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I want to upgrade my ssd and since it is Apple proprietary, I can’t upgrade it on my own. I asked the guys at Apple if it was possible to upgrade it and some said that the ssd is soldered on the motherboard and others said that it is removable, but the MacBook Pro is programmed to only work with the amount of storage it came out with. Does anyone know if what they are saying is true?
Apple very much solders everything to the board now, including the ram. I believe your only choice is to add additional storage via an external thunderbolt device, there are some excellent options for this. i would get something sleek, and with that interface you wont notice any speed difference.
Here’s the info you need! The Function Key models do in fact have a serviceable SSD drive as you can see here:
Taking it out
What it looks like under the metal shielding Review the last section of the wonderful guide (Generation 5): The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs for the possible drives you can buy. They are sold out quite quickly! So you’ll need to put a reserve order in to get one.
