FWIW, OWC ships internationally and they only sell/ship parts that are compatible with a certain model. And, since the speed is capped, there is no need to spend money on a faster SSD. I do not know if the 2015 and 2012 would work the same.
FWIW, OWC ships internationally and they only sell/ship parts that are compatible with a certain model. And, since the speed is capped, there is no need to spend money on a faster SSD. I do not know if the 2015 and 2012 would work the same.
I can only recommend the SSDs from OWC (macsales.com); I've had several in my Macbook Pros. And they are guaranteed to work with the Mac; here are the install instructions including links to the SSDs.
Thanks but I'm UK based, I've had a look around for the past few days. To my knowledge the Samsung 850 evo appears to be compatible but that reaches speeds of up to 500mb/s (costs around £150) but the 960 evo reaches speeds past 3,000mb/s (only costs £50 more) I know this may sound to be overkill but I'd prefer a newer and faster model especially since it only costs a little bit more. I've found a user who has installed the 960 evo into their MacBook Air but their model was 2015 and I was wondering if 2012 would work the same?
Thanks
Can you post a link?
That vintage MacBook Air used a proprietary SSD and not a SATA or m.2 drive. There are claims of adapters that work, but they're not known for being reliable. If you go that route it's for a serious hobbyist.
So I've done more research and because the 2012 MacBook Air uses m.2 sata it apparently caps the speed at 600mb/s I guess therefore its best to just settle for the more known to work 850 evo which reaches up to 550mb/s speeds, with the saving of £50 I'll just buy the needed adapted and an enclosure for my current stock 128gb ssd to use as an external usb ssd.
OskarXYZ wrote:
So I've done more research and because the 2012 MacBook Air uses m.2 sata it apparently caps the speed at 600mb/s I guess therefore its best to just settle for the more known to work 850 evo which reaches up to 550mb/s speeds, with the saving of £50 I'll just buy the needed adapted and an enclosure for my current stock 128gb ssd to use as an external usb ssd.
The 2012 and 2015 models are very different. The SSDs had different pinouts and work very differently. This is a pretty good read:
http://www.ssd-for-mac.com/blog/files/compatible-m2-ssd-macbook.php
Yep it would be unnecessary and according to a bit of research it wouldn't work most likely anyway hence why I'm gonna choose the 850, thanks :)
MacBook Air Mid 2012 SSD Upgrade
