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You may need to very slightly lift the right end of the SSD up to be able to grab it but do this as little as possible. Location of the single T5 torx screw securing the MacBook Air SSD Step 9: Remove the 2.9 mm T5 Torx screw from the right side of the SSD. Pull the clear plastic battery connector tab straight down (parallel with the surface of the motherboard) to disconnect You can lay the male end of the battery connector on top of the female slot on the motherboard. The battery wires will bend to allow you to pull the connector out. Do not lift up or you could pull the connector off the motherboard. Pull the clear plastic tab straight down. To below and left of the SSD there is a battery connector with a clear tab below it. Step 8: Disconnect the Battery Connector. Once you’ve opened the cover make sure to touch the metal body of the computer to ensure there is not a static charge built up on your body. I never wear an anti-static wristband but you do want to be careful not to discharge the static on your body onto the electronics of your computer. Step 7: Take static discharge precautions. Look how much space the 4 batteries take up!
Below you can see the SSD outlined in red (excuse my blurry picture, it does the trick though): Refer to the picture above to see where to put your fingernails. Step 6: Carefully remove the lower case cover and set it aside.
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My iFixit pdf printed out to tape the screws on their location of the picture I tape the screws on the printout exactly where they came from so there’s no question what to do when I reassemble: Mid-2011 MacBook Air case screw locations The middle two top screws (that bridge the vent) are longer than the others so make sure to keep them straight. These screws have pentalobular heads on them so do not try to unscrew them with a phillips or torx. Place the MacBook Air upside down on a non-abrasive surface and remove the 10 screws from the bottom of the case. Here is a link for the tutorial I used for this repair. You cannot hardly beat their tutorials and I always print out a copy of them for using to keep all the different sized screws straight–this is the most helpful tip I can offer on this repair.
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Step 5: Download the iFixit manual from. You definitely wouldn’t want the computer running when you did this upgrade. Step 3: Power off your MacBook Air and unplug the power cord.
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If you are not backing up make sure to buy an external drive and either use the free Apple Time Machine built into OS X or buy something like Carbon Copy Cloner. Other World Computing Envoy Portable, Bus-powered USB 3.0 storage for the old MacBook Air SSDĮven though you are not going to be deleting your old data I would still recommend having a backup before you complete such an upgrade. It comes with the tools you’ll need (a proprietary pentalobular screwdriver and Torx head screwdriver) as well as the external case for mounting the old drive.
Here is a link for the part we purchased. I recommend OWC and have purchased a lot of after-market Apple hardware from them.
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