Question What type of SSD is this?

[exekutive]

It came from my dead 2014 MBP. What form factor or whatever is this? The connector on it does not look like all my other M.2 drives. What kind of USB enclosure do I need to connect this to my new Mac?

https://imgur.com/AMdM3pe

 

[USAFRet]

https://www.memory4less.com/apple-256gb-pci-express-ssd-mz-jpu256t-0a6

256GB PCie 3.0 x4

 

[exekutive]

https://www.memory4less.com/apple-256gb-pci-express-ssd-mz-jpu256t-0a6

256GB PCie 3.0 x4

yes I know the model. It's on the sticker. What is the form factor/connector? Can I put it in a USB enclosure?

 

[USAFRet]

yes I know the model. It's on the sticker. What is the form factor/connector? Can I put it in a USB enclosure?

An enclosure compatible with a PCIe 3.0 drive.

 

[BFG-9000]

The 2016 and 2017 non-touchbar Macbook Pros were the last ones with removable SSDs. Unfortunately they used a proprietary interface so your SSD isn't very useful. The touchbar ones were soldered.

Apparently before SSDs became standard on MBPs in 2012, the then optional SSD was standard M.2 but Apple decided this was too easy to avoid the Apple tax on, so made later ones proprietary.

 

[thestryker]

You could look for something with a 12+16 port on it or a compatible adapter.

 

[exekutive]

Thanks guys. I think I found an enclosure compatible with the Apple proprietary connector.

OWC Envoy Pro Portable, Bus-Powered USB 3.0 SSD Enclosure

Ultra-portable, bus-powered external SSD enclosure designed to complement the 2012 - early 2013 MacBook Pro with Retina display.

eshop.macsales.com

For the same price , I can just get a new 500GB SSD. Was hoping to re-purpose it, but I guess it's just trash.

 

[dwd999]

You could try one of these adapters on amazon but as you note they cost more than the memory is worth:

https://www.amazon.com/Enclosure-Ma...s=macbook+ssd+enclosure&qid=1734842164&sr=8-3

https://www.amazon.com/Enclosure-Ma...book+ssd+enclosure&qid=1734842273&sr=8-4&th=1

 

[exekutive]

You could try one of these adapters on amazon but as you note they cost more than the memory is worth:

first link says "MacBook Air from 2010 to 2011" which doesn't apply. Second one is $65 which gets me a new 1TB drive. Thanks anyway.

 

[thestryker]

If you hadn't seen these types of adapters this is what I was referring to:
https://www.riitop.com/products/m-2...le-macbook-air-2013-2014-2015-a1465-a1466-ssd