Generation 1: MacBook Air (Late 2010 - Mid 2011) For the Late 2010 and Mid 2011 releases of the MacBook Air 11″ (Model A1370) and MacBook Air 13″ (Model A1369), Apple’s desire to shave down the height of the already thin original MacBook Air necessitated a switch to a thinner drive. Rather than use a 2.5″ SATA SSD as seen in the rest of Apple's now-discontinued iMac Pro came with a 1TB solid-state drive as standard, but that machine started at a staggering $5,000. Even the top-tier Mac Pro, which starts at $5,999, only includes 512GB of storage by default. Meanwhile, an upgrade to a 1TB SSD adds $400 to the $1,299 you're already paying for a 13-inch MacBook Pro. Thanks to its active cooling system, the 13-inch MacBook Pro can sustain pro levels of performance, so you can run CPU- and GPU-intensive tasks for hours on end. Brilliant Display. The 13.3-inch Liquid Retina display features 500 nits of brightness and P3 wide color for vibrant images and incredible detail². HD Camera And Studio-Quality Mics Video: How to Install MacBook Air 11 inch 2010 ssd. In fact, this is a great afternoon or weekend DIY project that could add speed and years to your MacBook. Let's get started. Step 1: The raw Open Disk Utility. Click View on the menu bar then press Show All Devices. Click on your flash drive under External over on the side panel. In my case, it’s SanDisk Ultra Fit Media. Click Erase Transcend JetDrive Lite 330. 3.5 / 5. The Transcend JetDrive Lite is as close as you can get to upgrading the internal storage on your modern MacBook Pro, but hard drive-like speeds limit its uses Or you’ve a MacBook Air made before 2018 they won’t have USB C ports on them. And you’ll need to use the USB C to USB A cable. Or a cable adaptor for your Mac. The drive is backwards compatible. But you won’t see the high file transfer speeds the Samsung T7 portable SSD can do. 2. Look For Your T7 Samsung SSD’s Drive Icon On Your Desktop. If that seems like a lot, you can also get 512GB of storage and 8GB of RAM in the still-excellent M1 MacBook Air for $1,199 (the same price as the base M2 Air). SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD V2; Samsung T7 Portable SSD; You can’t really go wrong with either of these. Summary. If you have already invested in a base MacBook Air then you will be well served by any of these external options. If you are still considering whether the investment is worth it you should think about how you plan to use the storage. Adding Internal storage. The best option is to get more internal storage in your Mac mini, but Apple’s custom-built pricing means upgrading a 512GB model to 1TB will cost you an extra $200, and tcVuQFh.