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Macbook Air - upgrade SSD hard drive

Hi,
We have a client that wants to upgrade SSD hard drive on a 13" MacBook Air. They have 128GB and we want to go to 256GB or even 512GB (or amounts close to these numbers). We know it's possible, but some questions

1) What is a good SSD drive to buy from a Mac Air? I can google and find many, but good to have an idea of what is a trusted recommended model. (note we are in UK so UK suppliers are a bonus)

2) I assume Apple don't directly sell these?

3) Could we do this in-house, or should we just pay another company to do the actual hard drive swap. We've fixed many Windows laptops before. We've been quoted £50 +VAT for this somewhere else (but we have to get it to them and back).

Thanks.

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Andy M

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Kash

normally SSD on macbook air is soldered on to the board (previous models for definite) and i am not sure if it is still the same.

I have recently upgraded SSD on my samsung with a 250GB model Crucial M500 got from ebuyer.com very cheap.

strung

Have a look at the MacBook Air take-apart guide on iFixit for information about how to replace the drive in your particular model Air:

https://www.ifixit.com/Device/MacBook_Air_13%22

There is also a link there for the purchase of a replacement drive.

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Justin Pierce, MPS-CRM, CNDA, CEH

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afflik1923

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Sorry for delay in answering, but we done it and it was easy enough and worked well. many thanks