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I’m trying to upgrade the internal SSD on my macbook and wanted to know whether this combination would work? SAMSUNG 860 EVO MSATA https://www.amazon.es/Samsung-EVO-m-SATA… MSATA ADAPTOR https://www.amazon.es/LeHang-Tarjeta-ada… Thanks in advance.
Why I do understand the desire to use a cheaper drive solution, I personally don’t recommend them. You’ll find lots of people recommending them but you’ll also hear people like me who often need to pull them out as they have failed. Just last week I pulled out two having to put in a better solution which in the end costs the customer more. The issue is the adapters people are using are not reliable and creates CRC errors which wears the SSD excessively. In addition the interface within M.2 SSD’s is not quite the same as what Apple is using in their custom SSD. As an example the sleep action your laptop goes into won’t work correctly. Instead I would recommend using either the OWC or Transcend 3rd party SSD’s which have been designed to work from the get go. Or, find one of the custom Samsung SSD’s Apple uses. Do take the time to review this: The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs
I am currently running a similar combo. Qnine mSata adapter with a Evo 860 mSata 1tb, and the performance is great! No issues whatsoever. Its fast
I tried it on 2 different 15’ Retina MacBooks, Mid 2012 and Early 2013 . Used the Samsung EVO 960 mSATA and it DID NOT WORK!!!
No, the 860 EVO is a SATA based drive. You will need an NVMe drive formatted to APFS to install MacOS on it. I’ve been using the intel 660p with my Macbook Pro with the Sintech adapter and it has worked very well.
Also advice against an OWC drive. Had upgraded to a 1 TB OWC drive for my Macbook Pro 15 inch Late 2013. Drive failure after 25 months. Can’t remember that an original drive ( custom samsung) had ever failed in a macbook within that time period!
