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M2 Macs...SSD on Motherboard
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1935016" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Thanks Randy. </p><p></p><p>Just to add a bit of confusion to the topic. The SSD's used in the 1st & 2nd generation Apple Silicon Mac Studio's are removable blade SSD's. </p><p></p><p>Unlike earlier Apple Intel computers with blade SSD's (some iMac's, and some notebook computers)...where the blade SSD could be removed and replaced/upgraded...this doesn't seem to be the case with the Mac Studio. </p><p></p><p>The difference (Intel vs. Apple silicon blade SSD's)...Apple incorporated the "SSD Controller" onto chips external to the blade SSD...rather on the blade SSD itself (as it was previously). </p><p></p><p>Thus from what I'm reading...the blade SSD in a Mac Studio can be removed...but this doesn't help...since there's no work around yet for the different SSD controller location.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac-studio/mac-studio-faq/how-to-replace-upgrade-mac-studio-internal-ssd-storage.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p>It does appear (according to the Apple document linked below)...that the SSD's in the new 2023 Apple Silicon Mac Pro are still replaceable/upgradeable as well:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213664[/URL]</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1935016, member: 56379"] Thanks Randy. Just to add a bit of confusion to the topic. The SSD's used in the 1st & 2nd generation Apple Silicon Mac Studio's are removable blade SSD's. Unlike earlier Apple Intel computers with blade SSD's (some iMac's, and some notebook computers)...where the blade SSD could be removed and replaced/upgraded...this doesn't seem to be the case with the Mac Studio. The difference (Intel vs. Apple silicon blade SSD's)...Apple incorporated the "SSD Controller" onto chips external to the blade SSD...rather on the blade SSD itself (as it was previously). Thus from what I'm reading...the blade SSD in a Mac Studio can be removed...but this doesn't help...since there's no work around yet for the different SSD controller location. [URL unfurl="true"]https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac-studio/mac-studio-faq/how-to-replace-upgrade-mac-studio-internal-ssd-storage.html[/URL] It does appear (according to the Apple document linked below)...that the SSD's in the new 2023 Apple Silicon Mac Pro are still replaceable/upgradeable as well: [URL unfurl="true"]https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213664[/URL] - Nick [/QUOTE]
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