
Remove it and you'll see the plastic tab that allows you to pull out the SATA I or II speed hard drive. "Classic" White MacBook SSD Drive UpgradesĪ reasonably easy SSD drive swap: The Classic white Apple Intel MacBook has 3 screws in the battery compartment to access the MacBook's "L" shaped metal strip that covers the memory slot. For many older MacBook laptops, off-the-shelf low-profile 7mm and 9mm 2.5 inch SATA drives have become very cheap and are easy to install. As Apple has shifted from 2.5" SATA drives to micro-SATA SSD modules, now to NVMe PCIe m.2 SSD modules/blades, the choices in solid-state drive upgrade options is complex and somewhat limited.

The changing form-factor of SSD drives is making quick and easy MacBook Pro and Air upgrades more challenging.

Apple Compatible MacBook Pro SSD Upgrades
