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Macbook Air with 1TB SSD

Does anybody know if a 1TB SSD from the newest Macbook Pro 13" fit into the newest Macbook Air?

I love my mackbook Air, but for my job as a photographer I need more space. I alos work with programs that build my pictutres and they already need about 150GB space as scratch disk.

So my 500 SSD Air is always on a limit and even on a production I have to always have a drive to store extra data/swap it from the macbook air.

This data is about 300GB per prduction.

So a 1TB Air would be just fine. But cant buy it at apple :-(

Does anybody know?

Then I buy a 13" 1TB and swap the drives.

I do not need a fast mashine, I got an iMac for the hard work at home.

Thank you,

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), SSD Upgrade

Posted on Dec 22, 2013 12:46 PM

84 replies

Jan 11, 2014 2:09 PM in response to Paz.americano

3rd party Samsung module not from Apple dirrect.

diff conector and form factor. You also might note the bad feedback from the seller.

Thats $1900.00 US for that ..... have you asked yourself if you really need that much onboard storage?

purchase a 1TB superslim HD for $60

$1900.00 VS. $60.00 ,..... and you need an external HD for backups regardless.

😊

Jan 11, 2014 2:28 PM in response to Paz.americano

I do not need external HD´s

I need fast internal Storage

I got about 40TB external storage through Thunderbold and LAN

I Ask a question about a Yes/NO and still people come here with ideas of slow external drives and other suggestions-

My fastest External drive is a 1TB SSD Samsung EVO in a smal self-powering Thunderbold-Case. That is my backup timedrive when I am on production.

I need more internal HD to have all things running and can work with it.

It is not about the money the 1TB cost it is about pure performace and ease of use.

I could also get a older macbook Pro and stuff two EVO SSD with each 1TB, but that is not what I asked or whant.

The connectors on the Air and Pro are excactly the same. check ifixit and put the two in PS together.

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Jan 11, 2014 2:33 PM in response to Paz.americano

As you can't get a clear answer here why don't you buy the parts and do it yourself. Post back and tell us how it worked out and the sum of knowledge on this forum will have been increased.

Jan 11, 2014 2:35 PM in response to Paz.americano

I got a reseller here in US who will soon have the original Samsung Drive that are in the Macs and will have them ready to order soon.

About 1000USD for 1TB

Jan 11, 2014 2:56 PM in response to Paz.americano

Hey Paz.americano.... that's good news :-) The 1000USD is a bit high, but at least it will be available 😝 I'm very interested in the results.

Martin

Jan 11, 2014 5:30 PM in response to Paz.americano

Paz.americano

I do not need external HD´s

The connectors on the Air and Pro

Depends on Year and model.

Air has gone from Micro Sata to PCIe SSD

Pro has gone thru 2 diff. micro sata and diff form factors,.... and now a PCIe SSD

Current Pro has PROPRIETARY FORM PCIe SSD

As to external HD,....everyone everyone, without question NEEDS an external HD for backups, data archives, etc etc.

So, thats incorrect 😊

Jan 11, 2014 6:13 PM in response to PlotinusVeritas

98% is a bad feedback! wow...

Jan 11, 2014 6:22 PM in response to PlotinusVeritas

@ PlotinusVeritas

You Posting is so useles!

QUOTE:

diff conector and form factor. You also might note the bad feedback from the seller.

And these pictures you post, are from the old model. The new ones have diferent conectors.

Hillarious useless information that you post here.!!!

Here are the actual Model SSD´s

Same size, same conector fit in but we do not know if they work.

That is the only question in this posting. Nothing else is questioned!

Stop wasting peoples time!

Feb 4, 2014 11:08 AM in response to Paz.americano

1TB SSD will not fit in the Air, however buy it and try it yourself and find out

Feb 4, 2014 12:45 PM in response to PlotinusVeritas

Hi, Tnx for answering our question! However, it would be helpfull if you could eleborate a bit more about the "why" it will not fit. Have you tried it yourself? Do you know anyone who has done this? Do you know the dimensions of both SSD's? What made you know that this SSD doesn't fit?

Feb 4, 2014 1:03 PM in response to Martin Speedy Dekker

you can see it here, check the specs yourself

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/news-events/press-releases/ detail?cateSearchParam=N004&newsId=13182#none

I said not fit the Air, not the Pro.

Feb 4, 2014 2:00 PM in response to PlotinusVeritas

I'm afraid we're not talking the same drive. The new 1TB PCIE(!) drive in the Macbook Pro late 2013 is not a standard mSata drive as you are linking to. It's proprietary Apple, just like the one in the mid 2013 Macbook Air (somebody correct me please if I'm wrong).

Feb 4, 2014 2:13 PM in response to Martin Speedy Dekker

correct, the 2013 Pro are proprietary form PCIe

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7673/owc-to-bring-aftermarket-sf3700-pcie-ssd-upgr ades-to-2013-macs

these aftermarket SSD wont be available until many months from now and will use a Sandforce controller

something with a known track record of unreliability.

Feb 4, 2014 4:29 PM in response to Martin Speedy Dekker

all Macbook Pro, Macbook Air and iMac fit, except the 1TB, it is wider and will probably not have enoughf space left and right or just left or just right. Did not test it, but I saw the 1TB drive and it is about 50% wider than the 124, 256, 512 drives...

Feb 4, 2014 10:36 PM in response to Paz.americano

Hi! Tnx... not the answer I was hoping for, but this was the answer I was looking for 😀

Macbook Air with 1TB SSD