Owc ssd not recognised on Macbook Air 13" late 2011?

You probably need a firmware update or an additional driver from OWC.

A flashing question mark appears when you start your Mac

"If you see a flashing question mark when you start your Mac, it's probably because it can't find the system software it needs to start up. Usually, all you have to do to get your Mac back up and running is remind it where its software is."

I have the same problem. I bought 480gb Aura 6G in March 2013. MBA won't boot yesterday with question mark flashing. I'll try updating firmware as suggested by nbar. Fingers crossed

I'm referring to this site

http://eshop.macsales.com/tech_center/OWC/SSD/Mac_USB_disc_bootable

You probably need another Mac.

I installed back the original 128gb MBA SSD which I preserved. So, all my data since March are still intact. Boot up normal.

you can also use a Windows pc

OWC SSD Firmware Update - Other World Computing

Hi David,

Unfortunately, after firmware update, 480GB still won't boot. Only able to boot to the Recovery partition.Disk Utility can read the Recovery Partition (only 1 partition) 480GB. No other partition found. There should be a Macintosh HD partition. It's gone since before Firmware update.

This may not be similar to yours. I believe OWC has crappy products :

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1459847

Now, I really need to retrieve the data from my OWC SSD. I'm out of idea. I tried Remo Recover, the scanning just hanged for hours. Can't retrieve or read anything from the OWC SSD.

I'll contact OWC for warranty. But really ****** with data losses and unreliable product from OWC

David,

You have any luck? i've spoken to OWC live chat Duane, they will issue RMA and I have to bear the shipping cost back to them.

Good luck to you.

I've given up retrieving the data.

Nick

Hi David,

Sorry to disturb you with an old message.

Did you resolve your problem ? if yes, how did you that ?

Thank you.

David