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Review on πŸ’Ύ 1TB PCIe NVMe Gen3x4 SSD, with 512GB, 256GB, and 128GB options, featuring 3D TLC NAND Flash. A Reliable Hard Drive SSD Replacement for MacBook Air 2013-2017, MacBook Pro Retina 2013-2015, iMac 2013-2017, Mac Pro 2013, and Mac Mini 2014. by Brian Nicholas

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Works great (although Apple makes it hard)

I installed one of these in an early 2015 MacBook Air last night. The tricky part is the initial formatting of the hard drive so the operating system can be installed. There are two ways to do this after replacing the hard drive: 1) This is the "network" method, which loads the utility used to perform the initial setup. Disk Utility failed to recognize the drive twice. Method 2 is to download the entire operating system (6+ GB for Mojave) and create a bootable USB drive. When I used this method, Disk Utility saw the new drive, formatted it, and from there I was able to complete the restore from the Time Machine backup. Everything is impeccable. I don't think Indmem is responsible for this issue - it's definitely a software issue caused by Apple. I've tried solving my problem by installing a new SSD, my web search turned up others who had the same problem - if the utility you downloaded doesn't recognize the hardware, try the USB method. As for the physical process of replacing an SSD. Drive Anyone who has ever replaced a hard drive in an iBook will appreciate how easy it is. Open the lid, disconnect the battery, the SSD is right on top and you don't have to spend an hour digging through 10 layers of other hardware to get it like the old days. EDIT: I made two laptops with this update. (Air through 256 and MacBook Pro through 512) both use the USB boot method described in the Indmem support document on their website. Both upgrades were successful using this method and today I'm ordering another 512 for another MacBook Pro.

Pros
  • Handy thing
Cons
  • Not as good as it says