How to Upgrade Your Mac Pro SSD with Apple's NEW Upgrade Kits!

[@aegonthedragon7303]

This is so unnecessarily convoluted

[@sadladcinn]

apple does not care about you

[@togwam]

It’s a security mechanism

[@n0frills]

Came here looking for a price meme...satisfied

[@robertoaguiluz7350]

The absence of this after-purchase feature was a big complaint of most of youtube reviewers at the time of launch, I wonder why didn't apple took this route from the start. The only downside I see from this ( Apart from the price ) is the leftover SSD , is there a way to format it ? I've hear its the same drive as the iMac pro.

[@DBLCreations]

The thing is, we already knew this was coming, just like the wheels option. Because before the release of the Mac Pro, there was a Mac Pro page with some information and at the bottom of the page were some options, including a wheel package and ssd. I think those were two things that they took out of the list. Not sure why though. My guess is that they needed to figure out some things, or just because of the upfront cost that people would make. But in any way, i'm happy to see that this is now finally possible :-)

[@robertp457]

Laurent de backer happy to see it? It’s BS. If you lose your drive you can’t just replace it with a quality drive for $150.

[@DBLCreations]

@@robertp457 Better don't lose your drive then?

[@blueflame1623]

I’m watching this, yet I don’t even have a Mac Pro...

[@inCawHoots]

Same. Makes me not even buy one.

[@aaronhinton92]

Is there any way to buy these upgrade kits anymore? Looks like Apple now only sells one for the 2023 Mac Pro, and the specifications say that the 2023 Mac Pro is the only compatible Mac.

[@trollolololol1999]

Would also like to know

[@N2tech]

The level of control Apple exerts over using their computers is ridiculous. What would you do if you only had one computer? I would never pay that much for anything that someone else had more control over it than I did.

[@antonio.x22]

I don't know what you mean about . I imagine: only one expensive computer ? instead 2 even three work stations for a development team? if that's so, I got it.

[@andysaputra]

Can this MacPro SSD Upgrade kit be used to upgrade Mac Studio SSD?

[@kevssignsngraphics]

Great video, just a question on the screws, did you get an extra one with the upgrade kit? I just purchased a used Mac Pro and also purchased the 8TB upgrade used and it did not come with any screws and Apple being Apple I know these are just not something you are going to try and match up. I am on the hunt to get another screw or screws. Any help would be appreciated.

[@lawrence5371]

Thank you for doing this. Apple should have this video on their site. Their instructions are more difficult to follow.

[@abceasyable]

Could you please make a video on how to discharge static electricity when handling the Mac Pro ?

[@tsalazarrubio]

Are there any updates on this? Do I still have to buy the Apple brand kit or are there any 3rd party manufacture's now? Thanks

[@baoboba]

only apples since third party can’t bypass the T2 security

[@adriaanserrao2016]

Please tel my how they are selling a max 200 dollar ssd for 600?

[@jmohan00]

This was complete and utter hell in experience.

[@tsalazarrubio]

What was your issue? Attempting it now and hit a question mark folder roadblock.. so frustrating

[@jmohan00]

@@tsalazarrubio I had to take it in to an authorized apple repair shop. Even they had trouble @ 1st but eventually got it done via direct communication with apple.

[@xavierxiix]

*2800$ was all I needed to see*

[@AppleInsider]

Starts much lower

[@uptowndoof3993]

@@AppleInsider Lower? You mean $600.00 for a 1T set of 2 drives... PLUS a couple of grand for another mac to activate it. Soak that customer!

[@Kendal1999]

Listen if you got Mac Pro and hate it, Return it. Some people really see this as good opportunity to upgrade their storage for not much money (for them ofc).

[@JaskeeratSinghSandhu]

Kendal Nguyen yes true

[@jscorpio1987]

Kendal Nguyen they’re SSDs!!! Not bricks of gold! Apple can absolutely NOT justify that when you can get the same amount of SSD storage for literally a fifth of the price from any other company.

[@cinemaipswich4636]

You could buy a server, for the price of Apple's SSD's.

[@1010TienTien]

Upgraded using iFixit 🤯

[@FloorEncer]

The marrying between the T2 and the boot SSD is only slightly advanced than a Saab. I bought a Saab slightly before 9/11/01. If you had a 6 CD changer in the trunk, the dealer would have to divorce and marry the unit to move it between cars. Lose all the key fobs, replace the $1500 security system that had no backdoor! I wonder if the configurator running on a Catalina installed Mac is like making the MP drive available in target mode.

[@FloorEncer]

If I ever buy a Mac Pro, it will be a rack mount. I can't see myself removing the cables every time I open the case. The standing tower should have an option to leave the bottom part so that cable removal is not necessary to remove the case/shroud. Inside the case apparently gets gritty, and dirty anyway.

[@bobbyzi84]

just got my new PC for $600 with 1TB SSD...

[@INVESTAPARIS]

thanks for sharing, can we use these model for imac pro 2017 ?

[@34skyline]

Sense I already have a 1TB SSD Can I buy a second 1TB SSD and put it in the number 2 slot

[@FloorEncer]

Is it one piece, or two piece. IF it is one piece, I don't think Apple will sell a piece 2 for the (if) empty slot.

[@robertp457]

“Since”

[@leogaming83]

Apple being Apple always making stuff special btw i' m not an apple hater is just that they like to make things complicated and charge 3 times.

[@AppleInsider]

The T2 is just very secure and requires the pairing with the SSD so no one can take the SSD out and use it or take your computer and take the SSD out and use the machine.

[@robertp457]

AppleInsider that also means if your drive fails you have to wait for the kit and have to pay $600. PC’s have bit locker and TPM, but none of them make the computer completely useless when the main drive fails. Why would any profession company rely on such a system where their computer could be out of service for days or weeks while waiting on replacement drives?

[@clivesaunders5576]

hi can you use Mac journaled on those ssd with Mojave

[@creatourchannel]

By any chance, woul you know if the Apple Macbook pro 2020’s internal storage can be upgraded to higher ssd ?

[@NickGodwin]

well I’m not doing this. It involves having another mac to use as backup. wtf.

[@whiteandnerdytuba]

Apple tax is strong with this one

[@christopherpoterson2244]

Looking to upgrade to a 1TB drive, but I am using Big Sur... Now while using a laptop, does it matter what OS I use to boot the new drive like Catalina? and what would that minimum OS be? Thanks for any guidance.

[@SidneyPratt]

Thanks.

[@parnordqvist3895]

But if you don’t have another Mac, can’t it be done then? Are there only 2 slots for SSD:s? In my old Mac Pro 5.1 there are 4 (unusable if you want 3.0-speed). Ant you can’t use 2,5"-SSD:s in this?

[@AppleInsider]

Lots of questions! First, yes -- you need another Mac. Can likely do so at an Apple Store if need be. Second, yes only two slots and you use them both with this kit. Third, no. By default, there are no SSD or HDD drive bays that you can use. Apple leaves it open and up to users to decide what goes on the inside. There is a SATA connector and several third-party housings that add internal drive bays to the Mac Pro including the Pegasus 2Ji that we showed in the video and reviewed on its own before.

[@parnordqvist3895]

@@AppleInsider It seems like I have to stick with the 5.1 for unknown time. I can’t afford new Mac Pro, but I am interested in it anyway. T2 chip seems to make things more difficult in a way. I have used Macs since 1998, but now I am not sure anymore. Everything is too expensive!

[@MrMichaelBPedersen]

Pär Nordqvist this machine is for enterprise/high end business use, not a consumer product in any way 😊

[@robertp457]

Michael Pedersen that’s not accurate. The base Mac Pro isn’t useful for any enterprise use. It’s underpowered I’m every way and can’t do anything a $800 PC can’t do. No high end business would want to spend $400 replacing a $150 drive. No high end business would want their computer to be useless for weeks if a part failed and they had to wait for Apple to order a new one. Furthermore if an encrypted drive fails in a PC a user wouldn’t need another PC to install a new drive that costs four times more than it should.

[@MrMichaelBPedersen]

Robert P Both can be true

[@lucy5668]

What if i have a 2013 mac book pro can i use a usb c adapter?

[@agelualofa]

Beautiful work bro. Can I install windows 10 on this mac pro machine? I would love to run all my apps for windows on a Mac pro tower. I wander how it would perform? Faster and way better maybe? Love to have your feedback plz

[@AppleInsider]

Yes you can, it still works with Bootcamp or you can use Parallels.

[@AppleInsider]

Also, last time I saw, Windows ran better on Mac hardware than that from PC manufacturers.

[@agelualofa]

@@AppleInsider a friend of mine in Australia was telling me stories about another friend using mac pro tower to run windows 10 and said it was the fastest he ever seen windows run on any hardware. I honestly thought he was lied to me but it seems he was truthful lol. Love your work tho bro. Keep up the great work

[@RaphaelBegosso]

Hello, thanks for the video. I’m waiting for my 1tb kit arrives (I ordered the mac pro with just 256gb), but I’m afraid of upgrading myself. Is the removal os the covers and of baffles easy? I’m sorry but I didn’t get the whole procedure from the video...

[@robertp457]

And this is why Apple doesn’t want people to upgrade their computers so they won’t feel empowered to work on their computers.

[@davidcorden]

Seems like a faf. Can u not just remove the default SSD’a and just use internal?

[@tahmidazam639]

T2 security chip

[@robertp457]

If you didn’t do a backup and your motherboard fails you lose all of your data since you can’t move the good SSD to the new motherboard without wiping it.

[@andreajofre5895]

but ... why? If you have a workstation you don't waste money putting all that capacity inside that pc. For that same amount of money you get a lot more storage capacity (and with redundancy) in network storage.

[@robertp457]

Why does a $6k computer come with only 256GB of storage is the better question.

[@andreajofre5895]

@@robertp457 In a professional work environment you do not have your data locally on your pc, but rather protected and accessible on a network storage.

[@gcfmateus]

What are the speeds with these Apple SSD’s?

[@robertp457]

It really doesn’t matter since you don’t have a choice.

[@blendragon28]

Do the 2 500gb cards show up as a 1TB drive or 2 separate 500gb drives in MacOS?

[@robertp457]

1 drive in raid zero is what it is.

[@techstuff7132]

Man that's a massive and expensive cheese grater. Only high end restaurants could afford that.

[@MrHarizakbaralam]

to activate mac pro, all you need is a macbook pro 16"

[@postscriptum7329]

Oh... next time Apple sell hot water only at 999.99 dollars, be happy!

[@bluedragonstudio]

Just waiting until they invent a 32 ssd kit By then should be cheaper

[@jaymaster103]

If you put back the old ssd into the Mac, and restore the T2 chip firmware does that automatically wipe the ssd?

[@AppleInsider]

Doing the restore wipes the SSD

[@mozartvonschneeberg6520]

is there no other way? tried it without a scond mac...no chance...the LEDS turn into orange

[@DronieUp]

What happens to the other ssd?

[@robertp457]

It’s becomes useless.

[@Windows7Pro2009]

But the main question is..... Can you use this SSD in a Retina MacBook Pro to upgrade the stock drive (not the touch bar gen) ?

[@TheNonSmokingTire]

ah yes, apple strikes again... isheep will hop on those ssd's asap! 😭😂

You are so sad you don't have a life

[@robertp457]

Yavor Kapitanov do you see the irony with your comment?

[@gunner14-t2e]

Ssd prices surprisingly reasonable

[@robertp457]

That’s a joke right? I bought a 4TB Samsung SSD last holiday season for $400

[@dgw4049]

Imagine buying one of these second hand and the previous user has removed the SSD!😅🧐🥵🤯

[@hideakihayashi6072]

MacBook Pro SSD kit

[@billchoi2000lsc]

This is the worst aspect of recent apple device, T2 chip and proprietary SSD made storage upgrade insanely expensive

[@sebulban]

There are free pcie slots in the machine. Just buy a pcie caddy for 30$ and your favorite ssd and you’re good to go.

[@robertp457]

sebulban except if your primary drive fails you have to still go through this terrible process. If their SSD which are no better than other SSD fails you get to waste so much time setting your computer back up when in the PC world drives are cheap enough you could have your OS in a raid that could handle a drive failing without a total failure.

[@sebulban]

@@robertp457 If your primary drive fails you have to go the process no matter what system you have. The difference in Mac is that there's a super simple way to backup your primary time and use that as a startup disk. You can use what ever "PC world drive" for that

[@matthewstapleton3629]

The Price is a bloody joke.

[@shaggydawg5419]

Here's an idea, to restore or reinstall Mac OS, make customers daisy chain an iPhone, iPad, Mac, MacBook and an Apple TV. Why? No technological reason... just want Apple users to buy everything Apple makes. More kaaachiiinggg!

[@varungupta7226]

Still not enough for Chrome.

[@joaquimfnn]

Porque a Apple não usa placas dual CPU em seu mac pro?

[@robertp457]

There is no dual CPU option for the Mac Pro.

[@petersolomon5227]

I really wonder about Apple's corporate credibility. From the beginning of this century I have only owned Apple computers, and then iPhones. I purchased my first Mac Pro 2013 "trash can" around 2014. In 2018 a Mac Pro 2013 number two replaced the first faulty computer, and this machine itself has never stopped giving me problems. Moreover, when technical issues have arisen pertaining to either Mac Pro 2013, I've found Apple's phone support all but useless. Routinely, Apple's telephone support shuttle customers to call centres anywhere in the English-as-second-language-speaking world; and this experience has had me question the corporate accountability of this company. Not having learnt my lesson (I'm too old to change over to Windows based products), I have ordered a Mac Pro 2019. The best that may be said about the Mac Pro 2019 is that it is configurable, and isn't limited by the dreadful cooling system that plagued the Mac Pro 2013, and that Apple were forced to admit to in 2017.

[@robertp457]

The problem is your new Mac Pro is it is likely as good as it will ever be with no new parts being available for it in the future.

[@TesserLink]

Not only is this absurdly overpriced for SSD's you can get 2x4tb Gen4 SSD's for $1,500 , but it also renders the old SSD useless and thus E-waste.

[@casanovacasava]

Wow it’s kinda complicated

[@GyanPrakash]

We can build a Full Powerful Windows desktop in just price of SSD but you know it’s Apple 🍏 - Think Different.

[@PolluxChung]

Since it's a tower with internal space I would rather set up a third party RAID in it. 256MB-512MB as boot drive is just fine.

[@robertp457]

You can’t raid a 256GB and 512GB drive together. They have to be the same size.

[@jscorpio1987]

$600.00 for a 1 terabyte SSD?! What is this, the 90s??? F*** that sh**!!!!

[@atracamoniusvlogs]

Upgrade mac pro ssd

[@jonwik7056]

apple sheeps keep enabling apples outrageous prices. $2800 is just dumb and wrong for 1tb ssd. smh

[@TheKimNeeper]

*8TB, still expensive

[@AppleInsider]

That’s for 8TB, 1TB is only $600

[@jonwik7056]

@@AppleInsiderpaying $600 for just a 1tb ssd is still a joke. apple inflates their prices way too much cause they know ppl will pay for it. there was this social experiment where a guy opens fake branded shop to sell dirt cheap shoes for hundreds of $$ and people were singing praises to them shoes after they bough it telling how high quality those shoes were ..... until they revealed it was just some random shoes with fake brand stickers. people will just blindly pay the price to boost their ego.

[@GeckoClever]

@@AppleInsider You can get 2x 4TB SSD (8TB SSD) on Amazon for less than $1500.

[@robertp457]

AppleInsider but you cant replace the $600 (don’t say only because that’s more expensive than a 4TB SSD) without another Mac.

[@jackstm3343]

Nice 600$ for 1tb fu***** apple I got 4tb m.2 gen4 for that money

[@dgw4049]

So... the moral of the story is... DO NOT SKIMP ON THE FACTORY SSD. BUY THE 1TB OPTION!

[@rainbowofalexander3956]

👀 0:25.... thank me later. Hahaha

[@johnger850305]

Like I own one....

[@savehubedits7985]

Let me buy iphone first then i will upgrade to mac.....and then i will upgrade mac desktop

[@aditkoel]

meanwhile, we will be able to run macOS on an iPad in the near future

[@robertp457]

Apple wouldn’t let that happen without forcing people to buy new hardware.

[@user-dk7ks1cy2i]

I dont have mac pro or even ssd. why am i watching this

[@I_N_D_I_A_V]

Worlds No1 richest company apple how now I realized...... Money heist company

[@jtonline99]

This is ridiculous. Makes me furious that Apple think this is an acceptable answer to replace the trash can pro 🗑

[@DozIT]

Hmm what would you have done differently? Are you just talking about the cost or the entire computer all together?

[@robertp457]

DozIT I would have used a standard computer components so people could use reasonableness priced components rather than having everything be proprietary and four times the price it should be.

[@DozIT]

@@robertp457 The only thing non-standard and proprietary is the heatsink, power supply, and the SSD connector. If you want to use your own M.2 SSD get a PCIe adapter on Amazon for $16. Or you know just accept that you aren't the target audience for this product and move on?

[@berksedatk]

Thats too confusing and unnecesarily comlicated. Good job to apple for even making a upgrade kit but making people NEVER wanna upgrade again.

[@robertp457]

Especially with a price of $600!

[@JasonLeaman]

Good video, BUT DAMN clean your dusty machine ! :)

[@Hyydrotoo]

Step 1: Spend way too much money!

[@Attilathebun1]

Yep 👍 👏🏻🤝🤝👍👍

[@Attilathebun1]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@policeman0077]

买买买

[@quetzacoatlx]

The price is relatively reasonable.

[@DozIT]

The 1TB is a little over priced but the 8TB is definitely reasonable! Seems like apples theme lately - entry level is over priced (on pro equipment) but mid and top tier is more reasonable, with exceptions of course! Their CPU upgrade costs on the Mac Pro are insane!

[@GeckoClever]

This is highly overpriced.

[@robertp457]

That’s a joke right? $400 is what I paid for a 4TB SSD.

[@FearTec]

Lol you need a second mac to enable the new SSDs.

[@hackthis02]

This is the dumbest, most convoluted, over priced thing I've seen in a long time. I can't can't believe people still buy their stuff.

[@robertp457]

Their

[@ilyhelios]

First but who cares lol

[@laurenortiz9162]

First!

[@samueldejesus7374]

13th

[@torar_]

The hell? Apple and their stupid shit. Proprietary SSD when we have NVME standard. This is why I will never stop hating Apple and their greedy practices.

[@mirelurk-fish7387]

Even a pcie 4 ssd is cheaper than these shitty ssds

[@VibingCat39]

It looks like its gonna be hackintosh from here on out. I would never buy this s**t.

[@anthonypermison1457]

I think people are forgetting that the Mac Pro isnt something for a consumer to get lol

[@robertp457]

I think you don’t realize how easy it is to upgrade or replace the OS SSD on a non-MacOS computer. Let me tell you the process: 1. Unscrew old M.2 SSD 2. Remove SSD from the slot 3. Put the new SSD into the slot 4. Screw it down The end. On a PC you can actually make a copy of the OS drive and have a backup drive waiting in case the primary drive fails. Instead of having to reload the entire operating system and setting the computer up from scratch.

[@FearTec]

Lol, the mac pro drives are so slow and expensive

[@FearTec]

Lol, inside the mac is so dusty.

[@FearTec]

Lol, when you remove the ssd it is useless.

[@MrMiskut]

Lmao mac is garbage on storage. Get a pcie to nvme and be done

[@istoleyourpc6721]

06:29 "only $2,300" is the most out of touch statement i have heard in a while. lol.....

[@bignig123]

this pc comes with 256 gb wtf?