OWC Envoy Pro 1A Portable, USB 3.2 (10Gb/s) Bus-Powered External Storage Enclosure for Mac SSDs Compatible with Select 2013 to 2019 Mac Models SSDs

I had a 240Gb OWC Aura N2 SSD that I was taking out of an older Mac Mini and thought it would be a perfect external backup drive for my wife's new Mac Mini. Unfortunately, the Apple SSD pin configuration is very different than the mainstream SSDs for PCs. This enclosure, also from OWC, works perfectly. While a bit pricey, it was super easy to install the SSD and get it formatted as a backup drive. I'm very happy with this purchase.

This is a fantastic solid state drive enclosure for old MacBook SSDs. It is not a typical SSD enclosure - check compatibility with your Mac before purchasing. The case is machined aluminum that looks and feels nearly identical to Apple's aluminum. Other SSD enclosures for old MacBooks are almost the same price as this one, so definitely buy the OWC Envoy Pro 1A for its magnificent metal case. I upgraded an old 2015 MacBook Air (model A1466) to a larger SSD, and this enclosure is perfect for installing macOS on the new SSD as well as a permanent home for the old SSD when the upgrade is complete.

Very easy to set up, worked on the first try. Four stars rather than five because (1) it has one of those annoying micro-USB type-B plugs on the drive's side. It comes with a USB-A to micro-USB type-B cable, so you won't need to source one yourself, but I'd have preferred USB-C. And (2) it comes with an optional heat dissipation pad that was so old that it crumbled on attempted installation. Warning — this is for NVMe drives with Apple's weirdo key. Photo shows the case with a drive installed, before I closed it.

OWC sells replacement drives that are supposed to be direct replacements for the stock Macbook drives. Unfortunately it turns out there are still compatibility issues and Apple (or for that matter any of the independent shops I went to) will not service Macbooks that have the OWC drives. So I thought, "no problem, I'll just put the original Mac drive back in and use the OWC enclosure that came with my drive to use it as an external drive. Then I find out that the version of the enclosure I had would support Mac drives (as advertised) but not OWC's own drives (not disclosed anywhere in their info but I found on some boards). Then I see that OWC has updated their enclosure to be able to support their own drives. Hooked it all up, and sure enough it was able to read the external drive. Then it started getting warm. Then hot. Then my Macbook no longer recognized the external drive, and still doesn't, even after cooling down. No idea if the OWC enclosure went bad or the OWC drive in it went bad. Either way, I'm not spending another penny on their products ever.

Works great. Excellent build quality. Can now use a Macbook NVME as an external drive. This might be the only product with the correct pins. Then used an APFS reader (like Paragon) to get my files out on a PC.

Good product, easy to install. Fit great for the ssd from MacBook Pro, format capability is great. Speed is reasonable. I hope it is a little cheaper.

I had a 2015 MacBook Pro crash on me and mine is the style you can pull out the memory card. So I bought this to plug that memory card from my crashed computer into my new computer, but it would not work it just kept loading. I read a bunch of forums and found out I needed a separate power hub to plug this product into and then the hub gets plugged into the new computer. The extra power from the hub was able to download everything within a few minutes whereas before, it just wouldn’t work. I got the hub from Best Buy for $10.

Used this to read the drive data from a dead MacBook air and works like a champ.

旧バージョンのものは、Apple純正でも一部認識しなかったり、他社製Mac専用SSDも認識しなかったようで、このバージョンアップ版では全てのMac専用SSDが使えるとの触れ込みでした。ただTranscend製Mac専用SSDは認識しませんでした。他メーカー製や全てのApple純正SSDを試した訳ではありませんが、価格も割高な割には性能も高くはありませんので、使用目的によっては購入時に注意が必要です。

De originele ssd kan nu worden gebruikt als data schijf. Het enige minpuntje: de usb-aansluiting is de niet stabiele usb-mini 3. Het contact is stabiel, ik hoop dat dat zo blijft.

Daughters 2015 MacBook pro died and wanted to get data from hard drive Solid build quality and easy to use and worked very well

Funktionierte nicht mit den original von Apple verbauten Toshiba-Chips (MacBook Air 2013)

Apple can suck a big one. I'm just angry I had to get this to try and get data off of someone's old MacBook. The hard drive fit no problem, comes with a case and cords. It came up on a very old MacBook, but since it is a different os I can get access. It still worked as intended, I'm just ranting about how awful macs are. Definitely buy if you want to use an old Mac SSD as an external drive.