Samsung 970 EVO 500 GB V-NAND M.2 PCI Express Solid State Drive Some people have complained that some of the adapters are too thick and it makes it a little awkward to put back the back cover, but luckily I didn’t suffer any problem. There is also this version: There are debates online as which one is better, I don’t see how they are different except the shape.
You can buy it on ebay or amazon, mine looks like this: Things you will need: M2 NGFF TO MACBOOK Converter I managed to follow the steps and successfully upgrade my MacBook to a Samsung 970 EVO SSD, and I will be sharing my experience here.
The idea is simple, use an ‘adapter’ so that the MacBook can take the standard M.2 SSD drive such as Samsung EVO/PRO. Until one day I came across a post on reddit: Samsung 960 EVO on Macbook Air 2015 However I couldn’t convince myself to buy one as it is more than double the price for the same size, than a standard M.2 SSD.
Over the years I am running out of space, but I knew for long that Apple’s SSD is proprietary, either I have to buy a 2nd hand spare SSD from other mac devices or go for the OWC drive. My Macbook Pro 13 (early-2015) comes with a 256 PCI-e SSD.
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