Macbook air SSD connection to PC

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I wonder if the SSD with the connector shows below can be plugged it into my PC.

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issac

Posted 2013-02-02T20:58:42.870

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@Hennes I disagree with you editing out the link, that was useful to identify the drive. – Marcus Chan – 2013-02-02T21:27:06.693

1For future reference, a bit more information would be appreciated. Things like what is the make and model of the SSD in question? What is your "PC"? A laptop? A tower? Running Windows? Linux? OSX? PC is usually not used for Macs but you have tagged this question with the Mac tag. I guess this is a MacBook Air's SSD but it would be nice to know. – terdon – 2013-02-02T21:37:08.327

Well basicly I can connect it to a Mac or a PC, I just need to connect the MBA's memory to the machine – issac – 2013-02-02T21:40:37.827

@issac There's actually a much easier solution to your problem if you have another mac with Thunderbolt and a cable: Target disk mode (http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10725).

– Marcus Chan – 2013-02-02T21:42:40.547

The keyboard/screen doesn't work they're all broke. The only incentive I have that it actually works is the noise it makes when it loads up. – issac – 2013-02-02T21:47:45.920

1As long as you have the T key working and it boots, to my knowledge target disk should work, but I have an ancient mac so I haven't tried – Marcus Chan – 2013-02-02T21:49:12.063

Answers

Apple uses their own non-standard connectors for SSDs for some reason, so it won't work unless someone out there is making an adapter for them, which I doubt there is.

danielcg

Posted 2013-02-02T20:58:42.870

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Only one company as far as I can tell is making the enclosures, but it's out of my price range including shipping and everything. – issac – 2013-02-02T21:42:51.197

There are a few more for example; the only issue is finding what works

– Marcus Chan – 2013-02-02T23:08:17.910

The OCZ Envoy enclosure you linked to can use a MBA drive as external storage for a PC, but the connector is custom-designed by Apple, so it won't fit inside your PC, sorry.

Marcus Chan

Posted 2013-02-02T20:58:42.870

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That's a tiny bit out of my budget, surely there's one avalible on the market – issac – 2013-02-02T21:24:41.970

Are you looking to connect a drive you already have? If so, http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MAU3ENVOY12/ comes without a drive. Do make sure it;s a 2012 drive instead of 2011, though.

– Marcus Chan – 2013-02-02T21:26:21.220

Or are you looking to buy an entire external SSD? In which case there are much cheaper options. – Marcus Chan – 2013-02-02T21:28:00.687

I'm just looking to connect that to my PC to extract some files because my current MBA screen is broken, I have some pictures that weren't backed up so I NEED some how to get the files – issac – 2013-02-02T21:32:57.113

Thank's, at the moment I'm looking at all the possibilities at the moment. – issac – 2013-02-02T21:36:29.607

Wait, I lied, there may be more that I haven't heard of, check Google (I am). – Marcus Chan – 2013-02-02T21:37:19.247

Could you post what you are searching for? – issac – 2013-02-02T21:38:57.220

I just Googled "macbook air ssd enclosure -owc" (I'll delete this comment when I've done more research and probably edit my answer, but I don't have time now, sorry) – Marcus Chan – 2013-02-02T21:40:38.367