OWC Aura for Mac Pro

10.13.6 is installed on there now

yes still have the original ssd I pulled the aura installed that one (as recommended) and it updated just fine. Now supposedly that was going update all the firmware and make the aura compatible and able to update.

Didnt work.

I see that, but that would wipe out all of my programs, files, emails, etc. thats like starting over and its just not an option for me

the sad part is that if this problem persists and they are making products that cannot be updated natively, it makes these products obsolete for future use

the screenshot I attached to my first post shows apple saying its a "supplier" problem and through the support chat, OWC says its Apple's problem, which is it lol?

they acknowledge that its a problem but really don't offer any practical solutions, very disappointed in this product :(

haha what????

again not practical

i dont understand how I cant install Mojave on a drive that the installer sees as a RAID or external drive, but it seems that you are telling me to install Mojave onto an external drive, so confused

its really sad that an OWC customer would even have to consider this and what happens on the next update? same process?? - just sad

Thanks for your help. I wasnt saying to install on a RAID I was simply saying if I cant install Mojave right now on any drive whether internal or external. How will it install on a cloned external drive?

I just connected a 4TB SATA drive I have and its the same problem.

Here’s my problem....

lets say in theory all of that works out

i install my original drive, clone the drive to the external 4TB drive and all goes well

the next step would be to remove the original apple drive and then install the aura ssd and now in theory I could clone the external drive to the aura

BUT....I am back to where I started in the original post I would have a brand new install of Mojave with all of my files, programs, etc all gone :(

i started this thread with the hopes that someone would have had some success in easily updating in a reasonable manner after buying an aftermarket drive that costs $1400

sounds great in theory

problem is, the way I am understanding this, is that the OS installer will not recognize or install on an external drive so I am having a hard time understanding how to do that with that limitation

not only that but there is a bigger picture here....

to clone my drive twice would require a substantial amount of time invested, the install of any mac os upgrade alone can take a few hours, what you are suggesting is that I spend lets say maybe 6-8 hours of time, cloning, installing, reinstalling, etc. when really OWC should be the ones to make sure that their products are compatible with all future releases of OSX

it scares me that I would have to go to these lengths to "get around" a limitation that really is a defect of OWC's product in which they are charging good money for.

I bought this drive to make my life better and easier, thats not what is happening now, this is a big headache.

not only that, but what about the next release? what about the next 3 releases 2 years down the road? will I have to repeat the process again and spend the amount of time it will take me here and do another "work around"?

thats like putting a band aid on the problem. I hope that OWC would care enough about their customers that they would address this issue directly and make their drives fully compatible and seamless with Apple updates moving forward.

oh and BTW here is what disk utility sees my drive as

Boot ROM Version: 127.0.0.0.0

thats the only view I have

maybe this one?

this?

I already did. Is this what you are referring to?

based on what you are saying, is this something that the aura ssd firmware could be updated and solve the problem?

here is what I have