![]() ![]() An OWC enclosure will solve the physical compatibility problems with macOS, but it still adds more complexity by using an enclosure that you have not used/tested before. Keep in mind that Apple uses a proprietary PCIe SSD connector so options for connecting an Apple PCIe SSD are rather limited since there is not a huge market for such an accessory. The SSD you pictured physically fits into a 2013-2015 laptops (plus the 2017 MBAir), but it is hard to say whether it will be fully usable in all those models.Īnother, better option if you are not using the exact same model Mac is to install the SSD into an OWC Envoy Pro Enclosure. I actually have no idea which Apple SSD will fully work in which other Macs. I've seen macOS outright not boot while the wrong SSD was installed, to where macOS would boot, but not work properly with the incorrect SSD, to where macOS would actually install to the incorrect SSD and boot properly. ![]() ![]() While the SSD may physically fit into another Mac, it does not mean that macOS will work with it installed in a different Mac. If the physical SSD is not seen, then most likely the SSD is bad, but there is a chance it may not be considered compatible by macOS. Accessing data from a drive used with macOS 10.15+ can be a bit tricky mounting and finding the mounted data volume containing the user folders and data. Technically macOS 10.12.6 can mount & read an APFS volume, but it has very basic support and is unable to repair an APFS volume. If the physical SSD is seen, then make sure if the SSD uses the APFS file system that you are using a Mac running macOS 10.13+ since older versions of macOS are unable to mount and read the newer APFS file system. Modify the earlier Terminal command to include "internal" option in order to get rid of all the virtual volumes associated with the installer: diskutil list internal Use Safari to access this discussion, and press Command-V to paste the output. Select the output in Terminal, then press Command-C to copy it.Take a photo of it using another device (such as your phone), then post the picture(s) here.To post the output here, you have a couple of options: The first 4-5 disks should usually contain all of the needed data. If you see more than 10 disks looking the same, all of those can be ignored. ![]()
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