I can't stand new interface design. And I like the old design a lot. I've also heard that silicon versions of OS can carry out increased wear on the ssd. I will try, thank you. This installer was made in 2020. Compatible. Monterey works fine. I use SX8200 pro 2TB on my mbp13 2015 too.
The OS versions compatible with M series chips (11.x up to 14.x) should be using a universal binary (you shouldn’t have to worry about increased wear as the OS should install the correct kernel by default)
I solve the problem. After I installed monterey and put a fresh catalina on the flash drive, the problem disappeared. I don't know what exactly helped. Thank you
I was gonna suggest making a fresh installer.. I think Apple "signs" versions and they expire after certain period of time... I had that issue once way back when I started messing with MacOS when I got this MBA around 2018. Glad you got it working.
Could have been firmware from the sounds of things or something strange like that (I don’t know what OS was on it before but you can’t use NVME drives on OS versions made before 10.13; updating likely resolved something..)
Why is it red in the initial post?
I believe the firmware revision at the time did not support MacOS boot or the machines, there may have been updates since then.
I put that heat sink that came with mine on it.. I also used the small Sintec adapter.. The long one made the SSD press against the case bottom on my 2015 Air. Not sure if you have that issue on your setup. I wish I had taken a pic of the SSD before I put the sink on to see what controller it had on it. Back when I bought it I found out later through this forum that ADATA had pulled a fast one and changed out what controller they were using with a slower one I think and did not make that known. I had already put the sink on and installed it way before I found that out and once you do that its nearly impossible to get it back off without risking damage so I left it alone.. Been good drive until yesterday when the 12.7.4 update messed it up so had to wipe drive and start all over. Used TM and all back. I don't think it was the drives fault. I think the update did it.
Good job! Yeah I actually had to restore mine the other day that way as well. Internet recovery to 12.7.4 then Migration Assistant. Not sure why that was..
Thanks! I'm taking a look at some details now and noticed that the drive uses a constant 0.22A at idle while the stock one was basically at 0A. People have used ssdPmEnabler (seems out of date) and NVMeFix.
The issue is I don't know which adapter can use NVMe drives and which can only use SATA M.2 SSDs. I did one for my MBA 2014 and it was all fine because the info for 2013++ models are pretty much complete.
You should be able to copy it to the /Library/Extensions path (SIP may need to be disabled for it to work)
Yes, the procedure is the exact same.
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The stock SSD uses a 7 + 17pin connector, the firmware for the mid 2012 does not seem to be compatible with NVME booting so you’ll have to use a SATA M.2 drive and the appropriate bridged adapter.
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Disregard the last reply, you should be able to load it like so.
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Do we know which bootrom ver is required? I think mine is at 420 or 422. But I know that the latest is 429 . I can't upgrade mine using the stock SSD since it's dead. Do you think 420/422 bootrom will allow bootrom updates via third party SSD? ThanksThe stock SSD uses a 7 + 17pin connector, the firmware for the mid 2012 does not seem to be compatible with NVME booting so you’ll have to use a SATA M.2 drive and the appropriate bridged adapter.
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