OWC 240GB Aura N2 NVMe Solid State Drive Compatible with Select 2013 and Later Macs

Delivered on time and works smoothly.

einfach einsetzen, in meinem Falle in ein 13" MacBook Air 2015 und das Betriebssystem installieren > fertig :-) Hab Linux Mint Debian Edition LMDE 7 installiert.

I wanted to upgrade my (original) Apple SSD with this AURA N2 240gb version. My original SSD that came with my Apple iMac had a read/write speed of 620mb/s (write) and 650mb/s (read) so it was not very bad, but I expected it to improve plus it was smaller in capacity than this 240gb version. So I bought this AURA N2 of OWC which seemed like a good brand and fit for my needs; larger size and I expected faster speeds. However, the performance is quite strange. It is actually faster when reading, best case 770mb/s read compared to 650mb/s (original), but write speeds drops off after a few seconds to 105mb/s which is really slow! So when you are transferring files I have noticed a speed decline after a few seconds. When you boot it is okay, fast enough, but if you try Blackmagic SSD disk speed test for 5/10 seconds or longer and you will see gigantic lagging and speed declines. Stress test with 1/2/5gb all have the same results, even tried different folders on the drive but that didn't change anything. Unfortunately, I have installed everything already on the SSD (OS X, my applications, full re-install) as it is my boot drive. So I do have a bigger drive compared to my original Apple SSD, but it is less stable, so I really cannot recommend for the slight speed increase for reading (best case) but quite structural slower write speeds. APFS, Big Sur, no (firevault) encryptions running, no background applications running, no antivirus or something running, clean install of OS X. I really don't understand it, OWC is a good brand but somehow the SSD isn't happy. See printscreen. Maybe I'm unlucky..

Necesitaba suplir el SSD de 240 GB de mi computadora. Compré este SSD de 1TB, sin saber que el dispositivo no es tan rápido como el de fábrica. Se nota mucho la lentitud, a pesar de que cuento con suficiente RAM. Con esta compra se sacrifica velocidad por espacio, por lo que es recomendable sólo cuando el disco original ya no es suficiente. Como es la única marca que ofrece una carcasa para el SSD original, lo compré para usar éste como disco de emergencia. Me costó mucho trabajo la colocación, tanto que creí que se rompería el SSD nuevo porque no lo podía empujar por completo sin aplicar mucha presión, lo mismo con el original al colocarlo en la carcasa de aluminio. Para el costo de estos productos, se debería revisar más la calidad. La empresa atiende más la apariencia de sus productos para que se asemejen a la de los productos Apple, pero a los usuarios nos importa más la funcionalidad. Sugiero que sólo se compre en caso de realmente requerirlo.

order came earlier than another order placed with OWC directly. SSD being used to upgrade old macbook pro as the original SSD went dead. Cheaper to buy 1TB than the same original size of 250GB.

I was happy with this item as I needed it to get extra storage on my Mac book pro, so I replaced the original ssd with this one, but unfortunately yesterday the ssd stop working, even with the disk utility the computer stop recognizing the ssd and I bought it like 4 months ago, luckily I had saved the old ssd. I’ll need to see if there’s some kind of guarantee as I believe the item is still pretty recent.