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Name: 480GB OWC Aura Pro 6G Solid-State Drive for 2010-2011 MacBook Air
SKU: OWCSSDAP116G480
Price: 249.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.74 (72 reviews)

480GB Aura Pro 6G SSD/
Flash Internal Drive Upgrade
for 2010 - 2011 MacBook Air

Designed for Mac

Once again, OWC provides Mac users an upgrade path that delivers phenomenal performance, functionality, and reliability! Whether it's for a 2010 base-model 11" MacBook Air with a 64GB SSD, the top of the line 13" 256GB model from 2011, or any model in between, an OWC Aura Pro SSD offers higher speed than the factory SSD. Get up to 275MB/s speed and up to 16X more storage capacity than a factory spec 2010 MacBook, and up to 507MB/s and up to 16x more storage capacity than a factory spec 2011 MacBook Air!

Now thanks to OWC and the Aura Pro SSD line, you can buy the MacBook Air you want today and enjoy higher performance whenever you're ready to upgrade. OWC's Aura Pro SSD provides up to nearly 16x the capacity of your MacBook Air's factory SSD, while offering faster performance.

Get 3G speeds with 2010 MacBook Air

More SPEED get up to 275MB/s...68% faster than factory.
More STORAGE get up to nearly 16x more capacity.
More OPTIONS choose from 120GB, 240GB, 480GB or 1.0TB models.

Get 6G speeds with 2011 MacBook Air

More SPEED get up to 507MB/s...3x faster than factory.
More STORAGE get up to nearly 16x more capacity.
More OPTIONS choose from 120GB, 240GB, 480GB or 1.0TB models.

Better by Design

Aura Pro 6G SSD for MacBook Air 2010-2011 is designed and built with premium tier-1 NAND flash. OWC SSDs are engineered to be the best for Mac, undergoing a rigorous 7-stage lab testing process to deliver absolute reliability at maximum performance long into the future.

480GB Aura™ Pro Specifications:

Specifications

Capacity¹

480GB useable capacity
Total Flash Memory Components - 512GB
32GB allocated to real-time data redundancy & error correction

Formatted Capacity²

447GiB

NAND

Tier 1 Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND Flash Memory

Controller

SandForce Processor with full SF2200 Series 7% Over Provisioning firmware set.
For the latest firmware update click here.

SMART Attributes

Standard

RAID Support

Yes

Manufacturer Model Number

OWCSSDAPAE480

RoHS Compliant

Yes

Format

Unformatted (Instructions on formatting here)

Reliability³

MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)⁴

2,000,000

Data Reliability

ECC Recovery: Up to 24 bytes correctable per 512-byte sector

Security

Chip Based Data Encryption: 128-bit AES-compliant

TRIM Support

Yes

Nonrecoverable Read Errors

Less than 1 sector per 10¹⁶ bits read

Warranty

5 Year OWC SSD
Limited Warranty
(Standard return policy applies.)

Performance

Sequential Read
6Gb/s (up to)

507MB/s

Sequential Write
6Gb/s (up to)

454MB/s

Sequential Read
3Gb/s (up to)

285MB/s

Sequential Write
3Gb/s (up to)

275MB/s

Random 4K Read⁵

Up to 50,000 IOPS

Random 4K Write⁵

Up to 50,000 IOPS

Read Latency

less than 0.1ms

Write Latency

less than 0.1ms

Power

Read Power

2.2 Watts

Write Power

2.5 Watts

Idle Power

0.09 Watts

Power Nap compatible

Environmental (Operating)

Temperature (°F)

32°F to 158°F

Temperature (°C)

0°C to 70°C

Environmental (Non-Operating)

Temperature (°F)

-40°F to 185°F

Temperature (°C)

-40°C to 85°C

Acoustics

Idle (Typical)

0.0 bels

Seek (Typical)

0.0 bels

Installation

How to Install the Aura Pro in MacBook Air 2011

1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.
In terms of standard gigabytes, 1GiB ≈ 1.074GB and refers to the actual formatted capacity of shown under Mac OS 10.5 or earlier and Microsoft Windows OS.
Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability rates.
Based on SandForce processor operation.
Specifications provided by SandForce.

Manufacturer provided specifications for Other World Computing p/n SSDAP116G480 UPC#: 794504764628

Gallery

Video

13" 2011 MacBook Air SSD install

11" 2011 MacBook Air SSD install

13" 2010 MacBook Air SSD install

11" 2010 MacBook Air SSD install

This product is compatible with... Learn how to find your Mac's model ID

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2011)

(July, 2011)

Model ID: MacBookAir4,2

1.7GHz, 1.8GHz

Detailed specs

Install Videos

MacBook Air (13-inch Late 2010)

(October, 2010)

Model ID: MacBookAir3,2

1.86GHz, 2.13GHz

Detailed specs

Install Videos

MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011)

(July, 2011)

Model ID: MacBookAir4,1

1.6GHz, 1.8GHz

Detailed specs

Install Videos

MacBook Air (11-inch Late 2010)

(October, 2010)

Model ID: MacBookAir3,1

1.4GHz, 1.6GHz

Detailed specs

Install Videos

NOT COMPATIBLE
MacBook Air (13-inch 2012)
Education Model

(July, 2012)

Model ID: MacBookAir4,2

1.7GHz

Detailed specs

Install Videos

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

Best of Show 2011 - Macworld

Award Winner 2011 Mac Hardware - MacLife

Best of Macworld 2011 - Notebooks.com

Stevies Award Finalist 2011 - The American Business Awards

"The best upgrade that you can get for the MacBook Air." - Jason O'Grady, ZDNet

"Does more than promised...a viable option compared to the stock SSD in the...MacBook Air." - Brian Beeler, Storage Review.com

"Delivers on its speed promise... consistently faster performance" - Chris Foresman, Ars Technica - 240GB

"...the Mercury Aura Pro Express SSD has been a lifesaver... I found myself in awe of the experience..." - Will Moore, Cult of Mac - 240GB

"...a great upgrade, offering a nice little speed bump..." - Kevin Purcell, Notebooks.com - 480GB

"...significantly faster than both the Samsung and Toshiba... Big Winner: Aura" - Rob-Art Morgan, BareFeats - 240GB

"...the OWC Mercury Aura Express 6G is a must buy ... scorching performance ... it's easy to give this product a massive two-thumbs up." - Brian Beeler, StorageReview.com - Aura Pro Express 6G 240GB

"Performance is just staggering... a well executed SSD upgrade for 2011 MacBook Air owners." - Anand Shimpi, AnandTech - Aura Pro Express 6G 240GB

"The 480GB OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G simply thrashes both stock SSDs Apple offers with the MacBook Air." - Kevin O'Brien, Storage Review.com - Aura Pro Express 6G 480GB

"...the biggest and fastest SSD that you can put in the 2011 MacBook Air." - Jason O'Grady, ZDNet - Aura Pro Express 6G 480GB

"...snappier than my stock SSD... nearly doubles its storage capacity." - Chris Vandergaag, Canoe Tech - Aura Pro Express 6G 240GB

"...the Envoy is absolutely essential...exactly what I was looking for in an SSD enclosure..." - Jason O'Grady, ZDNet - Mercury Aura Envoy

"...MacBook Air is fast, adding the Mercury Aura Pro Express SSD is like turbo charging it." - Tomas Ratas, Test Freaks - Aura Pro Express 240 GB & Envoy

"More storage capacity and faster performance in a single package is a no-brainer... an amazing upgrade..." - Mike Wuerthele, MacNN - Aura Pro Express 240GB & Envoy

"If you need more storage space for your MacBook Air, OWC's Aura Pro 6G and Envoy bundle is a good way to go." - Andrew Ku, Tom’s Hardware

"... a simple, painless process ... well worth the much smaller investment to fix the MacBook Air I have rather than spending the money for a new laptop ... Now I have a "new"
MacBook Air ..." - Tony Bradley, Forbes — Aura Pro 6G for MBA 2011

"How would you like to have Two Terabytes (2TB) of flash storage inside your Mac Pro? Meet the Aura SSD." — Rob-ART-morgan, Bare Feats

"The hardware install part of the upgrade took me less than 5 minutes ... they have really thought of everything ... wow is all (I) can say ... 5 out of 5 stars on the TechTable." — Dave Helmly, DAV's Tech Table

"The safest option ... is to buy the appropriate drive from macsales.com, since they're specifically compatible." — Christoher Phin, Lifehacker UK

"It is quite evident that the Envoy Pro enclosure ... enjoys a minimalist design, good solidity and strength and also ensures excellent performance." — Liborio Fedele

"... 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

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.

5 Year OWC SSD Limited Warranty
OWC is proud to provide a superior level of support and warranty coverage to our customers. 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

Write a Review 4.7 / 5 69 out of 72 (96%) reviewers would recommend this product

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Reviewer: EeeVee Location: Cuyahoga Falls OH Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 GREAT SSD -- EASY INSTALL (need Pentalobe tool) May 3, 2018 May 3, 2018. I'm in the process of transitioning all of my Macs from HD to SSD. For several of them, I used OWC SS Drives and they've worked well. Since I've been satisfied with OWC SSD drives, I purchased this one for my MacBook Air.

The OWC on-line video instructions are easy to follow. The only challenge was my lack of Penalobe screw drivers (which are NOT the same as Torque!). However, after obtaining Penalobe tools, everything went well. I now have a 480GB drive in place of a 128GB original equipment drive.

The process I used to format the drive was this: 1) Purchase an external OWC Envoy USB 2.0/3.0 enclosure and immediately place the new SSD drive in it. Plug the enclosure into the Mac. 2) Format new SSD drive in the Envoy USB 2.0/3.0 enclosure. 3) Using Carbon Copy Cloner, duplicate the factory installed SSD data to the SSD drive in the Envoy USB 2.0/3.0 enclosure. 4) Then, simply remove the factory drive from the Mac, and replace it with the duplicated drive from the Envoy USB 2.0/3.0 enclosure. Everything worked fine. However, I needed to provide Microsoft Office with the install key from the original factory installed drive.

I would recommend this item to a friend! Customer Videos:

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Reviewer: delhiboy

Rating: 4/5 Mid-2011 Rescue... April 20, 2018 Ordered on a Sunday. Received on Thursday via free shipping. Very well packaged.. Installed in a snap (10 mins) to replace failed SSD (old one lasted 6 years - not bad...). Installed MacOS 10.10 by booting from a USB stick on which I had created an installer a while back... then immediately upgraded to 10.12 (Sierra)... so far, so good... If I get a couple of more years out of this old workhorse with this upgrade, it would have been well worth it !

Great job, Macsales!

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Reviewer: KeithG Location: Prescott, AZ Age: 45-54 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Worked perfectly. April 2, 2018 This SSD chip installed easily and fired up without issue. We've had it for a couple of weeks now, and the MacBook Air it's in is running great.

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Reviewer: DoctorDan Location: Southern California Age: Over 65 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Working perfectly February 14, 2018 It popped right in. I rbooted my Carbon Copy Clone, restored and have been good-to-go ever since. Completely satisfied

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Reviewer: Wonton

Rating: 5/5 Worked great December 12, 2017 The physical part of changing the ssd and battery work like a charm, the problem it was very slow in transferring files . Found the reason was photoshop does not transfer have to find original cds 6 years ago.

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Reviewer: DavidC Location: Northern Virginia Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Lots of storage and easy to install August 30, 2017 I was a bit concerned about my ability to replace the SSD in my child's MacBook Air. But I watched the installation videos and decided I could do it. As it turns out, it was very easy.

Thanks very much for including the screwdrivers I needed to do this.

Installing the old SSD in the Envoy enclosure was similarly easy. I was able to boot from the Envoy and clone all of the files to the new SSD, so I didn't even need to touch the two backups I made in advance (just in case something went wrong.)

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Reviewer: Bidger Location: Seoul, but really from Australia Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Easy to fit March 19, 2017 A really easy upgrade to breath new life into my MacBook Air. Took less than ten minutes to complete the installation, and then a couple of hours to reboot, rebuild and test the machine.

Tried a restore from TimeCapsule, but after doing so thought I may as well do the complete clean install and really get it running as quickly as possible. Not regretting that choice. The old 240Gb SSD in the Envoy enclosure is now slipped into the carry bag with a couple of partitions on it for different projects. I am thinking I might put a bootable disk on it as well as an emergency solution while travelling.

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Reviewer: Drumlaws Location: San Diego, CA Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: over 6 months

Rating: 3/5 First generation tendency to overheat March 9, 2017 This drive needed a warranty replacement 18 months later, due to overheating and ultimately drive failure. Warranty replacement was easy and painless; the replacement drive functioned well for 5 years before it, too, failed. That's within the range of my expectations for an SSD.

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Reviewer: Expatmanca Location: St. John's, NL, Canada Age: 35-44 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 A Great Product, easy install February 17, 2017 It's like having a new laptop. Now all the things I couldn't do because I lacked the hard drive space, are open to me. The computer even runs faster now. I only wish I had known to do this earlier.

The install was very easy, and the online videos guided me well through all I needed to do.

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Reviewer: Allen3471 Location: Seattle, WA Age: 35-44 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Best decision ever January 8, 2017 I was originally going to take my late 2010 MacBook Air to a shop to have the storage upgraded. They quoted me (at the high end) about $400 for parts and labor and 7 to 10 days to turn it around. That's when I stumbled across this package. I was a little wary at first. I've worked on several PCs, but am new to the hardware of Macs. This kit came with everything I needed, the hardware swap was simple and straight forward using their available videos and after installing a Time Machine backup, she was up and running with the new hardware at half the cost and way less time than taking it to a shop. I'd definitely recommend this upgrade over and over.

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Reviewer: Chattterbox Location: Seattle Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: over 6 months

Rating: 5/5 Revive a MacAir October 30, 2016 Need more blazing fast disk space in a MacAir. This upgrade has worked flawlessly for 5 years now, extending the life of the computer it inhabits.

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Reviewer: Spacemanspliff Location: Bishkek, Kyrgystan Age: 25-34 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 3-4 months

Rating: 5/5 Good drive October 2, 2016 Zero problems. The drive works perfectly. The installation was straightforward with OWC's included tools.

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Toronto Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Simply Brilliant! July 25, 2016 This product has brought my MacBook Air back to life. Instructions are superb and product support is exemplary. I won't hesitate to use OWC again, and again.

I would recommend this item to a friend!

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: houston, TX Age: 45-54 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 outstanding June 23, 2016 This was easy to install, and the restore via disk utility in the apple rescue partition worked a real treat.

The envoy is very handy, too.

I did have to put a batman sticker over the envoy light tho, as it is very, very bright.

Thank you for a great product!

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: San Francisco Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 4/5 Easy March 13, 2016 Before ordering I asked some questions and got informative answers. I then ordered a 500gb ssd for my Macbook air. Every thing about the installation was easy and straightforward. OWC provided everything that I needed to clone my drive and install it. I also watched one of their videos which showed step by step installation, etc,

My original drive was a 64gb ssd. I now have 500gb and am able to do many more things with the Macbook Air.

The only negative is that my old drive was faster. In particular I notice that my boot times are about ten to fifteen seconds longer than before.

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Apple Valley, CA Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: over 6 months

Rating: 5/5 Great addition for MacBook Air February 6, 2016 Once you experience the added capacity and speed you wonder why doesn't Apple do this in the first place. Very easy to "do it yourself" and add significant speed and capacity to your MacBook Air. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Dumfries, VA Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Hobbiest Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Good Product.....Not So Easy to Get Working January 31, 2016 Installing the new SSD was easy and only took about five minutes. However, the installation of the operating system took forever because the website that the OS comes from did not work. I have done this install three times and the problem arose on my second and third install. I was able to overcome the issue but it took a lot of research and multiple hours. The first time I did this....the process was flawless and it only took a short time to install the OS.

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Chicago, IL Age: 35-44 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Great Customer Service January 22, 2016 This SSD is great. I was able to bring back to life an old Mac Book Pro just by replacing the drive. It worked so well, I ordered another SSD for my old iMac. I ran into some technical issues, and the folks at OWC (Other World Computing) were great at pointing me in the right direction. Their how to videos are awesome. 5 stars for a great company.

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Illinois Age: 55-65 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 This ssd exceeded my expectations! December 5, 2015 I was surprised at how easy the installation and data transfer was with this product. I will be buying another drive when OWC comes out with the upgrade for my MacBook Pro comes out!

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Reviewer: Anonymous

Rating: 5/5 Great find June 1, 2015 Great shopping experience. Left the order on Friday (to Finland) and it arrived on Monday. You really can't beat that.

Having only 18GB left on my original SSD HD I found this 480 GB SSD from OWC. There would've been also 1 TB available but thought that this would do plus the old one with the case that comes along with the OWC new HD, so 730 GB all together currently.

Did have some trouble during installation trying to use a shortcut but you really should follow the instructions. Once did that, everything was very smooth and fast.

The only trouble I had was that the other screw driver that came along didn't fit the screw in the HD. Fortunately was able to overcome that and everything just works great, couldn't be happier, especially when statistics show that newer models are actually slower than this mid -11 model.

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Switzerland Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 3-4 months

Rating: 5/5 Great product May 23, 2015 the new memory is very fast and the macbook Air starts very rapidly. The installation was also very easy with the two screwdrivers provided by OWC.

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Bellingham, WA Age: 55-65 Experience Level: IT Professional

Rating: 5/5 Excellent product, Customer very happy. May 15, 2015 I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from 480GB OWC Aura Pro 6G SSD + Envoy Kit for MacBook Air 2010+2011: Complete Solution with Enclosure.

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Chicagoan, IL Age: 45-54 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Superb Quality May 9, 2015 Awesome product, worked well for the purpose. Still works...

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Japan Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Very satisfied with this product March 8, 2015 I received my Aurora Pro promptly and, after backing up my OEM drive on two different external HDs, proceeded to install the new drive following the video instructions provided by OWC. It was super easy, taking less than 10 minutes to do the physical installation. There were a few anxious moments when Time Machine failed to perform as advertised (by Apple), but then I booted up in Restore mode, and re-installed the system software via the Internet (very handy indeed). The machine runs very smoothly, no bugs so far. Having 480 GB as opposed to 50 is a huge plus, and I would recommend this product to anyone who has been frustrated by Apple's measly 60 GB drives. Great product, great service.

I would recommend this item to a friend!

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Charleston, IL Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Hobbiest Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Fast and Effective February 27, 2015 First of all, the shipping was fast. Second, the installation was easy and pain free. And, third, the results are impressive. My old MacBook Air runs like new with much more space for documents, pictures, videos, etc.

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480GB Aura Pro 6G SSD/
Flash Internal Drive Upgrade
for 2010 - 2011 MacBook Air

480GB Aura™ Pro Specifications:

Specifications

Reliability³

Performance

Power

Environmental (Operating)

Environmental (Non-Operating)

Acoustics

Installation

How to Install the Aura Pro in MacBook Air 2011

Method #1

Method #2

Gallery

Video

Reviews

Warranty

Customer Ratings

OWC Special Offer Available

OWC

480GB Aura Pro 6G SSD/ Flash Internal Drive Upgrade for 2010 - 2011 MacBook Air

480GB Aura™ Pro Specifications:

Specifications

Reliability3

Performance

Power

Environmental (Operating)

Environmental (Non-Operating)

Acoustics

Installation

How to Install the Aura Pro in MacBook Air 2011

Method #1

Method #2

Gallery

Video

Reviews

Warranty

Customer Ratings

480GB Aura Pro 6G SSD/
Flash Internal Drive Upgrade
for 2010 - 2011 MacBook Air

Reliability³