When Mac Studio is disassembled into pieces, it is clear that SSD is replaceable but capacity addition is impossible



IFixit, famous for repairing and analyzing smartphones, disassembles '

Mac Studio ' equipped with 20 cores CPU, GPU of up to 64 cores, GPU of 32 cores Neural Engine, and M1 Ultra with unified memory of up to 128 GB. I am. This reveals that Mac Studio's built-in SSD is replaceable, but not upgradeable.

Mac Studio Teardown: No upgradable storage… yet --YouTube


iFixit teardown shows details of Mac Studio's internal storage --9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2022/03/23/ifixit-teardown-shows-that-mac-studios-internal-storage-is-replaceable-but-not-upgradable/

Since its launch on March 18, 2022, there have been numerous videos and articles by YouTuber and tech media that disassemble Mac Studio into pieces to reveal its internal structure. When it first went on sale, it became clear that the internal SSD in Mac Studio was 'designed to be replaceable and expandable in terms of hardware.'

'Mac Studio' SSD is removable, but replacement & expansion is software locked-GIGAZINE



After disassembling and testing iFixit in pieces, Mac Studio is no longer aware of different SSD combinations than the factory-installed ones. Mac Studio has an unused SSD slot, but if you install an additional SSD here, Mac Studio won't recognize it. Also, even if you replace the built-in SSD inserted at the time of purchase with another SSD with a different capacity, Mac Studio will not recognize it.



However, it is only possible to replace the built-in SSD with another SSD of the same capacity. However, in this case, you'll need to use

Apple Configurator , an application that replaces the iPhone configuration utility developed by Apple, to install macOS on your new SSD, then disassemble Mac Studio and insert the SSD.



It's unclear why Apple made Mac Studio's built-in SSD replaceable, even though it's not easy to replace, but 'probably related to Apple's new self-repair program,' 9to5Mac points out. increase.

Apple finally announces general sale of parts and tools that can repair iPhone by yourself-GIGAZINE



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