is it possible to upgrade SSD storage on Macbook Air M1
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Original Title: M1 Macbook Air Storage
Apple solders the SSD directly onto the motherboard. Swapping the SSD would be very difficult and meticulous. It is not practical.
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Apple solders the SSD directly onto the motherboard. Swapping the SSD would be very difficult and meticulous. It is not practical.
Have a nice day!
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With the M series Macs, one is unable to alter the storage or the RAM capacity of the computers after the purchase.
The only exception being the 2024 M4 and M4Pro Mac mini. The storage on those machines is on a removable module, however it is proprietary and one cannot use off-the-shelf components as replacement.
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With the M series Macs, one is unable to alter the storage or the RAM capacity of the computers after the purchase.
The only exception being the 2024 M4 and M4Pro Mac mini. The storage on those machines is on a removable module, however it is proprietary and one cannot use off-the-shelf components as replacement.
Two other exceptions are the Mac Studios and the M2 Ultra Mac Pros.
In all three cases, the SSD controller is in the Apple Silicon chip, and the removable flash modules are raw flash modules, rather than standard M.2 NVMe SSDs. In all three cases, the Apple Silicon chip encrypts & decrypts data in real time. If you replace the flash modules on a M2 Ultra Mac Pro, you need the help of a second Mac to get things back in cryptographic sync afterwards, so you can restore everything from scratch. I imagine the same is true for the other machines.
The flash upgrade kits for the Mac Pro are not cheap. $1000 USD for 2 TB, $1600 for 4 TB, or $2800 for 8 TB, before adding the cost of professional installation. These kits replace the existing SSD (instead of adding more storage alongside of it), which makes upgrades even more expensive (on an incremental cost per TB basis).
Can I upgrade the SSD storage on my M1 MacBook Air?
