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OWC Launches New Aura Pro X2 SSDs for Older MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Models

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Other World Computing today announced the launch of new Aura Pro X2 SSDs, which are designed to offer double the speed of Apple's SSDs at half the price.

Compared to its existing Aura SSD options, the Aura Pro X2 offers lower power consumption, lower heat, and better battery life. OWC says the SSDs it's offering to Mac users are cheaper, faster, and better.

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The Aura Pro X2 SSDs offer read speeds up to 3200MB/s and write speeds up to 2400MB/s, with a maximum of 2TB of storage. OWC has designed the SSDs to be compatible with the latest versions of macOS, with support for APFS.

OWC says the new Aura Pro X2 SSDs are available for MacBook Air models from Mid 2013 to 2017, Retina MacBook Pro models from Late 2013 to Mid 2015, the 2013 Mac Pro, and the 2014 Mac mini, making OWC's upgrade option a solid one for eking more life out of an older Mac.

The Aura Pro X2 SSDs are not compatible with the 2018 ‌MacBook Air‌ or the redesigned ‌MacBook Pro‌ models released from 2016 to 2018.

OWC ships SSDs with an Envoy Pro enclosure designed to house your original SSD so you can repurpose it as an external USB drive and also use it to transfer your data to the new SSD.

Pricing on the Aura Pro X2 SSD starts at $120 for the 240GB model with SSD only, and goes up to $700 for the 2TB model. OWC offers 240GB, 480GB, 1TB, and 2TB options. Slightly more expensive packages with tools, transfer enclosures, heat sinks (desktop machines) and more are available for those who need the extra equipment.

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OWC Larry Avatar
97 months ago
What ever happened to the bottom case attachment yoy were making for new MBP’s to add ports/functionality?
DEC lives - our Inxtron acquisition adds needed engineering resources to bring the full vision to reality
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Mr_Brightside_@ Avatar
97 months ago
I really hope the reliability is improved on these. I heard only bad things about the first gen of these.
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97 months ago
Things like these make me bitter that everything these days is soldered on to the Motherboard.... I'll likely stick with my 2015 mac till that changes.
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96 months ago
Ouch! Is that related at all to the SSD, or just a Spotlight failure that would've happened anyway?
Seems like an issue with how the SSD and Mojave communicate.

I never would have a full system spotlight index every time I turn on my computer. That should only happen when you install a new drive / OS.

Returning this ASAP.
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97 months ago
Just installed the 480 into my 13" MacBook Pro 2015.

Here are my before and after.

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OWC Larry Avatar
97 months ago
When a hibernate call is made, it resets sleep vs. causing a crash state. I will seek a more complete technical answer on Standby mode... but in all sleep circumstances, the system is maintained in a state for immediate wait. You will be in a reboot situation with improper shutdown if your battery goes dead while sleeping due to lack of hibernation capability, but other than that - no sleep related issue.

And with respect to the comment after - I would disagree that answers have been vague. I also apologize for my incorrect answers concerning Hibernation with pre-2015 systems which is not reflective of what 'OWC understands'. Further, how hibernation is handled is an Apple driver side issue at present and solvable by an update by Apple or with a new driver which we expect to release. Our team has an exceptional understanding of these aspects to say the least.

thank you.

Thanks for the info Larry. I assume then that “standby” mode is also an issue after the standbydelay has lapsed via pmset?
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The pre-touchbar MacBook Pro (when it still had an HDMI port?) was the pinnacle of laptop computers. Powerful, functional, reliable, portable, and...<gasp>...upgradable!!! Great to see OWC thinks the same.
and not only that - has a keyboard that is very much liked vs. what the new laptops have. I don't like the Touch Bar or the new keyboard and will be using my Retinas for years to come. :)
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