Macbook Air SSD Adapters

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Hi all, just after a Macbook Air SSD adapter. So that I can use to read data off a Macbook Air ssd card. Could anyone recommend on to use in a PC - just for data recovery.

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A picture or part number would help. I have this USB adapter for MacBook Air (Mid 2013-2016) and MacBook PRO (Late 2013 - Mid 2015) models. It's frustrating that there are so many different connector types that you need to buy separate adapters for. The one mentioned is for 12+16 style M.2s.
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OWC website you can purchase a external case, works only with Apple SSD not OWC SSD (don’t now why), and it’s great
 
Cheers all, will look into them. I was after one that covers all the bases, reason is have some users contact me about macbooks 2015>
I wish Apple would just keep things standard and keep it. Oh we have to be different, no your difficult.
 
@frase Just wait until you start getting in 2016-2020 MacBook Pro's. Those things SUCK! Everything is soldered onto the logic board, including the SSD and to make matters worse, the built-in SSD is encrypted AND protected by the T2 security chip. You'd better pray to whatever computer god you believe in that they remember their password and that their logic board works and doesn't have any bad ports otherwise you can't even get into Target Disk Mode to transfer the data. To make things even worse, you have to use this expensive crappy 1 foot cable from Apple, which only works if you connect it to a newer Mac in order to enter Target Disk Mode to copy the data. The connector is thin and crappy, and will disconnect at the slightest touch, possibly corrupting their data in the process.

Basically, Apple has done everything in their power to make a disposable paper bag that you have to pay an iCloud subscription for so you won't lose all your data if the computer goes down. The liability of working on modern Macs makes working on them a very unattractive prospect, especially since there really aren't any replaceable components. Even the freaking battery is glued in. When it comes to modern Macs, the only service you can really offer is data transfer or an OS reinstall, and the chances of mucking something up during a data transfer is much higher than a normal computer.
 
2016 models don’t have a soldered SSD, but yes they are not easy to work with if you’re not an AASP
@frase Just wait until you start getting in 2016-2020 MacBook Pro's. Those things SUCK! Everything is soldered onto the logic board, including the SSD and to make matters worse, the built-in SSD is encrypted AND protected by the T2 security chip. You'd better pray to whatever computer god you believe in that they remember their password and that their logic board works and doesn't have any bad ports otherwise you can't even get into Target Disk Mode to transfer the data. To make things even worse, you have to use this expensive crappy 1 foot cable from Apple, which only works if you connect it to a newer Mac in order to enter Target Disk Mode to copy the data. The connector is thin and crappy, and will disconnect at the slightest touch, possibly corrupting their data in the process.

Basically, Apple has done everything in their power to make a disposable paper bag that you have to pay an iCloud subscription for so you won't lose all your data if the computer goes down. The liability of working on modern Macs makes working on them a very unattractive prospect, especially since there really aren't any replaceable components. Even the freaking battery is glued in. When it comes to modern Macs, the only service you can really offer is data transfer or an OS reinstall, and the chances of mucking something up during a data transfer is much higher than a normal computer.
 
2016 models don’t have a soldered SSD
Incorrect. There is ONE model from 2016 that doesn't have a soldered SSD, and that's the non-touchbar base model 13" (All 15" models and the 13" with touchbar have a soldered SSD). Beyond that, your only option for a MacBook with a removable SSD is the 2017 non-retina MacBook Air. Nothing newer than that has a removable SSD.
 
You'd think anyone foolish enough to buy apple these days would also buy an icloud subscription but that's obviously not the case lol.

Pretty much within 5 years or less no macs will be repairable the way it's going. I remember in one of Louis Rossman's videos he said he would retire in 2023 because it'd probably be next to impossible to work on macs. I think he's since changed his mind on that...but it might just happen because of the non availability of chips etc. for soldering replacements.
 
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