OWC 500GB Aura Pro 6G SSD with Upgrade Kit For 2012 to Early 2013 MacBook Pro with Retina display
Overview
Upgrade Kit with SSD, Installation Tools, & Envoy Enclosure for Easy Data Transfer/Original Drive Reuse
Designed for Mac
Once again, OWC provides Mac users an upgrade path that delivers phenomenal performance, functionality, and reliability! Whether it's for the base 13" model only offering a 128GB SSD or the base 15" model offering just a 256GB SSD, installing an Aura Pro 6G SSD is the best enhancement for the MacBook Pro with Retina display. Just like other OWC upgrades, we include a free 'how-to' video to make this an easy and money-saving DIY upgrade.
Better by Design
OWC redesigned its 3rd generation of OWC Aura Pro 6G SSDs with premium 3D NAND Flash and the latest controller technology to operate cooler and consume less power, resulting in improved battery life for your MacBook Pro. OWC SSDs are engineered to be the best for Mac, undergoing a rigorous multi-stage lab testing process to deliver absolute reliability at maximum performance long into the future.
More Speed, More Capacity for MacBook Pro
OWC Aura Pro SSDs provide a noticeable increase in performance over the factory SSDs for all MacBook Pro with Retina display models:
- Increase capacity up to 16x the 13-inch base models
- Increase capacity up to 8x the 15-inch base models
- Get write speeds up to 500MB/s, 26% faster than factory original
- Get read speeds up to 530MB/s, 8.6% faster than factory original
- SLC caching algorithm accelerates burst performance
- Global wear leveling algorithm automatically distributes data evenly and manages program/erase count, maximizing SSD lifespan
- Data refresh technology ensures data integrity, gradually refreshing data across the SSD over time
- ECC protection combines LDPC hard and soft decoding with advanced algorithm to detect and correct errors throughout the entire SSD data path
- Advanced security protocols support AES 128/256-bit full-drive encryption
Compatibility
Compatible with the devices listed below.
MacBook Pro
Specifications
- Specs Form Factor
- Custom Blade
- Interface
- SATA 6Gb/s
- Useable Capacity
- 500GB capacity
- Formatted Capacity
- 465GiB
- NAND
- 3D Triple-Level Cell (TLC) Synchronous NAND Flash Memory
- Controller
- Silicon Motion SM2258 with 7% Over Provisioning
- SMART Attributes
- Standard
- Native Command Queuing
- Yes
- RAID Support
- No
- RoHS Compliant
- Yes
- Format
- Unformatted
- MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
- 1,500,000
- Endurance
- 75TB total bytes written (TBW)
- Data Reliability
- ECC Recovery
- Security
- ATA security feature command set and password login support
- TRIM Support
- OS Dependent
- Nonrecoverable Read Errors
- Less than 1 sector per 1015 bits read
- Average Access Time
- <0.1 ms
- Sustained Read/Write 6Gb/s (up to)
- 530MB/s / 494MB/s
- Random 4K Read/Write
- Up to 60,000 IOPS / Up to 74,000 IOPS
- Physical Specifications
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- H: 3.0mm x W: 32.00mm x L : 88.0 mm
- Weight: 10g
What's in the box?
- 1 x OWC Aura Pro 6G SSD
- 1 x OWC Envoy USB 2.0/3.0 Enclosure
- 1 x OWC Envoy Carrying Case
- 1 x High-quality double-shielded USB 3.0 standard A to Micro-B connecting cable
- 1 x OWC 5-Point Torx Plus (Pentalobe Compatible) screwdriver
- 1 x OWC Torx T5 screwdriver
- 1 x Assembly Manual & User Guide (download only)
Warranty
- 5 Year Limited Warranty
Part Number
- OWCS3DAP12K500