Found this adaptor for 2016/2017 non-touch bar for ssd upgrades

[leooel]

thanks mate for reminder. Actually I saw the video also, and he used different model Hynix BC501. I bought BC511. i dont know if this will work or not, but i found below link claimed it worked (same adaptor and same ssd i will use). Just hope it's true

Is this SSD adapter legit? - MacBook Pro 13" Function Keys 2017

I found an SSD Adapter for the 2016 and 2017 Macbook Pros a1708. Do you think this will work? - MacBook Pro 13" Function Keys 2017

www.ifixit.com

 

[johnny1313]

I just installed this and my write speeds aren't very good. They're around the 450 range. Any tips on how to improve them? Sabrent Rocket 1tb. Superplus Adapter.

 

[AdamJohnG]

I just installed this and my write speeds aren't very good. They're around the 450 range. Any tips on how to improve them? Sabrent Rocket 1tb. Superplus Adapter.

Give it a day, sometimes MacOS is busy in the background with Spotlight and other things and that can impact the initial SpeedTests - Otherwise it would seem a very low score, specially for the 1TB. I am not sure if that is exactly the same adaptor as I used.

 

[Billa420]

I installed Sabrent 512GB 2242 using adapter, but its not getting detected at the boot.
I tried multiple ways but no luck. Created a boot usb but not showing in disk utility.

Tested the drive in another pc, it is fine but not working in macbook with adapter.

Any suggestions how to fix..

 

[AdamJohnG]

I think it is either that the adaptor and/or drive were not inserted and fully seated properly in the MacBook or, perhaps more likely, a faulty adaptor.

Do you have an external USB C case for the drive to do a clone of your original MacBook drive?

 

[johnny1313]

I think it is either that the adaptor and/or drive were not inserted and fully seated properly in the MacBook or, perhaps more likely, a faulty adaptor.

Do you have an external USB C case for the drive to do a clone of your original MacBook drive?

I'm inclined to think that it's the adapter. I do have another adapter on its way from China... I do have an external nvme case. Which cloning software should I use? I used Time Machine on the new drive.

 

[AdamJohnG]

I'm inclined to think that it's the adapter. I do have another adapter on its way from China... I do have an external nvme case. Which cloning software should I use? I used Time Machine on the new drive.

I would do a full clone of the original Apple SSD and then try booting up from the external case, before actually doing the install again. I normally use SuperDuper but it gave me problems as the MacBook is running Catalina, so dod it with Carbon Copy and it went fine.

 

[johnny1313]

I would do a full clone of the original Apple SSD and then try booting up from the external case, before actually doing the install again. I normally use SuperDuper but it gave me problems as the MacBook is running Catalina, so dod it with Carbon Copy and it went fine.

I'll give that a try. Thanks!

 

[johnny1313]

I would do a full clone of the original Apple SSD and then try booting up from the external case, before actually doing the install again. I normally use SuperDuper but it gave me problems as the MacBook is running Catalina, so dod it with Carbon Copy and it went fine.

What are your write speeds now with the adapter?

 

[Billa420]

I'm inclined to think that it's the adapter. I do have another adapter on its way from China... I do have an external nvme case. Which cloning software should I use? I used Time Machine on the new drive.

Just to add issue is fixed.. Disk was not showing when booting from Catalina USB .. Worked fine when I created a bootable USB for High Sierra. Better way as suggested by others is to clone current drive but I don't have adapter for same.

Everything is working fine now... Thanks for suggestions

 

[johnny1313]

I'll give that a try. Thanks!

I cloned the drive and reinstalled it. It's running a lot faster than previously installing using Time Machine. It's a little slower booting up. But it does get better write speeds now. The battery seems to run out a lot faster than with the original drive. Can anyone recommend a fix for that?

 

[Dave116]

Hi everyone, I bought the adapter few days ago and mounted a Sabrent 2242 1Tb. I installed O.S but I noticed that my macbook in sleep / hibernation mode continues to drain the battery (15% overnight). Furthermore, with the power cable inserted, it's not able to load the disc, displaying a folder with a question mark. Someone had the same?

 

[presario]

Hi everyone, I bought the adapter few days ago and mounted a Sabrent 2242 1Tb. I installed O.S but I noticed that my macbook in sleep / hibernation mode continues to drain the battery (15% overnight). Furthermore, with the power cable inserted, it's not able to load the disc, displaying a folder with a question mark. Someone had the same?

Hello, I also have the same Sabrent 2242 1Tb,
have the same problem, if you press the power on, with the charger cable connected,
displaying a folder with a question mark. if I open the screen it turns on normally
what I've noticed about drain the battery is (about 1% per hour).

 

[Dave8964]

Anymore updates on the sleep/hibernation battery drain issue and the folder with question mark? I am still waiting for my adaptor to come from China, but was planning on putting a Sabrent 2242 1TB drive as I have mostly read positive reviews and that it's one of the only drives that fits and works properly but now both @Dave116 and @presario are reporting issues im debating if I should try to source another drive?

 

[ordimagnac]

Hi,

I came here because one of my client brought me a 13' Macbook Pro 2017 A1708 non touch bar with 128go SSD that had the same problems reported by many users on Apple forum (ramdom question mark at startup and sometimes at wake up, but mainly when the laptop is charging, otherwise it would run smootly). There is a recall program by Apple for this issue but my serial doesnt match the requirements despite showing exactly the same problems...

On the other hand, I did some research and found out that it could be a logicboard issue caused by water damage through the back fan.

I ordered and received a Sabrent 2242 1TB and an adptator form aliexpress, I am going to do the swap on Monday and i will revert to you. I hope this will be fixed with the nvme replacement, otherwise it will be a nightmare.

 

[johnny1313]

I've had about a week with everything installed. The other adapter I had ordered came in from China. I installed that to see if there would be any improvement over the SuperPlus. There wasn't any change in performance. Overall, things seem to be running ok. I still have some issues when working in Logic Pro. There is also a significant decrease in battery life. Anyone have any suggestions on how to improve battery life with this setup? I also have an extra adapter available if anyone is interested. $15

 

[Ivanavila]

Hello,
I am fairly new to this and about a month ago I found out about this adapter and wanted to upgrade because I am running out of space on my current drive. I decided to go with the Sabrent 1TB SSD in the 2242 form factor. I finally received the adapter however, the SSD was not found in disk utility when I was booting from a bootable USB drive to install macOS. I found out that I didn’t format the Sabrent SSD right but after a quick format to the drive using an enclosure I fixed that problem. I thought that would fix the issue but it still didn’t show up on disk utility after that. I want to believe that it may be a faulty adapter so I am receiving a replacement adapter that should be here in a couple of days and hopefully that would work. I also decided to preinstall a fresh copy of macOS Catalina on it to expedite the process of using the bootable USB drive. I also tired and replaced my current drive for the new SSD with macOS installed to see if it could boot however, no luck the only thing I see if a flashing folder with a question mark on it. If the adapter is still not the problem what could it be? Sorry for the long explanation but I just really need this upgrade to work. Thanks for your help in advance!

 

[presario]

Hello,

try this @Ivanavila can help you,

The solution I used to recognize the internal M.2 SSD.

1 - I downloaded macOS installer Mojave and macOS installer Catalina from the App Store.
2 - I created a USB disk with two partitions.
3 - I used "Install Disk Creator", (www.macdaddy.io/install-disk-creator) created macOS installer Mojave for partition 1, and macOS installer Catalina partition 2.
4 - insert the USB stick Copy the macOS installer (Mojave / Catalina) to the USB drive.
5 - Boot from the USB drive, since Mojave is running, you will be able to recognize the internal M.2 SSD.
6 - Install the new macOS on the internal SSD

 

[Darktitor]

Hi everyone, I bought the adapter few days ago and mounted a Sabrent 2242 1Tb. I installed O.S but I noticed that my macbook in sleep / hibernation mode continues to drain the battery (15% overnight). Furthermore, with the power cable inserted, it's not able to load the disc, displaying a folder with a question mark. Someone had the same?

Try to run this command to solve the hibernation issue

sudo pmset -b sleep 10 disksleep 5 hibernatemode 25 autopoweroff 0 standbydelaylow 300 standbydelayhigh 300

I am using the same drive as you with Sintech adapter and no hybernation issues at all.

 

[Ivanavila]

Hello,

try this @Ivanavila can help you,

The solution I used to recognize the internal M.2 SSD.

1 - I downloaded macOS installer Mojave and macOS installer Catalina from the App Store.
2 - I created a USB disk with two partitions.
3 - I used "Install Disk Creator", (www.macdaddy.io/install-disk-creator) created macOS installer Mojave for partition 1, and macOS installer Catalina partition 2.
4 - insert the USB stick Copy the macOS installer (Mojave / Catalina) to the USB drive.
5 - Boot from the USB drive, since Mojave is running, you will be able to recognize the internal M.2 SSD.
6 - Install the new macOS on the internal SSD

Thanks for your help. The issue was the adapter! I got the new adapter today and got it running with no problem.

 

[ordimagnac]

Hi,

I came here because one of my client brought me a 13' Macbook Pro 2017 A1708 non touch bar with 128go SSD that had the same problems reported by many users on Apple forum (ramdom question mark at startup and sometimes at wake up, but mainly when the laptop is charging, otherwise it would run smootly). There is a recall program by Apple for this issue but my serial doesnt match the requirements despite showing exactly the same problems...

On the other hand, I did some research and found out that it could be a logicboard issue caused by water damage through the back fan.

I ordered and received a Sabrent 2242 1TB and an adptator form aliexpress, I am going to do the swap on Monday and i will revert to you. I hope this will be fixed with the nvme replacement, otherwise it will be a nightmare.

Hi,

I did install with the 2240 sabrent 1To and the adaptator. Reinstall macosx and copy from time machine without no issue.
The ssd is now always booting, no more issue, with and without charging.

My only concern is the Write speed ( 480Mb/s) seems very low ? Any idea ?

 

[ordimagnac]

Hi everyone, I bought the adapter few days ago and mounted a Sabrent 2242 1Tb. I installed O.S but I noticed that my macbook in sleep / hibernation mode continues to drain the battery (15% overnight). Furthermore, with the power cable inserted, it's not able to load the disc, displaying a folder with a question mark. Someone had the same?

I have the same problem of ssd not detected when charger inserted, but this problem was there before the nvme replacement, so I guess it's more a motherboard issue rather the ssd module itself...

 

[salv.miccio]

I report my experience after finally receiving the adapter from ebay.
The SDD I used is the 512GB Sabrent 2242.
Here are the steps I took:

1) I removed the mac panel
2) I unplugged the battery connector (covered by a plastic piece and two screws) to avoid damage to the new disk.
3) I have removed the old original 128gb ssd
4) I mounted the new ssd (sabrent) on the adapter and mounted it on the mac.
5) I reconnected the battery and I closed the mac.
6) I turned on the mac and started a bootable pen with Mojave on it
7) I started the terminal and initialized the new ssd with APFS filesystem
8) I made a clean installation of Mojave
9) After carrying out the basic configuration of Mojave I enabled the TRIM function on the new ssd
10) I installed some apps and started doing some tests

I can say that the disk works perfectly and I have not encountered any type of problem, neither of battery nor of speed or other. I think hibernation problems are due either to the type of filesystem or to some conflict when trying to install a copy of the previous disk, however I haven't encountered this problem either. I made a comparison with the old ssd with blackmagic, here are the results:

Although the reading speed of the sabrent is lower, I have not found any speed differences compared to the old ssd and I want to clarify that I use a lot xcode which uses a lot of system resources but works exactly as before.

 

[hexaborders]

Hello guys,
I've just discovered this awesome upgrading trick. I'm thinking about doing it.

I'm using Adobe Creative Cloud to edit photos & videos everyday (Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Lightroom). Do you think the Sabrent 2TB can handle it ?

Thanks

 

[Dave8964]

My adaptor from ebay finally arrived today, the black NFHK N-1708A. Gonna order the sabrent 1tb off amazon and hopefully everything goes smoothly, as in no hibernation/battery issues like some are reporting. Will report back after install.