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I am thinking about upgrading my storage on my Macbook Pro. Ive read what needs to be done however I am not a "technical person". My Macbook Pro is a 13 inch 2015 Macbook Pro retina Model No. > A1502 EMC > 2385. It has 250gb of storage however I would like to upgrade from this to at-least a 2tb storage. My current OS is Monterey 12.7.6.

How can I do this? I do not know which ssd's are good so can someone suggest very good/reliable SSD's. Once the ssd is installed, is it ready to use or must I do something to "migrate" the OS onto the drive or do something to the firmware? I am not a technical person so apologies if I am not making sense. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here are some links relating to the SSD I may buy >> https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/315112751198?_skw=Macbook+Pro+2015+SSD&itmmeta=01JHEFVJ34BFHDVFPB6732KV0K&hash=item495e2f005e:g:OJEAAOSwS6NmVpaw&itmprp=enc:AQAJAAAA0HoV3kP08IDx+KZ9MfhVJKl4jvmmJxZByBFcdqq8O0AIAFFTZ+eLsRuMr1h5ZAh0WvlG+dezDmabY8JjU8YWepsOrOok5YnsipaoE4g9eoF+UPqZDkq58DwkuQzHIVxGNLoBwU/KzV4Yk9HzXumDY50D8e/3Slfzuguj4txYDXRXJ3UsSjfkE8nJA0g1JLBv3hLjfaQac4+U5azSwzEgEN55fYUQ9+QN8BrSbyNaUNksZqfcTZV4rWxIpcjsWMFTsEDZlhbwGzBEx0Pot+rQvyo=|tkp:BlBMUNqh7s-LZQ&var=613589034015

There is this one aswell >> https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/315164792658?_skw=fanxiang+SSD&itmmeta=01JHEFXWW1GT02ENKXRXSZRETX&hash=item4961491752:g:eek:yYAAOSw7YFli5Eg&itmprp=enc:AQAJAAAA0HoV3kP08IDx+KZ9MfhVJKmHrXKv0+vbNueYBRLGaCztNubEyQryQdPx5lzwPxkBls6q7tMp/2glh6OCAU+wFjGeXMvXKAB3qi/WQTo9KOF/4M7yCk4l0/BNBsnp0rOae90mV2IFTBqqXCdM1v+CDvT6LHG2vnj7Ujy/jhLEflELecF6IoOyW2uLz0kfkTPdjYr9rDMd8WPEZstSb1x5t48k4Zc50fIGGK3gGuTZ55sUpz1/nmTkiCGpE23asW4QZa7ULCr3gl0LP6Wgm8VnasU=|tkp:BlBMUJbO98-LZQ&var=613640886544

And this One >> https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/315104502666?_skw=fanxiang+SSD&itmmeta=01JHEFXWW1AT70154QKNFMVPZY&hash=item495db1238a:g:cIoAAOSwza1nGJuJ&itmprp=enc:AQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx+KZ9MfhVJKkq5ClKmMp/cLwTUzBsxdX8yCqmLon9qstfTl4SCaQQyI75j32gZ9ibLmskCLP629V15iMC+Fai1Pr5t0LbxsJ+TRBilpxrquXDmeOP0lvDuqq6yHPmShFg6eUXqg+6j/p1p0R4wD5AekxSGGQGP/XsPTH7JxJ5qBlfMj4VjZ1tZ8jPyNRIqkAJTKVDJW39ugDm50iPVTa2yKzefqTf/QBJNsxrV1fkbSLDTQsCbaaRn6Dqup64epqKytelDlsAfS2R9W6Z5KlzIZJcnt/0AVL1jf7FwYoXyN6Y8aPISFq4gw==|tkp:Bk9SR5jO98-LZQ&var=614026905634
 
Update: Confirmed, Samsung 990EVO works in the MBA7,2 with the adapter, been using it for hours and seems stable and is noticeably snappier. Roughly doubled read and write speeds. With the drive in an external enclosure I could not duplicate the system drive over to it, using DD, SuperDuper, or Samsung Magician, so I had to install the system from scratch on the new drive, hence the differences in background, dock, menu bar, etc.
 

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