The most radical option to expand your macbook s storage is to upgrade its ssd.
Get more storage macbook air.
Unfortunately you can t upgrade all macbooks because apple changed the manufacturing process on its newest models.
Macbook up to 2010.
Click the manage button to open the storage management window pictured below.
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If you can afford it i recommend going for 1tb.
Choose apple menu about this mac and then click storage.
Macbook pro retina up to 2015.
If the system report of the macbook shows storage medium type is ssd protocol as sata the macbook has a sata based flash storage module.
But you have to confirm it is sata based or pcie based.
We re replacing the 120 gb of available storage with a 240 gb drive instead.
This button is available only in macos sierra or later.
Balk away but do get that larger internal storage.
For sata based ssds.
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If 1tb is too expensive you should at least go for 512gb.
Add storage for your macbook with sd and microsd if you have an older macbook with a memory card reader you can also use sd or micro sd cards to increase your mac s total storage.
This button is only available in macos sierra or later.
Macbook air up to 2017.
You ll probably never need that much but having it will make you feel better.
For my son s macbook air doubling the available storage capacity is going to give him plenty more space to help get through the next couple of years.
However you can upgrade the following models.
Maybe your budget is such that you have no other choice but certainly you balk at spending another 200 400 or more on increasing the storage.
Each segment of the bar is an estimate of the storage space used by a category of files.
To use a microsd card you need an sd to microsd converter.
This type of storage is used in macbook pro models in most of 2012 to early 2013 that have retina display.
Although you can upgrade the macbook storage to a higher capacity ssd may use the original one as a secondary storage device.
Click the manage button to open the storage management window pictured below.
The macbook air comes with either 256 or 512gb of built in ssd storage and can be upgraded to up to 2tb of ssd storage.
Macbook pro non retina up to late 2016.
Macbook air buying guide.
Just pick a card and slot in your mac.
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Transcend lent us a jetdrive 500 kit to show you how it s done.