April, 2014)
Model ID: MacBookAir6,1
1.4GHz, 1.7GHz
MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013)
(June, 2013)
Model ID: MacBookAir6,2
1.3GHz, 1.7GHz
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2013)
(June, 2013)
Model ID: MacBookAir6,1
1.3GHz, 1.7GHz
Reviews
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"I went and checked how much disk space I now have. Just look at all of that free space!"
— Rich Lefko, MyMac.com
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"Overall though, this is the best and most seamless way to add storage to a newer Mac. When it comes to raw capacity, the OWC Aura SSD is the best you could hope for."
— Ifti Bashir, Ifti's Tech Corner
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"The Only DIY Guide to Upgrading your Macbook Pro You'll Ever Need"
— Rustam Singh, Entrepreneur
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"Once you are done doing the installation, your MacBook Air now has a top-of-the-line SSD drive with oodles of free space so fears of not having enough room are gone."
— Marshal Rosenthal, Examiner.com
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"With the new 1TB Aura SSD, I've got plenty of breathing room for years to come."
— Lucas Mearian, Computerworld
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"Particularly for capacity-challenged laptops hamstrung at 128GB or 256GB, the upgrade to 480GB or 960GB provides an attractive option for extending the lifespan of the laptop ... "
— Lloyd Chambers, Dig Lloyd
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"You can breath new life in your MacBook Air with a faster, higher capacity flash storage module."
— Rob-ART Morgan, BareFeats
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"It's a replacement SSD for your MacBook Airs and Pros that can dramatically increase your capacity without hurting your speed, and it's a relatively painless upgrade."
— Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica
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"Ultimately, OWC has opened the market to countless very frustrated Apple customers with a high performing SSD at a decent price and one that has a decent warranty."
— Les Tokar, The SSD Review
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"... I wanted to upgrade the hard drive and this is another area where OWC is second to none. The whole Aura SSD installation took me exactly 6 minutes."
— Gregg Ellman, Idaho Statesman
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"MacBook Pro and MacBook Air owners with qualifying machines can come out of the storage dark ages with OWC's new Aura PCIe flash storage upgrade."
— Jeff Benjamin, 9to5Mac
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"With the help of OWC, 20 minutes and one download was all it took to finally add additional storage to my 13″ Mid-2014 Retina MacBook Pro."
— Terrance Gaines, BrothaTech
Warranty
The best warranty is one you never have to use - but should the need occur - we're proud to provide a superior level of support and service coverage to our customers.
3 Year OWC SSD Limited Warranty
Even when not used, we understand the peace of mind afforded by a longer warranty period. OWC's industry leading coverage is a testament to our confidence in the reliability of the solutions that we offer. OWC solutions are engineered to demanding quality standards in order to deliver the most reliable, highest performance available on the market in each storage category.
Customer Ratings
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4.6 / 5
59 out of 59 (100%) reviewers would recommend this product
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Reviewer: MJMSD
Location: Brookings, SD
Age: 35-44
Experience Level: Home User
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5
Worked well
April 29, 2018
The 1 terabyte SSD worked well on my 2013 MacBook Pro. Tools were helpful. Wish there would have been a little more info on creating a startup disk, but I eventually figured it out. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 1.0TB OWC Aura SSD flash storage for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: Pitax
Location: Santiago, Chile
Age: 35-44
Experience Level: IT Professional
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5
Everything OK
April 16, 2018
All the product OK, easy to install. As some said, it's needed a small manual, as for example to take care with the thermal pad. Best. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 1.0TB OWC Aura SSD flash upgrade kit for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: LITTLEBUN
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: 5-6 months
Rating: 5/5
Crazy
March 2, 2018
Ok, I purchased this 480GB OWC Aura SSD back in July. I thought I could just put the new drive in the enclosure, clone the drive and drop it in WRONG , DO NOT DO THAT ! THE 480 RUNS MUCH HOTTER AND WILL BE DESTROYED IN THE ENCLOSURE! You can only use the enclosure for your old mac drive. Mine, 250 gig. Thankfully Mac Sales RMA'd the mess I created and I got it back. So why did I not immediately swap ? Fear. I could not take another failure during my being self employed. I held off until I had a critical failure in an app and had to upload back up and I figured , WTH, lets do it. I have constantly been struggling with drive space, living on 10 and 15 gigs. So I did it. The drive swap takes minutes, the COMMAND R reinstall of a fresh system 20 minutes, the reinstall of 250 gigs from your cloned USB drive , hours by USB mechanical back up drive (if the old SSD had not had a failure it would have been minutes, probably best to clone when things are perfect). So I have probably blown my warranty but I had no choice with it being critical I stay up. It does run warmer but I my Macbook sits on a fan so the heat is a nonissue. I learned that after m,y apple batteries became swollen and died. This version has a large heat sink that transfers it fine to the case. If it is slower I don't notice. Micro seconds are imperceptible. So now it is installed and it seems fine. Just need to keep it cool. Good stuff. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 480GB OWC Aura SSD flash upgrade kit for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: KNatarajan
Location: London, UK
Age: 35-44
Experience Level: IT Professional
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5
Very Satisfied with OWC SSD
February 11, 2018
My SSD had a fault and when I took it to Apple Store they charged a higher price and said they would retain my old SSD. I happened to find OWC and ordered my SSD with them. I was a little nervous as I am in UK and this needs to be shipped from US. I never repaired my mac before and hence nervousness.
OWC has such a detailed website which guides all the way through. I chose the SSD Upgrade Kit which came with all the tools needed and also the Envoy Pro. I was able to complete the upgrade with in 15 mins, ofcourse it would have been difficult / longer with out the videos from OWC.
Thanks a lot !
I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 240GB OWC Aura SSD flash upgrade kit for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: WebLuke
Location: Grand Junction, CO
Age: 25-34
Experience Level: IT Professional
Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5
Made the Boss Happy
December 4, 2017
Ordered this for my boss's laptop, his old stock drive was having problems slowing down, and he wanted more space. After I found this drive we ordered the larges fastest one over night. Fedex crushed the box and damaged the drive, I was able to contact support and get a replacement sent the next day. He uses Windows 10 all the time, installing a new fresh install was one of the fastest I have seen. The extra drive holder is nice to have so you can copy your files back from your old drive. He continues to tell me how his computer now feels as though it is a brand new laptop. If you have an older Mac and want to get more life out of it, a slow drive, or need more space this seems to be the best choice. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 1.0TB OWC Aura SSD flash upgrade kit for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: Nurd58
Location: Mpls, MN
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5
Smooth no issue upgrade!
October 25, 2017
I have a MBP with a 512GB SSD drive (machine ID: 11,3) and I was cramped for space and after considering my options I decided to bite the bullet and spring for the kit version with the external housing and Torx drivers. Since I had the paid version of SuperDuper I made a backup before I attempted install. But it wasn't needed . After installing the new SSD I just put the backplate back on (I carefully blew the dust out of the unit while it was open) and booted the old drive that I had installed into the SSD housing after the swap out. Once I booted to that drive I simply ran SuperDuper and copied the old drive contents to the new drive, and re-booted...Done! For whatever reason however, it seems that it takes longer to boot than it did before. But this might be due to a non-fresh install rather than their recommended method of doing an install from scratch and restoring via Time Machine. Anyway once booted it is noticeably faster than before so I am satisfied with it ATM. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 1.0TB OWC Aura SSD flash upgrade kit for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: BillKoulouris
Location: New York
Age: 45-54
Experience Level: IT Professional
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 4/5
Good for additional storage, OK for speed
October 4, 2017
I purchased the 480GB Aura SSD for my MacBook Pro with Retina Display 13" Late 2013. My iTunes and iPhoto libraries exceed the 200GB mark which was forcing me to have them moved on an external drive (totally defeats the purpose of having a notebook). With the swap of the 250GB drive with the 480GB Aura SSD, I eliminated the need for an external drive. When I first installed the Aura, I did a fresh install (without formatting the drive) with El Capitan and once installed, I noticed that the drive appeared as an external drive on the system. (A relative notice is shown in the product page) However, last week I formatted the SSD during the installation of High Sierra and now, the system appears as a normal internal SSD! I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 480GB OWC Aura SSD flash upgrade kit for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Response from MacSales.com, TEA
October 4, 2017
Just wanted to clarify, the Aura showing as an external drive is a known issue with how Apple was reading our drives. This does not affect performance at all, simply shows a different Icon for the drive on the desktop. Glad to hear it is recognized properly in the new update!
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Reviewer: PeterBinSF
Location: San Francisco
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: Home User
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5
Worked great on 2013 MacBook Pro
September 27, 2017
My wife was down to her last few GB of space on her 500GB drive, so this 1TB upgrade was just the thing to get her out of trouble. The online youtube directions were fine for me to physically change the drive - not very complicated (as long as you have the right screwdrivers). The only thing I would add is when you have the MacBook opened up, CLEAN OUT THE DUST first. There are extensive directions about restoring your previous installation onto the new drive, but I thought this was silly. All you have to do is have a current backup on Time Machine. You boot into recovery mode, and restore from the external Time Machine drive. That's ALL you have to do (it even erases and formats the new drive correctly). Not sure why they have all this complicated stuff - if you use Time Machine to back up, it is trivial to restore (although you have to let it run a few hours). I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 1.0TB OWC Aura SSD flash upgrade kit for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: suchakrey
Rating: 5/5
Fast Delivery and Good Quality
September 26, 2017
Everything is Good. I would recommend this item to a friend!
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Reviewer: FlyingD
Location: Eugene, OR
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: Home User
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5
SSD works great easy to install
September 26, 2017
I just purchased a new MacBook Pro 15" Retina Display mid 2015 but it came with shamelessly little storage. I am not a computer geek or particularly adept at fixing things but I took the plunge and purchased the 1.0 TB OWC SSD upgrade kit. I like the idea of being able to reuse the SSD that came with my MacBook Pro too. I must have watched the how-to video 20 times before i got up my courage to open my new computer and go for it. The only problem I had was the unplugging the battery - I tore the sticky plastic overlay a bit removing the battery connection. Also, there was relatively little in any of the documentation from MacSales regarding installing the OS on the new SSD - but wonders of wonders I was able to figure it our myself thanks to YouTube and Apple help. I have been using the new SSD for several weeks now and it works great. So does the Envoy Pro I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 1.0TB OWC Aura SSD flash upgrade kit for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: JFOO
Location: Arizona
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5
Easy upgrade
September 11, 2017
The upgrade was easy to install and worked fine. The external drive enclosure makes for a nice giant-sized USB drive for dumping large files. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 1.0TB OWC Aura SSD flash upgrade kit for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: Rajesh
Location: India
Age: 35-44
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5
Working great, so far
August 28, 2017
Its been just a week since I am using this SSD. I purchased it to replace my crashed Samsung 500 GB SSD, which came along with my MacBook Pro Retina late 2013 model. Ordering was hassle-free. It was delivered as per the schedule mentioned during ordering. Packaging was also nice and safe. It is working fine so far. I will recommend this product. I would recommend this item to a friend!
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Reviewer: GoPack
Location: Raleigh, NC
Age: 18-24
Experience Level: Home User
Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5
Product works very well, installation not difficult
August 21, 2017
I am very satisfied with the SSD upgrade that I purchased. Not only does my new drive work great, but now I also have an awesome external hard drive! The installation process was not very difficult, and all the provided tools worked well. To improve this product and aid in the installation process, I think that a plastic pry tool should be included to help get the laptop battery unplugged, as I had a little trouble getting that open. Aside from that, everything works as expected, all installation procedures were pretty easy, and I received lots of customer support emails (though I did not need to reach out to a representative). Would definitely recommend and purchase again. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 480GB OWC Aura SSD flash upgrade kit for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: Rmhoma
Location: Schnecksville, PA
Age: 45-54
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5
Great Product & Support
August 11, 2017
Installed a 1TB SSD in my wife's early 2015 Macbook Retina (with 125GB installed). Arrived fast. Packaging and instructions were clear and easy to understand. Online instructions and videos helped tremendously. Installation was smooth and quicker than I expected. Tools included worked flawlessly - no stripping of screws or any issues like I read about. I also received an email and a phone call from support in case I needed additional help, which I didn't, but it was nice to know there was help available. How many companies do that? Everything is woking fine. Made an ElCapitan flash installer and restored everything from Time Machine backup - my wife barely noticed a difference. Is running quicker. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 1.0TB OWC Aura SSD flash upgrade kit for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: JohnDoe
Location: California
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5
Absolutely Fantastic item and service
August 10, 2017
I cannot say enough good things about macsales or this item in particular. Before ordering, macsales was very helpful in letting me know that my macbook air was upgradeable and which drive to order. I ordered the drive and it was delivered the next day. The upgrade instructions were clear and easy to follow. It took between 5 and 10 minutes to do the upgrade and after restoring with time machine, the computer was exactly as it was prior to the upgrade, with 8 times the storage. Highly recommended. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 1.0TB OWC Aura SSD flash storage for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: MacMike
Location: Boulder, CO
Age: 45-54
Experience Level: IT Professional
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5
Good product, good customer service!
August 7, 2017
Thank you OWC! This drive works great, and the couple questions I had were quickly answered.
Mike
I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 240GB OWC Aura SSD flash storage for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: Theos
Location: Kigali
Age: 25-34
Experience Level: IT Professional
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5
This product has worked well in my computer
August 2, 2017
I appreciate these SSDs, they have worked well in my MacBook pro 13,2015, I recommend them to any other who want to buy them. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 1.0TB OWC Aura SSD flash storage for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: TFEMacBookPro
Location: Syracuse, NY
Age: Over 65
Experience Level: IT Professional
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5
Flawless upgrade
August 1, 2017
With the help of the product documentation, the do it yourself video, and the supplied tools, this upgrade installation was flawless. No do overs, no damage and Timemachine restored my system to original with no lost files or data. MacSales provided the correct parts/tools, delivery was on time and in perfect new condition. If you do your homework and know which way to turn a screw driver, you can do this upgrade and I would recommend this product upgrade to anyone. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 480GB OWC Aura SSD flash upgrade kit for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: EuroD
Location: Gibraltar
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5
Very easy and highly beneficial upgrade
July 19, 2017
I was initially somewhat dubious of putting non-Apple components in my Macbook Air early 2015. I contacted OWC prior to purchasing and received a comprehensive and detailed answers to my questions which led me to place an order for a 1TB SSD drive to replace the existing 256G drive. The SSD kit arrived very quickly. Everything was included and the OWC website has clear instruction videos. The physical work took less than 5 minutes. Thereafter, I booted using cmd -R which loads OS from Apple servers. I then restored from Time Machine and in about 1 1/2 hours I had my Mac up and running identically as previously but with a 1TB drive. I have now been running the new setup for a week and have no problems whatsoever. The only noticeable difference is that, quite logically, is the machine runs a little hotter and battery life is marginally affected but this will not be an issue unless you run the battery to its limits. In conclusion, a very worthwhile upgrade. The kit is very good quality and OWC support is very good. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 1.0TB OWC Aura SSD flash upgrade kit for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: BKDesigner
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 4/5
Fanatastic service and products
June 29, 2017
I'm not one to write reviews, but OWC has provided such great products and service for years that it's about time that I helped to spread the word. Anytime that I want to upgrade my Mac OWC is my first stop. No exception with this latest purchase. In this case OWC is one of very few resources for this type of upgrade. My only complaint, and it's not OWC-specific issue, is that I would've preferred a slightly larger drive—480GB doesn't give me as much cushion as I'd like to have. I would recommend this item to a friend!
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Reviewer: AverageMacGuy
Location: Kansas City, MO
Age: Over 65
Experience Level: Home User
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5
1 TB SSD for MacBook Pro Late 2013
June 28, 2017
Oh my gosh! I should have done this a long time ago. My Macbook Pro is now 3 years old, and had 256Gb SSD. I spent too much time managing my files to keep it all down to 230GB, or so. I was unsure if I could do the upgrade to 1TB, and I thought it was a little expensive. I was wrong on both accounts. The instructions and hard drive enclosure were easy to work with, plenty of good video support, and quality hardware. I cannot believe how easy it was. To be fair, the whole process took about 4 hours, but most of that is waiting for files to transfer. It was seamless, sooooo easy. The cost was waaaay less than upgrading to a new MacBook. I am so pleased, and cannot recommend highly enough this upgrade. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 1.0TB OWC Aura SSD flash upgrade kit for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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Reviewer: Vinagre
Location: San Diego, CA
Age: Over 65
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: over 6 months
Rating: 5/5
Great upgrade, easy install
June 25, 2017
This was done in a MacBook Pro, 12.1 Model. The physical swap out of the drive(s) was a 20 minute task with my taking my time; use a grounding strap and a non-static surface; unplug the battery after opening the case. Removed the original drive and inserted the new drive; plugged the battery back in and closed up the case. The most time spent was a backup using the Time Machine function prior to the swap out and the post swap-out upgrading/updating of the OS to Sierra. Last thing I did was migrate the user accounts, data, etc... over from the old drive which I put into the OWC drive case. Ran a few tests to make sure all was well then did another Time Machine backup. Overall a very simple process providing you read up on the various steps involved. I did ask the Tech Support folks at OWC to review my steps I wrote up prior to doing the swap which they did and approved. Great support, thanks very much. I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 1.0TB OWC Aura SSD flash upgrade kit for Mid-2013 & Later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro w/Retina.
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"I went and checked how much disk space I now have. Just look at all of that free space!"
— Rich Lefko, MyMac.com
"Overall though, this is the best and most seamless way to add storage to a newer Mac. When it comes to raw capacity, the OWC Aura SSD is the best you could hope for."
— Ifti Bashir, Ifti's Tech Corner
"The Only DIY Guide to Upgrading your Macbook Pro You'll Ever Need"
— Rustam Singh, Entrepreneur
"Once you are done doing the installation, your MacBook Air now has a top-of-the-line SSD drive with oodles of free space so fears of not having enough room are gone."
— Marshal Rosenthal, Examiner.com
"With the new 1TB Aura SSD, I've got plenty of breathing room for years to come."
— Lucas Mearian, Computerworld
"Particularly for capacity-challenged laptops hamstrung at 128GB or 256GB, the upgrade to 480GB or 960GB provides an attractive option for extending the lifespan of the laptop ... "
— Lloyd Chambers, Dig Lloyd
"You can breath new life in your MacBook Air with a faster, higher capacity flash storage module."
— Rob-ART Morgan, BareFeats
"It's a replacement SSD for your MacBook Airs and Pros that can dramatically increase your capacity without hurting your speed, and it's a relatively painless upgrade."
— Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica
"Ultimately, OWC has opened the market to countless very frustrated Apple customers with a high performing SSD at a decent price and one that has a decent warranty."
— Les Tokar, The SSD Review
"... I wanted to upgrade the hard drive and this is another area where OWC is second to none. The whole Aura SSD installation took me exactly 6 minutes."
— Gregg Ellman, Idaho Statesman
"MacBook Pro and MacBook Air owners with qualifying machines can come out of the storage dark ages with OWC's new Aura PCIe flash storage upgrade."
— Jeff Benjamin, 9to5Mac
"With the help of OWC, 20 minutes and one download was all it took to finally add additional storage to my 13″ Mid-2014 Retina MacBook Pro."
— Terrance Gaines, BrothaTech
