This implies that the drives from the 13" 2017 MBA will fit physically into the 2013 11" MBA, but because of the firmware, they won't work. 4A drive found in the other Apple computers of the era. In fact, if the 11″ MacBook Air wasĬonfigured with a 512GB SSD from the factory, it already included the Therefore not compatible with common M.2 drives without the use of anįrom the link provided by klanomath in the comments.ĭespite the two channel drive, the 11″ MacBook Air actually supportsįour channel PCIe connections, and they can be upgraded with the Gen.ĤA drives found in other devices. This MacBook Air uses a proprietary storage drive connector, and is They also go on to say that it's possible to use an M.2 SSD with the use of an adapter, however, I can find no test results so YMMV. While it implies that the 2013 through 2017 MBA interface is the same (it is physically), one has two channels (2013) while the other has 4 (2017). Also remember that you're comparing the 11" to the 13" model and those are different with respect to space.įrom, I was able to find an excellent image showing the difference with the interfaces.
The 2015 through 2017 MacBook Air laptops use the exact same interface, so, those are compatible.
The 2015-2017 MacBook Air 13" uses a proprietary PCIe 2.0 x4 SSD.The 2013-2015 MacBook Air 11" uses a proprietary PCIe 2.0 x2 SSD.
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