In my earlier post, I mentioned that the new 2012 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 15″ Retina machines are now using two new, different SSD slot designs/connectors not used previously. Here’s a few pictures of the new connectors, compared to the one previously used.
While our current Aura Pro Express SSDs are NOT compatible with these new machines, we ARE full steam ahead on bringing new models to market that will feature these new connectors.
Of course, the other new MacBook Pros announced yesterday, the 13″ and 15″ non-Retina Display models, will continue to utilize traditional 2.5″ SATA SSDs like our Mercury Electra 6G and Mercury Extreme Pro 6G. You can also install a couple of hard disk drives using the OWC Data Doubler (up to 1TB each) for a 2TB total…and if that’s your magic capacity number….here’s a future product teaser….with the OWC Data Doubler, you’ll soon be able to hit that level of internal storage capacity with OWC SSDs!
Do you currently have an adapter for the the mid-2012 MacBook Air SSD to sata? For bare drive recovery of data.
No, although with the OWC Envoy, you can access that original drive via USB 3.0
Hi, may i know 2012 macbook pro retina SSD same use for Imac 2012 slim to built SSD Fusion Drive?
We do not currently have a SSD upgrade compatible with the 2012 iMac models.
Hi, when come out new mercury extreme pro ssd 6gb with 1 tb ???
We can’t really speak as to new products or release schedules of future products here on the OWC Blog.
Please tell me if the MacBook Air 2012 11.6″ uses the NEW SSd conector or use the oíd one, same as the 2011?
Thank you, very much.
Luis.
It is a new connection on the SSD, not the same as found on the 2010-2011 models.
Just wondering, based on the time frame that OWC experienced with bringing out SSD’s for previous generations of MacBook Air’s, what really approximate time-frame are we looking at for getting OWC SSD’s for the 2012 MBP’s?
Really can’t speak authoritatively as to an ETA, rest assured we are working on it though.
How do you get the 2tb in the macbook pro? I only see up to 1TB on your site.
Good catch – I think Grant had Data Doubler on the brain when he wrote that. If you use two 1.0TB hard drives (one in the main bay, and one via the optical bay with a Data Doubler installed) then you get up to 2.0TB.
Wonder how much the 1TB SSDs will cost?
If they go for about five hundred it’d probably be worth upgrading from my 256GB OWC SSD, I guess.
Try will over a grand, possibly in the 2k arena. A 480 Mercury Electra 3G runs at 580. The higher you g0, the more expensive and complicated it is to cram that architecture together. Remember, the smaller the more expensive haha.
Great you tease new SSD capacities ;)
Which Macbook Air SSDs will the Aura Envoy be compatible with?
The Aura Envoy will be compatible with factory SSD modules from 2010-2011 MacBook Air models.
It looks like mini PCIe connector. Could you check if it is or not?
Is your current OWC Data Doubler compatible with new 2012 MacBook(non-retina) Pros?
http://blog.macsales.com/14064-expand-the-2012-macbook-pros-with-an-owc-data-doubler