

The entire process might take over an hour or two, so be patient.In this guide, we will replace the SSD on a late 2013 15″ Retina MacBook Pro with a standard NVMe SSD. This upgrade guide works on MacBook Pro late 2013-mid 2015 models, MacBook Airs mid-2013- 2017, iMacs (with fusion drive or SSD) late 2013- 2017 (probably 2019 as well), Mac Pro 2013, and Mac mini 2014.It’s likely that you will not need this but it’s better to be safe than sorry. There is a chance that some issues with Mac’s recovery mode will prevent you from installing macOS through it. A flash drive with more than 10GB of space for the installer of the latest version of macOS.

If you tend to use iCloud for your Time Machine backup then ignore this. An external hard drive that has more space than your laptop’s current SSD for a Time Machine backup.You will need an Apple’s SSD adapter that matches the pin on your SSD drive and the pin on your Mac’s SSD slot.

Most users usually upgrade their SSD to 1TB of storage but the same company’s 2TB SSD should work too.
