Upgrading MacBook storage

[DalekSec]

I have a Early 2015 MacBook Pro, with only 120GB of storage, i've never upgraded a macs storage before (looks simple enough from what i've seen)

 

Question i have is can i buy any old M.2 SSD and put it in? Or do i have to buy specific ones? Looking for around 500Gb atleast really. Looking at this (Which i also have in my main PC atm)

[Norphy]

You need Apple specific ones.

 

OWC is a good place to start.

 

https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro-retina-display/2013-2014-2015

 

Nothing like cheap though.

[DalekSec]

Ouchie.... i might just buy an external drive.....

[MrKJLS]

I have a Early 2015 MacBook Pro, with only 120GB of storage, i've never upgraded a macs storage before (looks simple enough from what i've seen)

 

Question i have is can i buy any old M.2 SSD and put it in? Or do i have to buy specific ones? Looking for around 500Gb atleast really. Looking at this (Which i also have in my main PC atm)

 

Apple has there own special adapter for the SSD's. When the SSD failed in dad's MacBook Pro, he got the Transcend 725 JetDrive. For the 2015 model, you need this 820 JetDrive. It comes with a caddy so you can use the old drive as external storage.

[DalekSec]

Apple has there own special adapter for the SSD's. When the SSD failed in dad's MacBook Pro, he got the Transcend 725 JetDrive. For the 2015 model, you need this 820 JetDrive. It comes with a caddy so you can use the old drive as external storage.

 

 

........HOW MUCH!!!!!!!

[MrKJLS]

........HOW MUCH!!!!!!!

 

They're not cheap lol. Get an SSD and put it in a USB 3.1 caddy

[mjk]

At least these aren't soldered directly onto the logic board like the newer macs.

[Marci]

Cheaper equivalence at https://www.megamac.com/collections/solid-state-drives-for-macbook-pro/

[Norphy]

Not really. The cheaper ones there are commodity SATA drives which will fit in older MacBook Pros. Once you filter the list to Retina Macbooks (11,1 or later), you will see the price suddenly jump up.