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I have a 2015 13 inch Macbook Air ( A 1466; 7,2,). I purchased a new “Aura” SSD from OWC (nvme – pcie 3.1 x4…I think) to replace the existing drive. I was planning to clone the drive. I did not purchase the OWC envoy (just the drive) that is used for this purpose, thinking the envoy was too expensive for something I would use once. Now, I’m realizing the configuration of the SSDs (new and old) are nonstandard, and I’m having a !&&* of a time finding a replacement envoy. Does anyone know of a cheaper alternative to OWC? Is it possible to just use some kind of adapter that could plug into a standard 2.5 SATA cable? Thanks, -Nate
Sorry ;-{ It’s not that simple! Just like talking to someone who speaks a different language it’s often not possible to figure it out. Which is why a PCIe/NVMe drive can’t connect to a SATA connection. What confuses people is there are a few form factors of SATA drives mSATA and PCIe/AHCI M2 drives. Here’s a diagram to help visualize
But none of this matters as Apple did there own thing! and your blade SSD drive uses PCIe/NVMe So how to get the data off your original drive? The easiest way is to put it back in and using an external drive (of equal of larger size) use TimeMachine to backup the drive and then swap out the drives again and use Migration Assistant to restore your stuff to the new drive. A variation of this is to connect your system with the original drive to a second Mac using Thunderbolt cable and setting one of the systems into Target Disk Mode. Here’s the details Understanding the Applications for Target Disk Mode While its not pleasant to the pocketbook, the OWC case is really the only choice here. Most people turn around and sell it on eBay or other marketplace. Maybe you should check those sites to see if someone is selling theirs.
