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Hi everybody. I’m planning to replace the SSD in my MBP with a bigger capacity regular market SSD. Not an Apple branded one. I’m using a Sintech adapter and a Samsung Evo 970. Device is a Macbook Pro 13" Early 2015 (A1502). Here’s what I’m planning on buying: P5 Pentalobe screwdriver for getting the back cover offSintech adapter Apple to M.2Samsung EVO 970 After installing the drive in the machine, I need to first boot into Linux via bootable USB to partition the drive. Then I should be able to run the High Sierra bootable USB to setup the system, after partitioning again with Disk Utility to GUID and APFS. I’m wondering if I’m doing this correctly. Is there anything I’m forgetting or could be doing better? I will probably need to find a local (Dutch) vendor for the Sintech adapter but I’m sure I can find it somewhere. Any feedback appreciated.
The adapter and using M2s built for Windows are just not reliable. Go with one made for Mac, such as the OWC model or Transcend. https://eshop.macsales.com/upgrades/macb…
I like OWC for presenting great Mac solutions. Yet Crucial P1 and the 2nd gen sintech adapter work flawlessly in high Sierra, Mojave and Catalina. No sleep issues. At a savings… Of course, Most Mac users like the easiness of how things work in the Mac world, including great reliability. However, there is a path of resistance for the ones who are willing to study a bit further, into what actually may be preferable options. I have worked as a consultant designing apple solutions for at least 80 recording studios, using AVID and apple solutions. Clients including major music and sound award winners and studios, Game designers, as well as the humble bedroom recording studio. There generally are ways of maximizing results by bending rules. It is a labor of love and patience…. A.
Hi, Yes, it works. I bought a Samsung EVO 970 1Tb + a Sintech adapter, and installed it in my Macbook Air 2015. I booted on a Gparted Live CD (a bootable UDB drive would work too) to create a mac partition table and format the SSD to hfs+, so that it would be detected by the Air. (Gparted does not offer an APFS option) Then, I booted on an external hard drive with High Sierra and used Disk Utility to change the partition table to GUID and format the SSD to APFS. Finally, I restored my Air from a Time Machine Backup. Everything is working like a charm, and it’s cheaper than OWC (and probably faster). I have a Macbook Air early 2015, I bought a Samsung SSD Evo 970 1Tb + a Sintech adapter, and this is what I did : Installed the SSD + adapter in the Macbook AirBooted on a Gparted Live CD (Linux on a bootable USB key would work too)Created a partition table for Mac with GpartedBooted on an external drive with High SierraUsed Disk Utility to format the SSD in APFSRestored a Time Machine backup on the SSDDone! And everything works like a charm. Hope that helps. Cheers!
I upgraded my MacBook pro 13inch early 2015 with Sabrent Rocket 512GB SSD with Sintech Adapter.. I some how managed to install macOS Mojave on the drive and later upgraded to Catalina. Now I checked the speed of READ/WRITE on both Catalina and Mojave.. The Write speed is around 500MB/s and write is around 1300MB/s. My old original SSD performed even better than this.. I don’t know if its a firmware update issue. But I contacted Sabrent customer support and they told me that there isn’t a “Mac/ISO” firmware format in their site. They only have “.exe” format for windows. Can anyone suggest me any quick solution other than trying it out in a windows pc..
