Recover data from MacBook SSD with external enclosure

No, I am not aware of any adapters or enclosures for that proprietary Apple SSD. OWC typically provide such items, but they have never released any enclosures for it.

If your laptop has failed, then more than likely the failure was due to that SSD with everything else being equal. That particular SSD has an extremely high rate of failure. Usually you will notice the failure by the system having a Kernel Panic when waking the laptop from sleep, or with a blinking folder with question mark when powering on the laptop.

Your only option would be to find another 2016 or 2017 MBPro non-touchbar model laptop to use as a donor assuming the SSD is healthy.

FYI, if the SSD is failing, then try Option Booting the laptop which may give the SSD enough time to go ready as it searches for other bootable volumes.

Also, you should provide more backstory details regarding the failure of your laptop. If the failure of the laptop is not due to liquid damage, then my guess is the SSD is failing or possibly has completely failed......that is how often this SSD will fail.

Ramptech wrote:

Its' A1708 EMC2978 13" MacBook Pro From What The person told me it's a brick no power no post.

Late 2016-mid 2017.

re: < MacBookPro13,1> or < MacBookPro14,1>

Macs with T1 chip 2016 and 2017 your two-thunderbolt model.

Apple’s proprietary SSD in that non-touchbar models of MBP 2016 or 2017—known to have a high failure rate.

Note—2016 or 2017 non-touchbar model which uses yet another unique proprietary Apple SSD connector.

OWC which sells upgrade kits but does not offer any adapters or enclosures for that SSD.

Maybe Apple alone could help(?)

I Do not know about the non-touchbar models...(?)

compared to the 4-Thunderbolt 2016 & 2017 models which had Touchbar :

Both 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pros with Touchbar have a Life Boat connector

2016-2017 Touchbar MBPro, then Apple service tool store (Not a AASP) may be able to access the data stored on the SSD integrated into the Logic Board by using their special LifeBoat connector/device.

AASP= Apple Authorized Service Provider

ref: Local USA—

https://www.apple.com/retail/storelist

Around the World—

https://www.apple.com/choose-country-region/

Ramptech wrote:

Do any of you experts know if I can get an external SSD enclosure for one of these types of SSD in order to recover data as the MacBook no longer functions. If so please let me know what you would recommend.

Thanks for your time!

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/fb41e5f4-2951-4dcb-aee9-89f89527ac5f

Well not sure what SSD I am looking at there exactly— and you do not say(?)

If anybody— I would contact or search OWC/Macsales for compatible enclosure..well ahead of the cure all things Mac

OWC/MacSales US:

https://eshop.macsales.com/

OWC has a UK/Euro partner in London:

https://www.megamac.com/collections/owc

See all OWC/MacSales partners/ reseller around the world:

https://www.owcdigital.com/reseller/resellers

according to that item's description,

Compatibility:

MacBook Pro 15-in 2015 11,5 and 11,4

MacBook Pro 13-in 2015 12,1

MacBook Pro 15-in 2014 11,3 and 11,2

MacBook Pro 13-in 2014 11,1

MacBook Pro 15-in 2013 11,3 and 11,2

MacBook Pro 13-in 2013 11,1

Yours appears to be a 2016 or 2107 model, and is not supported by any aftermarket cases known here.

what model-year MacBook Pro and what screen size?

what exactly is the computer's ability to power on (not necessarily to launch MacOS, which is much harder job) ??

e.g. can it boot into Recovery, which does not requires the boot drive to be functional (or even present) ??

Ramptech wrote:

The Salesman was sure that this would work...OWC Envoy Pro 1A Portable Enclosure for Apple and OWC SSDs

re: < MacBookPro13,1> or < MacBookPro14,1>

That does not sound correct. If in doubt get a second opinion....

It seems at least 3 contributors here are telling you there is no enclosure for this proprietary SSD