OWC 480GB Aura Pro X2 Complete SSD Upgrade Solution with Tools Envoy Pro Enclosure Compatible with MacBook Air (Mid 2013-2017) and MacBook Pro (Retina, Late 2013 - Mid 2015)

I was a bit fearful of attempting to install a new hard drive on my Macbook Pro but when I saw OWC's site and the instructional video, it looked very simple so decided to give it a shot. I called Best Buy's Geek Squad because I wanted to see what they would charge to install the drive just in case. They quoted me $95 plus tax to install the drive and then another $95 plus tax to transfer all of my data and apps over. I must admit, this was the part that scared me the most- transferring all of my apps to the new drive. I decided to go ahead and try it myself, and if I needed to, I could always take it in to Best Buy.Let me tell you, if I could give OWC 10 stars I would! Their videos on their website and step-by-step instructions are SO easy to follow, ANYONE can do this! It took me literally 10 minutes to remove and install the hard drive. Thanks Geek Squad- I saved myself $100 in this step! This product comes with a case for the old hard drive and the MUST have special screw drivers, do yourself a favor and purchase these items with the new drive! The time consuming part was reinstalling the Mojave OS- I have slow internet and that took about an hour. No problem, go do something while the installation is proceeding. Once OS was re-installed, I had the old hard drive already connected to the Mac and just followed the directions to transfer the files and apps to the new drive. Took about 25 minutes and DONE! Saved myself ANOTHER $100 Geek Squad...You can erase the old hard drive and use it as another USB/external hard drive, but I plan to keep it as is in case I ever need to reinstall the data for some reason. What I really love about OWC is that they have all of the videos and instructions you need to do this yourself and a hotline for help if you need it, but that was not necessary for me.

My 2015 MacBook Pro is rock solid for the work which is mostly emails, spreadsheets and other online stuff. A memory limitation prevented me from loading the latest Catalina OS. I didApple did not offer a memory upgrade and I did not want to drop $1,400+ on a new MBP, so I tried the OWC memory upgrade.I am about a 6 out of 10 in technical ability and was willing to try to install hardware and software on my own. The installation of the memory device was easy but the software updates were a challenge and I got stuck. I called the OWC 800 technical support line and was helped immediately by an expert who really knew what she was talking about, immediately understood my situation and immediately gave me the right next steps to make everything work.This was an exceptional CX and after 90 days of being installed in my MBP, the memory is as good as their technical support!Great company, great people, great support and great product.Thank you!

I wish I could give this SSD upgrade 5 stars because I really wanted it to work so bad. And it took over 10 hours to install due partly to a defective cable and/or external SSD enclosure.So here's how it went:I got the SSD, exterior SSD case, connection cable, two screw drivers to open my MacBook Air and the 480 GB SSD memory. First problem was with the connection cable and/or external SSD housing. Because my MacBook Air did not recognize the external memory in the external SSD housing, I had to use an old spare hard drive to make a full time machine backup to reinstall on the new SSD memory.But hey, if I could get the 480 GB memory working it would still be a win. I was patient and used and old hard drive for full time machine backup. Removed old SSD, installed new 480 GB SSD and did full restore. This got my data and Mac OS on the new 480 GB SSD and everything seemed great. Alas, this did not last.I found that my computer was spontaneously crashing overnight repeatedly. And upon boot up I got messages regarding problems with sleep mode causing a crash. This was the last straw for me, I reinstalled my old 128 GB SSD and called Amazon for a full refund. Thanks you Amazon! They processed it quickly and I am on my way to UPS to return the upgrade kit.So I can't recommend the kit and I am still looking for a RELIABLE SSD upgrade. Anyone know of a better upgrade kit?

Couldn’t be simpler. My OS was within spec so all I had to do was open the laptop, pull the old drive, swap it out and put it back together. (Disconnected battery first of course). Tools were great, housing worked with my old drive and I was able toninstall the OS using recovery on the new drive, then restore from backup from my old drive without issue. Kid 2015 MacBook Air went from 128 to 500ish Gb drive. Been running for weeks now. Performance is great.

I purchased this product on 9 April 2020 hoping to revitalise my MacBook Pro with more memory for my Bootcamp and Mac OS partitions. I have spent two days trying to get Bootcamp to boot to no avail. This may or may not be a result of the OS not recognising the new hard drive as an Apple native drive but no solutions fixed the installation problems for me.Also, one of the tools broke while I was replacing the screws after installing the drive. I'm happy with the new disk capacity but I am concerned that my new hard drive will one day break as easily as the screwdriver.

WOW!!! I have read other reviews how easy it was, but I wasn’t sure. The installation was synch, since the kit came with proper screw driver. When powered on - NOTHING happened - Mac did not power up properly. I called the tech support, they were extremely helpful and solved the issues with in minutes and stayed on the phone until I was comfortable. Excellent support.One key thing I did, I had installed Corbon Copy Cloner in my mac, which made it easy to get the data back and get mac running soon.I am ready to install it in another mac.