Aller au contenu principal
MacBook Air 11" Mid 2012 Solid-State Drive Replacement

MacBook Air 11" Mid 2012 Solid-State Drive Replacement

Andrew Optimus Goldheart

Andrew Optimus Goldheart et 6 autres contributeurs

Dernière mise à jour le September 21, 2023

5 - 15 minutes
Modérée

Use this guide to upgrade or replace the solid-state drive in a MacBook Air 11” Mid 2012. This MacBook Air uses a proprietary storage drive connector, and is therefore not compatible with common M.2 drives without the use of an adapter.

Before you perform this repair, if at all possible, back up your existing SSD. Then, either familiarize yourself with internet recovery or create a bootable external drive so you’ll be ready to install macOS onto your new drive and migrate your data to the new SSD.

Finally, we strongly recommend installing macOS 10.13 High Sierra (or a later macOS) before replacing the original SSD from your MacBook Air. Most new SSDs require updated storage drivers not found in versions of macOS prior to High Sierra.

Ce dont vous avez besoin

Pièces

Outils

Afficher plus…

  1. MacBook Air 11" Mid 2012 Solid-State Drive Replacement, Lower Case: étape 1, image 1 de 1
    Outil utilisé dans cette étape :
    P5 Pentalobe Screwdriver Retina MacBook Pro and Air
    $5.99
    • Shut down and close your computer. Lay it on a soft surface top-side down.

    • Remove the following ten screws:

    • Two 8 mm 5-point Pentalobe screws

    • Eight 2.5 mm 5-point Pentalobe screws

    • The special screwdriver needed to remove the 5-point Pentalobe screws can be found here.

  2. MacBook Air 11" Mid 2012 Solid-State Drive Replacement: étape 2, image 1 de 1
    • Wedge your fingers between the display and the lower case and pull upward to pop the lower case off the Air.

  3. MacBook Air 11" Mid 2012 Solid-State Drive Replacement, Battery: étape 3, image 1 de 2 MacBook Air 11" Mid 2012 Solid-State Drive Replacement, Battery: étape 3, image 2 de 2
    • In this step you will disconnect the battery to help avoid shorting out any components during service.

    • Use the flat end of a spudger to pry both short sides of the battery connector upward to disconnect it from its socket on the logic board.

    • Bend the battery cable slightly away from the logic board so the connector will not accidentally contact its socket.

  4. MacBook Air 11" Mid 2012 Solid-State Drive Replacement, Solid-State Drive: étape 4, image 1 de 1
    • Remove the single 2.9 mm T5 Torx screw securing the SSD to the logic board.

  5. MacBook Air 11" Mid 2012 Solid-State Drive Replacement: étape 5, image 1 de 2 MacBook Air 11" Mid 2012 Solid-State Drive Replacement: étape 5, image 2 de 2
    • Use a spudger to help lift the free end of the SSD just enough to grab it with your other hand.

    • Do not lift the end of the SSD excessively.

    • Pull the drive straight out of its socket and remove it from the logic board.

    • When reinstalling the SSD, be sure it is properly seated before reinstalling its retaining screw.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

52 autres ont terminé cette réparation.

Andrew Optimus Goldheart

Membre depuis le 10/17/09

509 445 Réputation

407 tutoriels rédigés

Équipe

iFixit Membre de l'équipe iFixit

Staff

120 membres

20 083 tutoriels rédigés

4 commentaires de tutoriel

Excellent instructions. Very easy to do. I used this screwdriver to remove the screws from the bottom of the case: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N1R...

and I used the Pentalobe-6 from this set to remove the screw holding in the OEM SSD:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FE2...

After removing the stock drive, I installed a Samsung M.2 EVO 850 512Gb drive. It is working quite well. I used this adapter so that the M.2 drive fit in my 2012 Macbook Air:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NH2...

feinberj - Réponse

How do we reinstall MacOS?

Philippe Morin - Réponse

I am 10 years old I fixed the mac I did this even the Geek squad couldn’t do it and now it works! without your guide.

admin free - Réponse

I have a MBA mid 2012 11” which no longer powers up. The battery has been in bad condition since a while and now the charging indicator remains amber no matter how long I charge it. So I assume it might be a battery issue. Unfortunately, I cannot find a supplier shipping batteries to Hawaii, but I found an identical machine on ebay (that will ship to Hawaii), except that it has 4GB RAM instead of 8GB. Provided my SSD is functional (which I assume) can I simply put my SSD into that 4GB RAM machine, and it will start up without any further modification?

Guido eMail - Réponse

Ajouter un commentaire

Nombre de vues :

Dernières 24 heures : 5

7 derniers jours : 46

30 derniers jours : 209

Total : 84,736