I've seen on Amazon and a couple of discussions on other sites talking about upgrading where "Apple SSD" was brought up. I was considering taking the 512GB PCIE out of my MacBook and using it for my main PC since I never need 512GB of storage for the MacBook but comparing the pins, it looks somehow different, and I've been told that Apple changed/displaced the pins so that their SSD's would only work on a MacBook? Normally I find out the redneck way but I don't have another PCIE SSD other than that one and I can't afford to loose it, so I wonder, is there really a difference between Apple SSD's and regular SSD's? Would it be safe to plug the Apple SSD with intentionally displaced pins into a regular PCIE socket?
What's the difference between an "Apple" PCIE SSD and a regular one?
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Barty1884
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Apple utilized something resembling M.2 before the 'standard' was every truly laid out &/or implemented. Developed their own connector - and they continued from there. I believe some of the newer Macs utilize standard M.2, but can't say for sure.
If the pins don't line up, there would be little point in utilizing it in a regular M.2 PCIe socket.
1. It just wouldn't work
2. (Worst case), you could end up frying the drive.
If the pins don't line up, there would be little point in utilizing it in a regular M.2 PCIe socket.
1. It just wouldn't work
2. (Worst case), you could end up frying the drive.
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