6. Dec 3, 2021. #13. smbu2000 said: The only MBP able to take advantage of the significantly faster speeds is the 2015 15” model which has pcie 3.0 x4 lanes for faster speed. All other models 15” and 13” are limited to pcie 3.0 x2 speeds, which top out at the 1400-1500 speed range after overhead. Step One: Remove The Back Cover. The actual upgrade process is pretty simple. First, you need to remove the 10 T5 Torx screws securing the MacBook Air's back cover. Notice that not all of the Basically it is advertised as being made for installing M.2 SSD on a A1708 MacBook Pro, and it has the same shape as the original Apple SSD. So I bought some Samsung 970 EVO Nvme M.2 1TB SSD. It fits perfectly on the adapter, but then when trying to install the whole thing, half of the new SSD stick out on top of the rest of the motherboard . In general, any 2013 to 2017 MacBook Air, 2013 to 2015 MacBook Pro, and 2014 Mac mini can be upgraded, with good results. How can you tell if your computer is compatible with an upgrade? FN417VI.