OWC – 480GB Aura Pro X2 – Solid-State Drive for Select 2013 and Later Macs

Price: £105.49
(as of Nov 22,2024 17:00:56 UTC – From the manufacturer

OWC Aura Pro X2 : Your Mac. More Space. Twice as Fast.

Consumes less power and runs cooler than any drive before it. (lower power consumption vs. comparable factory SSDs and OWC SSDs for all systems) The ports you need. The keyboard you love. Your setup. Your style. Your Mac, better than new, with the latest Solid-State Drive technology.

The Aura Pro X2 SSD gives you up to 16 times more space and the speed to keep up with your imagination today and tomorrow. Upgrade your Mac with Aura Pro X2 SSD for a fraction of the cost of a new model and keep your Mac running for years.

Blazing Fast and Super Cool

Aura Pro X2 combines speed, stamina, and efficiency that will change the way you experience your Mac. With read speeds reaching 2989MB/s and write speeds of 1208MB/s, the Aura Pro X2 is up to twice as fast as the original SSDs, delivering performance on par with the latest models. It runs cooler and consumes less power than earlier SSD models, so you can run at peak for longer than ever.

When it’s go time, getting off the line and maintaining a high level of performance are equally important. Aura Pro X2 is engineered with advanced SLC caching, providing instant full-speed write acceleration, meaning those media projects and games stream fluidly and respond without lag time. Aura Pro X2 PCIe-based flash storage upgrades are precisely engineered for your Mac, so you’ll never need to compromise your data by relying on complicated software hacks or TRIM-enablers to get the most from your upgrade. Just install, migrate your data, and enjoy the great performance of flash storage with up to 16 times the capacity of the factory-installed drive. OWC SSDs perform maintenance tasks in the background that optimize the health, performance, and endurance of your flash drive. These jobs take advantage of available, unwritten areas on the SSD. Aura Pro X2 PCIe-based flash storage reserves 7% of the overall capacity as free space. Always. With this allocated free space, Aura SSDs can perform these normal maintenance tasks making your drive more stable, dependable, and ultimately a safer place to store your data.

Up to 2400MB/s write speeds Up to 2TB capacity Up to 3200MB/s read speeds NVMe – PCIe 3.1 x4 macOS 10.13+

Keep The Mac you know:

From drives to gear to stickers, you’ve put time into making your Mac your own. The Aura Pro X2 can give you up to 16x more storage and up to double the speed of the original drive. With that capacity and power, you can keep your Mac running optimally for years — at a fraction of the cost of buying a new model.

Continuous Compatibility:

Aura Pro X2 is designed for the latest macOS versions (macOS High Sierra 10.13 and later), taking full advantage of the advanced features of APFS including: strong encryption, copy-on-write metadata, space sharing, cloning for files and directories, snapshots, fast directory sizing, atomic safe-save primitives, and improved file system fundamentals.

macOS 10.13 High Sierra (or later macOS) must be installed on the host computer before installing the Aura Pro X2 SSD. These OS versions include an EFI firmware update for your host computer. Without the update, your new Aura Pro X2 will not function. When installing macOS to your new SSD, boot and press Cmd-Opt-R, then follow the prompts. This will ensure the latest OS version is installed.

Get Up and Zoom:

In addition to groundbreaking read and write speeds, the Aura Pro X2 is engineered with enhanced burst performance. This means your files load faster and stream fluidly, giving you an edge on your workflow, games, and creativity.

Easy DIY Upgrade:

In just 15 minutes, you can transform your Mac with Aura Pro X2 for speed and storage to rival the latest models. OWC video tutorials walk your through removing your original SSD and replacing it with a new one. Plus, our award-winning US-support team is a just phone call or chat away.

High-Performance + High-Style

Your upgrade should be a seamless experience. That’s why Aura Pro X2 SSD upgrade kits come with Envoy Pro, the beautifully designed, high-performance SSD enclosure to reimagine your original PCIe-based flash drive.

When you remove your original flash SSD, it fits perfectly into Envoy Pro so you can transfer all your data to the new Aura Pro X2 inside your laptop. Once the file transfer is complete, enjoy using your Mac’s original flash SSD as a fast, external USB drive with transfer speeds up to 426MB/s.

NOTE: The Envoy Pro is designed to work with your factory drive ONLY, The Aura Pro X2 is not designed to work with the Envoy Pro as an external drive.

Supported Computers: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, early 2015), MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2017), MacBook Air (13-inch, early 2015), MacBook Air (11-inch, early 2015), MacBook Air (13-inch, early 2014), MacBook Air (11-inch, early 2014), MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013), MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013), Mac Pro (Late 2013), Mac mini (late 2014)
High Performance 480 GB NVMe flash update. Up to 3200 MB/s read speeds and 2400 MB/s write speeds, up to twice as fast as the original SSD. The SLC caching accelerates burst performance. Upgrade your Mac with Aura Pro X2 SSD for a fraction of the cost of a new model and keep your Mac running for years.
It consumes less power and works cooler than previous models: Recently calibrated to use less power and run cooler than previous SSD models, so you can run to the maximum longer than ever, the Aura Pro X2 is the best way to upgrade your PCIe-enabled Mac.
Controller: Silicon Motion SM2262EN. Flash components: 3D TLC NAND. Interface: NVMe 1.3 (PCIe 3.1 x4). Form factor: custom blade. Overprovisioning: 7% overprovisioning. System requirements: macOS 10.13 or later.
Designed for macOS 10.13 and later. Please note: Aura Pro X2 is designed for the APFS file system available on macOS 10.13 High Sierra and later.Upgrade to macOS 10.13 or later before installing Aura Pro X2. Not compatible with Apple Boot Camp on MacBook Pro 11.1 or MacBook Air 6.1 or MacBookAir 6.2.
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Reviewer: Will
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing.
Review: Upgraded my Mid 2015 15inch MBP from 512 GB to 2TB quick and easily. I found some useful installation instructions on iFixit (there are none included) and these clearly explained how to install the drive.Initially I was at a loss as to how I was going to transfer my system across because rather strangely the included enclosure allows you to house the original SSD but doesn’t support the new 2TB drive. However the solution is to back everything up first, take full anti-static precautions (regularly discharge yourself somewhere like a radiator and also don’t touch the components directly) then extract the original SSD into the included enclosure, install the new SSD and then hald down ‘ALT’ on boot to boot from your original SSD now housed externally to the MBP.Once you’ve done the hardware bit the real work begins getting everything to perform as before. I went through a number of hurdles to get to a fully working system but the below steps worked best for me; this is edited from all the dead ends I went up.1. format your new SSD now inside the MBP.2. Use Carbon Copy Cloner to transfer your drive across (I tried Super Duper! but that failed with the new MacOS file OS).3. Clear your P-RAM (press the Command, Option, P, and R keys at the same time) when you reboot – if you don’t I found the machine sort sits there and thinks for quite a while whilst it works out where the system disc is.4. Once you can successfully boot into Mac OS from your new SSD, remove the old one and keep it safe for the time being.5. Reboot and hold down shift to get to the recovery mode.6. Reinstall MacOs from the recovery mode – this shouldn’t erase any settings or applications you have installed but seems to iron out any niggles or problems with either booting or running the system.7. Install OS updates and check all your apps are running correctly.The new SSD in my MBP now runs super smoothly. I had some problems with time machine that are probably out of scope for this review that I also needed to resolve but the laptop now boots quicker than before and is no longer creaking through lack of HDD space. It also feels genuinely quicker than before.I do seem to have a corrupted file somewhere within my Applications folder – if I open the applications folder Finder crashes. If I press F4 I can see there is a strangely named application that I can’t access or delete. I suspect I had this problem before and cloning the drive carried it over, but it’s something to flag.In terms of compatibility and ease of installation I can’t fault this upgrade. The hard work really centres around transferring the system across and ironing out all the niggles with MacOs after you’ve done that. It’s an expensive upgrade but will add years of life to your existing laptop.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Easy to install in MacBook
Review: My trusty late-2014 Macbook is still going strong, but was suffering from too small a hard-drive. After extensive googling, I settled on this one as a replacement – seems pretty fast and the price is good. I ordered it + a penta-lobe screwdriver from Amazon, and both arrived the next day. I needed to preserve the contents of the old drive, and this unit doesn’t come with a caddy, but I had a spare 1TB drive onto which I could put a Time Machine backup. Removing the bottom of the laptop was completely straightforward, as was removing the old drive (see various YouTube videos for reference). Getting the new drive in required more of a push than I expected to get it seated ok – but was not difficult. Everything went back together fine and the TimeMachine backup process (see YouTube again) restored everything flawlessly. I’m so happy with the result I thought I’d let other people know!

Reviewer: Jayme
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Saved me £££
Review: Life saver! I have an older 2013 model MacBook Pro that was now considered “obsolete” by apple. Unfortunately I had a hard drive fault which rendered the MacBook completely unusable. After contacting Apple care, taking it to an apple store and speaking to other people in the repairs field I was told it could be repaired but would cost me close to £600+, which just wasn’t worth it for an old model. I couldn’t afford a new MacBook so searched the internet and found this to be the hard drive that I would need to replace my old one.After a bit of you-tubing it because clear that MacBooks are modular and you can install the product yourself with the correct screwdriver. A few screws later and this SSD was in place and just needed to install the software.No problems with any of the installation and it was very quick and easy.Cost was great. I managed to double the size and speed of my old hard drive for less than a third of the price Apple quoted for the smaller like 4 like hard drive.Overall absolutely thrilled! managed to keep my MacBook for a while longer, saved myself hundreds and did an upgrade all at the same time with this piece of kit. 10/10Also their aftercare service is fab! I had an issue with sleep wake failure and was put through to a specialist from their team via a phone call and walked through how to fix the issue very quickly!

Reviewer: Sam Clay
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: SSD great, tools not so much
Review: Fantastic product which is very easy to install. Works as expected. Seeing much improved read write speeds in my 2015 macbook Pro vs the original ssd. Envoy chassis for the original ssd is beautiful, looks like it was made by Apple. Only complaint is the included tools. The smaller driver for undoing the case screws had one of the 5 points on the head break off, causing me to nearly strip a screw trying to undo them.

Reviewer: G4WTV
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great upgrade
Review: This is such a worthwhile upgrade for my old MacBook Pro mid 2014. Previously I had a 128Gb drive installed and I constantly had to keep control of how much data was used.Fitting the new SSD in my MacBook Pro was just so easy, as fortunately I already had the screwdrivers needed (after fitting new batteries) to open the case and it took less than 15 mins to complete.I then used Apple Recovery mode to do a fresh Internet install of MacOS Big Sur operating system, which also prompted me to recover all the data I had backed up on my Apple Time Machine. This process took about two and half hours. When completed I was amazed that everything was back on my MacBook with no loss of data.Right now the MacBook is faster than before and I’ve got loads of space left for applications and data.

Reviewer: MikeV
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: For a non-geek. Easy to install. Everything needed was included. Was probably over cautious and still did it in about 30 minutes. Fresh install of macOS, then used migration assistant to transfer everything from old drive. Went smoothly! Recommend it!

Reviewer: Darien body
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: The fit was a little snug for my 2017 MacBook Air, nonetheless it installed and ran perfectly

Reviewer: Mike
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Product arrived in a good package and install was super easy and quick. I needed to replace the original SSD in my 2015 MacBook Pro and this did the trick! Only minor con is that it’s a smaller capacity than original. This SSD is 240gb compared to the 256gb the MacBook originally came with. But I’m ok with that considering the cost of this drive was substantially less than other options. I was even able to use OWC technical support line when running recovery on my MacBook and they guided me through the best procedure to reformat this drive to work the best for my Macintosh. Would recommend it and buy it again.

Reviewer: Patrik Nilsson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Allt fungerade som det skulle! Snabb frakt och bra produkt!

Reviewer: Rico
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: augmentation taille ssd (128Go avant). Permis d’avoir installé windows 10 avec Bootcamp. Plus rapide que le disque d’origine. Le boîtier externe permet l’utilisation du disque d’origine.Belles finitions.

From the manufacturer

OWC Aura Pro X2 : Your Mac. More Space. Twice as Fast.

Consumes less power and runs cooler than any drive before it. (lower power consumption vs. comparable factory SSDs and OWC SSDs for all systems) The ports you need. The keyboard you love. Your setup. Your style. Your Mac, better than new, with the latest Solid-State Drive technology.

The Aura Pro X2 SSD gives you up to 16 times more space and the speed to keep up with your imagination today and tomorrow. Upgrade your Mac with Aura Pro X2 SSD for a fraction of the cost of a new model and keep your Mac running for years.

Blazing Fast and Super Cool

Aura Pro X2 combines speed, stamina, and efficiency that will change the way you experience your Mac. With read speeds reaching 2989MB/s and write speeds of 1208MB/s, the Aura Pro X2 is up to twice as fast as the original SSDs, delivering performance on par with the latest models. It runs cooler and consumes less power than earlier SSD models, so you can run at peak for longer than ever.

When it’s go time, getting off the line and maintaining a high level of performance are equally important. Aura Pro X2 is engineered with advanced SLC caching, providing instant full-speed write acceleration, meaning those media projects and games stream fluidly and respond without lag time. Aura Pro X2 PCIe-based flash storage upgrades are precisely engineered for your Mac, so you’ll never need to compromise your data by relying on complicated software hacks or TRIM-enablers to get the most from your upgrade. Just install, migrate your data, and enjoy the great performance of flash storage with up to 16 times the capacity of the factory-installed drive. OWC SSDs perform maintenance tasks in the background that optimize the health, performance, and endurance of your flash drive. These jobs take advantage of available, unwritten areas on the SSD. Aura Pro X2 PCIe-based flash storage reserves 7% of the overall capacity as free space. Always. With this allocated free space, Aura SSDs can perform these normal maintenance tasks making your drive more stable, dependable, and ultimately a safer place to store your data.

Up to 2400MB/s write speeds Up to 2TB capacity Up to 3200MB/s read speeds NVMe – PCIe 3.1 x4 macOS 10.13+

Keep The Mac you know:

From drives to gear to stickers, you’ve put time into making your Mac your own. The Aura Pro X2 can give you up to 16x more storage and up to double the speed of the original drive. With that capacity and power, you can keep your Mac running optimally for years — at a fraction of the cost of buying a new model.

Continuous Compatibility:

Aura Pro X2 is designed for the latest macOS versions (macOS High Sierra 10.13 and later), taking full advantage of the advanced features of APFS including: strong encryption, copy-on-write metadata, space sharing, cloning for files and directories, snapshots, fast directory sizing, atomic safe-save primitives, and improved file system fundamentals.

macOS 10.13 High Sierra (or later macOS) must be installed on the host computer before installing the Aura Pro X2 SSD. These OS versions include an EFI firmware update for your host computer. Without the update, your new Aura Pro X2 will not function. When installing macOS to your new SSD, boot and press Cmd-Opt-R, then follow the prompts. This will ensure the latest OS version is installed.

Get Up and Zoom:

In addition to groundbreaking read and write speeds, the Aura Pro X2 is engineered with enhanced burst performance. This means your files load faster and stream fluidly, giving you an edge on your workflow, games, and creativity.

Easy DIY Upgrade:

In just 15 minutes, you can transform your Mac with Aura Pro X2 for speed and storage to rival the latest models. OWC video tutorials walk your through removing your original SSD and replacing it with a new one. Plus, our award-winning US-support team is a just phone call or chat away.

High-Performance + High-Style

Your upgrade should be a seamless experience. That’s why Aura Pro X2 SSD upgrade kits come with Envoy Pro, the beautifully designed, high-performance SSD enclosure to reimagine your original PCIe-based flash drive.

When you remove your original flash SSD, it fits perfectly into Envoy Pro so you can transfer all your data to the new Aura Pro X2 inside your laptop. Once the file transfer is complete, enjoy using your Mac’s original flash SSD as a fast, external USB drive with transfer speeds up to 426MB/s.

NOTE: The Envoy Pro is designed to work with your factory drive ONLY, The Aura Pro X2 is not designed to work with the Envoy Pro as an external drive.

Supported Computers: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, early 2015), MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2017), MacBook Air (13-inch, early 2015), MacBook Air (11-inch, early 2015), MacBook Air (13-inch, early 2014), MacBook Air (11-inch, early 2014), MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013), MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013), Mac Pro (Late 2013), Mac mini (late 2014)
High Performance 480 GB NVMe flash update. Up to 3200 MB/s read speeds and 2400 MB/s write speeds, up to twice as fast as the original SSD. The SLC caching accelerates burst performance. Upgrade your Mac with Aura Pro X2 SSD for a fraction of the cost of a new model and keep your Mac running for years.
It consumes less power and works cooler than previous models: Recently calibrated to use less power and run cooler than previous SSD models, so you can run to the maximum longer than ever, the Aura Pro X2 is the best way to upgrade your PCIe-enabled Mac.
Controller: Silicon Motion SM2262EN. Flash components: 3D TLC NAND. Interface: NVMe 1.3 (PCIe 3.1 x4). Form factor: custom blade. Overprovisioning: 7% overprovisioning. System requirements: macOS 10.13 or later.
Designed for macOS 10.13 and later. Please note: Aura Pro X2 is designed for the APFS file system available on macOS 10.13 High Sierra and later.Upgrade to macOS 10.13 or later before installing Aura Pro X2. Not compatible with Apple Boot Camp on MacBook Pro 11.1 or MacBook Air 6.1 or MacBookAir 6.2.