macbook prossdupgrade
I'm thinking to upgrade the ssd of my macbook pro 15 inc which is late of 2013. I haven't opened up the mac until now. But, as far as I see, ssd of the mac seems different like sliver. I think to buy that one. Isn't it suitable for the mac? I'd like to now the difference whether there is.
OWC has tested it and confirms that..
...the MacBook Pro 15” (2012) has two drive bays, each capable of running an OWC 6G SSD at full 6Gb/s speeds.
which is the SATA Revision 3.0 speed.
They've also setup a striped RAID which benchmarked at "over 1000MB/s read speeds and write speeds that nearly hit 900MB/s".
Regarding the Macbook Pro 13" (2012), OWC recommends using a 6Gb/s SSD only in the main bay, as the 6Gb/s performance of the optical bay is very poor. 3Gb/s models however work without problems in the optical bay.
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
The MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013 SSD is not as in the picture of your question. Have a look at MacBook Pro 15" Retina Display Late 2013 SSD Replacement, to see what the Storage device looks like and how to replace it.
Example Image:
Also have a look at, Solid State Drive Upgrades - MacBook Pro with Retina Display 13" & 15" Late 2013, 2014, and 2015 from MacSales.com.
Note that the SSD Upgrade Kit offered by MacSales.com is a reasonably priced and nice option to be able to continue using the original SSD once replaced.