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Transcend 480GB JetDrive 520 SATAIII 6Gb/s Solid State Drive Upgrade Kit for MacBook Air, Mid 2012 (TS480GJDM520)
Size:480 GB
This is a great update for those who are running out of space in MacBook Airs and running out of SSD space in their Apple laptops. With the JetDrive 520, you can Supercharge your Mac with file transfer performance that far exceeds stock...
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Excellent instructions and easy process to clone old hard drive to this one and then just swap them out and was up and running with the larger storage in no time!
Be sure to watch the videos in addition to read the instructions and the process will be a breeze for you too.
The process was so easy it took less than 30 minutes start to finish
The reality with this product was that the whole process was a breeze.
Worked just like the video, was an easy process to follow.
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Plus, they throw in a nice carrying case for the metal case that will hold your old drive, which will function as an external drive.
The real highlight and pleasant surprise, is it comes with a nice metal case to put the old drive in, with a USB cable so you can still use the old one!
I do recommend the case so that you can use this as an external drive when you take the old one out.
And the old SSD is very handy to have around in the nice case that Transcend provides for it.
This will irritate you eventually as it'll stick up in the smooth underbody surface
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Performance is fantastic, a great upgrade for 2012 MacBook Air models.
The only thing I'd have liked to see would be even better performance, but that's minor
The performance seems good too, although I no longer have the zeal to download programs and benchmark few kb/s differences in read write speed, the system does feel faster
This will irritate you eventually as it'll stick up in the smooth underbody surface
Picture is of Black Magic Disk Speed Test, reading and writing a 5GB file, awesome performance!
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The tools worked very well, and installation was a breeze
That's a good product with easy installation procedure.
This will irritate you eventually as it'll stick up in the smooth underbody surface
The installation was reasonably easy but the drive never worked correctly even after an absurd amount of effort (reformatting, reinstalling, ad nauseam).
Installation was easy and the external drive bay for the old drive is small, well-made and sleek
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Not only is this a nice hard drive upgrade to your MacBook air, but Transcend had the foresight to include a chassis to turn your old drive into a USB drive
This will irritate you eventually as it'll stick up in the smooth underbody surface
Works well with my MAC Air Mid 2012 as an upgrade to the built in 256 GIG SSD.
Again, not hard for someone with experience to figure out, but annoying even to me - and to anyone with less experience, a frustrating and unsuccessful upgrade would have resulted
Not only is this a nice hard drive upgrade to your MacBook air, but Transcend had the foresight to include a chassis to turn your old drive into a USB drive
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Easy to install with the tools provided, and super easy and clear instructions on how to clone your current drive and replace it with the new bigger one
The instructions were missing some key things that extended my installation time by an hour or so, which is the sole reason I knocked off a star
You may not want to buy this product unless you are comfortable following complex instructions associated with software installation and set up
The instructions are very clear, except I missed where it said to use GUID
It comes with everything you need and clear instructions.
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waste!I knock off one star (but really should be 1/2 or less if Amazon allowed it), because the Trancend JetDrive Toolbox isn't an identified developer as of the latest OS X Mavericks update 5/2/2014.
The instructions were missing some key things that extended my installation time by an hour or so, which is the sole reason I knocked off a star
For now you get 3 Stars because your hardware actually is good - but you lose two stars because you failed to take the time to validate your instructions and
This will irritate you eventually as it'll stick up in the smooth underbody surface
If someone can give me a solution to the above 2 problems, I'd be happy yo give that last missing star in the rating.
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Size:480 GB
This is a great update for those who are running out of space in MacBook Airs and running out of SSD space in their Apple laptops
With the JetDrive 520, you can Supercharge your Mac with file transfer performance that far exceeds stock SSDs, JetDrive SSDs provide both speed and stability
Whether you're browsing the internet, gaming, or running multiple applications simultaneously, JetDrive SSDs deliver the performance you need
Also, thanks to its speedy SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface, waiting for transfers to complete becomes a thing of the past
Pop your original SSD in the enclosure, and straightaway you've got a sleek, new external storage device
Features:Sturdy aluminium case protects your original SSDNext-generation SATA III 6Gb/s interface480GB Internal SSD, Repurpose original SSD into external SSDCompatible with SuperSpeed USB 3.0 & Hi-Speed USB 2.0Compatible with MacBook Air (Mid 2012)