Old Macs are still good for a work. You can easily change a battery or upgrade a storage. In some older version you can even upgrade a RAM or use the second one hard drive.
But in this story I am going to show you how to change the SSD. 256 GB for photo and video editing is not enough. So I decided to install a new 1 TB.
10 screws at the bottom case, detach the battery and we can remove the SSD.
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My Mac has an uncommon SSD connector with 12+18 pins. So I need an adapter from M.2. You can find the same by "ssd m2 to macbook" search phrase. Check compatibility with your computer.
As a storage I decided to use 970 EVO Plus because it's reliability by customers feedback and ratings.
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Install the adapter first carefully. It should placed deep as possible.
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And the last step is installing the SSD itself.
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Cool. Now we can boot MacBook in recovery mode from a USB flash drive or internet and install the macOS. You can use internet recovery to do the same.
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Everything is ok.
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This drive works almost twice as fast.
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