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OWC 500GB Aura Pro 6G SSD Upgrade for 2012-2013 MacBook Pro with Retina Display (OWCS3DAP12R500)

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

If you are knowledgeable enough then this is a slick upgrade. Worked as advertised.

Price is a little more then other comparable items but after researching and reading many reviews it seems like it was a good choice. Compré el disco con cierto recelo.

Once you gain access to the drive it pops right in. Run the macbook's internet recovery to install a new copy of os onto the new drive and the pick migrate after install to transfer the old data and programs. The new 1tb ssd is faster than my oem and ... Read More

Cons

This is either a malfunctioning item or there is another problem with it. They brag on comparability and sell a premium. However, it says third party device not comparable.

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Quality

Easy to install and updated great product

Perfect fit and yes this is a 7 -17 pins connector for macbook pro mid 2012!

This is owc 500gb aura pro 6g ssd upgrade for 2012-2013 macbook pro with retina display.

Don't leave it out in the cold, it could get ruined!

Price

This was the perfect replacement ssd for my old macbook, and the price was great.

Regardless, this is an excellent value and has allowed me to put off purchasing another laptop for another year or so.

A little bit expensive upgrade option still available for now

I waited until the price dropped for the 1tb.

Shipping

Additionally it was shipped pretty fast, so two thumbs up for this item and the seller.

Had a new keyboard and battery for my mid 2012 macbook pro retina fitted at mac wave, cape town, south africa (great service - ... Read More

Competitiveness

Works like advertised, and read and write speeds are even better than the oem apple ssd that was in my macbook.

At first i had a doubt on this product since it was about $100 cheaper that its competitors.

I will admit i could have manually loaded it myself but compared to the original drive, all you had to do was click on "softwar... Read More

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This product had a total of 535 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 26 2024.