The middle two top screws (that bridge the vent) are longer than the others so make sure to keep them straight. These screws have pentalobular heads on them so do not try to unscrew them with a phillips or torx.

Place the MacBook Air upside down on a non-abrasive surface and remove the 10 screws from the bottom of the case. Here is a link for the tutorial I used for this repair. You cannot hardly beat their tutorials and I always print out a copy of them for using to keep all the different sized screws straight–this is the most helpful tip I can offer on this repair. Step 5: Download the iFixit manual from.

You definitely wouldn’t want the computer running when you did this upgrade. Step 3: Power off your MacBook Air and unplug the power cord.

If you are not backing up make sure to buy an external drive and either use the free Apple Time Machine built into OS X or buy something like Carbon Copy Cloner. Other World Computing Envoy Portable, Bus-powered USB 3.0 storage for the old MacBook Air SSDĮven though you are not going to be deleting your old data I would still recommend having a backup before you complete such an upgrade. It comes with the tools you’ll need (a proprietary pentalobular screwdriver and Torx head screwdriver) as well as the external case for mounting the old drive. Here is a link for the part we purchased. I recommend OWC and have purchased a lot of after-market Apple hardware from them.

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