Sostituzione SSD MacBook Air 11" metà 2011

Scritto Da: Walter Galan
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Sostituzione SSD MacBook Air 11" metà 2011

Difficoltà

Facile

Passi

5

Tempo Necessario

6 - 10 minuti

Introduzione

Segui questa guida per sostituire l'SSD in un MacBook Air da 11" di metà 2011. Questo MAcBook Air usa un connettore proprietario e quindi non è compatibile con i comuni M.2 senza usare un adattatore.

Prima di iniziare questa riparazione, se possibile, esegui un back up del tuo SSD. Quindi prendi familiarità con la modalità recupero con internet o la creazione di una chiavetta USB avviabile per essere pronto ad installare MacOS sul tuo nuovo SSD e trasferisci tutti i tuoi dati.

Infine consigliamo fortemente di installare macOS 10.13 High Sierra (o successivi) prima di sostituire l'SSD originale del tuo MacBook Air. La maggior parte dei nuovi SSD richiedono dei driver aggiornati che non si trovano nelle versioni precedenti di MacOS.

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    • Prima di cominciare, chiudi il tuo portatile e appoggialo a testa in giù su una superfice morbida.

    • Svita le seguenti dieci viti:

    • Due viti pentalobe da 8 mm

    • Otto viti pentalobe da 2,5 mm

    • Il cacciavite speciale richiesto per svitare le viti Pentalobe può essere trovato qui.

    I recommend that one of the tools you obtain is a jeweler's loupe that mounts on your glasses. It makes things easier.

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    • Infila le dita tra lo schermo e il case inferiore e tira verso l'alto per sganciare la cover dal MacBook Air.

    • Rimuovi la cover inferiore e mettila da parte.

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    • In questo passaggio dovrai scollegare la batteria per evitare di far fare corto circuito a qualsiasi componente durante la riparazione.

    • Usa la parte piatta di uno spudger per fare leva su entrambi i lati corti del connettore della batteria per scollegarlo dalla sua presa sulla scheda madre.

    • Piega il cavo della batteria lontano dalla scheda madre in modo che non faccia contatto accidentalmente con la sua presa.

    My macbook air's configuration (Mid-2011 core i5) has a different battery connector. It slides into a receptacle on the logic board. If your battery connector does not look like the one pictured, use the pointy end of a spudger to depress the small indentation in the middle of the battery connector cable terminal, and pull aft to release the clasp mechanism.

    Ethan Cross -

    Maybe your battery connector doesn't match the picture because these instructions are for the mid-2012 model and yours is mid-2011.

    colleenthompson -

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    • Svita la vite Torx T5 da 2,9 mm che tiene fermo l'SSD sulla scheda madre.

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    • Usa uno spudger per sollevare l'estremità libera dell'SSD giusto il necessario per poterlo afferrare con l'altra mano.

    • Non sollevare troppo l'estremità dell'SSD.

    • Sfila l'SSD dalla sua presa parallelamente alla scheda madre per rimuoverlo.

    • Mentre reinstalli l'SSD, assicurati che sia posizionato correttamente prima di riavvitare la vite bi bloccaggio.

    When you've completed all these steps to replace your SSD, don't despair if the MacBook Air shows a flashing folder with a question mark when you first power up the MacBook Air.

    - Power off the machine, then keep the option key (= Alt key) pressed down, power on the machine again, and keep the option key pressed down until a prompt appears.

    - If you've set a firmware password, then type it in at the prompt

    - You should now be prompted for a hard drive to boot from. Select "EFI Boot"

    - The MacBook Air should now boot to a window showing "OS X Utilities"

    - Click on the  at the top left, then select "Startup Disk..."

    - Select your SDD/Hard drive, and restart.

    Michael Welham -

    When replacing the SSD, be careful about the connector orientation. Replacement boards look almost the same if they are upside-down. Note that the connector is not reversible - there is a notch that will only line up if the board is right-side up. If it doesn't seem to line up, flip the board over.

    shamino -

    can i ask some links for some ssd’s that are compatible with that macbook model ?

    giannismistil -

    Hi I completed steps above, but the MacBook Air 2012 doesn’t seem to read the drive, on reboot I get a flashing folder, and upon clicking Control R on reboot it goes to internet recovery mode and then can’t find the drive on disk utility. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks, Devin

    Devin Patrick Hughes -

    if you’re using an M2 adaptor, be mindful to check the compatibility with the other end. In my specific case my adaptor was only compatible with M2 Sata and not with M2 NVMe.

    Andres Urena -

    This was a confusing upgrade. Sintech M.2 NGFF SSD fo 2010-2011 MacBook Air was used, yet it’s got a graphic in the sales content that claims it works with ‘M’ key only (NVMe, AHCI), so NOT SATA. Yet in the answered questions on Amazon the sales tech claims you MUST use SATA drive. I bought 2 NVMe SSD’s and found that the first USB adapter board was unstable with both. So, bought another adapter board that supported SATA and NVMe (RIITOP M.2 SSD to USB 3.1 adapter that claimed to be compatible with ‘M’ and ‘B+M’ SATA SSD’s) and a SATA SSD (Silicon Power A55 M.2 SATA III). The NVMe drives couldn’t be seen by the MacBook Air, but the SATA drive worked (Restore didn’t work, but SuperDuper! does fine). Physical install is as shown.

    Robert Sutherland -

Conclusione

Per rimontare il dispositivo, segui le istruzioni in ordine inverso.

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Walter Galan

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16 commenti

Note: if you're installing a blank SSD, you'll want to format it with Disk Utilities) before the OS X installer will recognize it.

aaronmiller -

Could not have been any easier, with this guide.

Thank you very much!

916sp -

is it possible to replace an 128 GB Solid State Drive with an 240 GB? (MacBook Air, 11", Mid 2011)

zimmermatthias -

Does anyone know if the Samsung 960 pro 512gb m.2 drive is compatible with this machine?

Mark -

No, is not, I just bought a 1TB Samsung 960 EVO m.2 and had to return it, for not being compatible. (is smaller and the pin-out is not the same)

fjlbandeira -

Can anyone suggest SSD that can be use with MacBook Air, 11", Mid 2011. Need at least 256 GB or more.

Chairat

Chairat Usavangkul -

480GB OWC Aura 6G SSD

Bertil von Arx -

Or you use an adapter, you can put in any m.2 SSD in.

Eric -

*any SATA m.2 SSD

craig -

Super clear and helpful, thank you.

eigenhombre -

Is there a way to retrieve data from an old Samsung SDD taken from my Mac Air 2011? The Mac was totally dead after water damage but I want the photos.

alan s. -

Where can I get an adapter? And what’s the right signature ?

Roman Loeser -

What adapter do I need to be able to put a 970 EVO plus, or any NVMe ssd into this machine??

Brick Wall -

Thank you very much - worked like a charm; now….on to the battery…

Kurt Navratil -

Parfait mon macbook air vient de passer de 60 Go à 500 Go !!! Et en plus c’est facile ! Merci pour ce tuto très bien réalisé qui permet de recycler nos vieux macbook qui fonctionnent toujours très bien !

Laurent Durieux -

There are adapters available, so you can upgrade your MacBook Air with 'standard' SSDs - as long as they match the adapters specifications. In my case I found an adapter which supports SATA SSDs but not PCMe.
With this in mind you won't go wrong. Both my MacBook Pro 13 late 2012 and my MacBook Air 11 work fine. Especially the Air (which got only 2 GB RAM) benefits most, after installing a Linux with SWAP. Due to the speed of the new SSD it runs smoothly.

Steffen Mutter -