MacBook Air 11 inch Early 2015 SSD Upgrade NVMe 500GB Sintech – Transfer Data Clone no USB adapter

Replacing the stock 128GB SSD with a 500GB Crucial P2 – using no adapters. Now you have upgraded to a 500GB MacBook Air whilst also retaining all your data without using any of Apple’s proprietary adapters.

► Parts:
►► Crucial P2 CT500P2SSD8 500GB: https://geni.us/crucialp2
►► Sintech NGFF M.2 NVMe SSD Adapter Card, for Upgrade 2013-2015 Year Macs: https://geni.us/sintechnvme

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► Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:01 Upgrade to macOS 10.14 High Sierra or above for NVMe compatibility
03:43 Carbon Copy Cloner to clone drive to any external hard drive
06:04 Open MacBook Air and unscrew
06:47 Install Sintech adapter + Crucial P2 500GB SSD
08:45 Boot into cloned external hard drive
09:27 Use Disk Utility to format the internal Crucial P2 500GB SSD
10:04 Use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone the external hard drive to the internal Crucial P2 500GB SSD
11:09 End

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