I have a Macbook Air 2014 – 128 GB, and I am running out of space. Is it possible to upgrade the SSD to one of bigger capacity?
MacBook – How to upgrade Macbook Air 2014 SSD
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I have a 128GB Air with Lion and iLife '11 ... which is what, by default, would come on a new Air from the Apple Store or authorized reseller. I have other apps, so this is only a guess, but...
- Lion: 4-5 GB
- iLife '11: 5 GB
- Recovery Partition: 650 MB
So, on a 128GB Air, you should see about 115-118GB free space. On a 256GB Air, you would see about 243-246GB free space.
It doesn't work
My Pentalobe and Torx bits arrived today and I tried swapping the drives. When I put the 256 GB drive in my Macbook Pro, it doesn't boot and displays this image
I tried holding down opt to boot to a usb drive and do a fresh install of Mavericks on the drive.
When I attempt to boot from the USB drive, the crossed out circle image is displayed again.
I've also tried holding down shift during boot to boot into safe mode. The neutral gray screen displays for a longer time, but eventually the crossed out circle appears again.
Best Answer
In some Macbook Airs the SSD is actually replaceable. Please refer to iFixit.com and the other answers for details.
However, a very interesting option is to make use of the SD card slot. There are a number of products out there that will fit seamlessly into your SD card reader slot. You can then mount it as an additional drive and put e.g. your music library onto it. Some examples (feel free to update):
Using one of these solutions you could add up to 256 GB (2015) of storage to your Mac.