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Home/All Brands/OWC/OWC 500GB Aura Pro 6G SSD with Upgrade Kit for MacBook 2012 Air - Discontinued
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OWC 500GB Aura Pro 6G SSD with Upgrade Kit for MacBook 2012 Air - Discontinued
OWC 500GB Aura Pro 6G SSD with Upgrade Kit for MacBook 2012 Air - Discontinued
OWC 500GB Aura Pro 6G SSD with Upgrade Kit for MacBook 2012 Air - Discontinued
OWC 500GB Aura Pro 6G SSD with Upgrade Kit for MacBook 2012 Air - Discontinued

OWC 500GB Aura Pro 6G SSD with Upgrade Kit for MacBook 2012 Air - Discontinued

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This product has been discontinued. We recommend the OWC 250GB Aura Pro 6G SSD for MacBook Air 2012 as a replacement.

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Product Information

Overview

High Performance Internal Flash Storage Upgrade

Once again, OWC provides Mac users an upgrade path that delivers phenomenal performance, functionality, and reliability! Whether it's for the base 11" model only offering a 64GB SSD or the base 13" model offering just a 128GB SSD, installing an Aura Pro 6G SSD is the best enhancement for the 2012 MacBook Air. Just like other OWC upgrades, we include a free 'how-to' video to make this an easy and money-saving DIY upgrade.

Better by Design

OWC redesigned its 3rd generation of OWC Aura Pro 6G SSDs with premium 3D NAND Flash and the latest controller technology to operate cooler and consume less power, resulting in improved battery life for your MacBook Air. OWC SSDs are engineered to be the best for Mac, undergoing a rigorous multi-stage lab testing process to deliver absolute reliability at maximum performance long into the future.

More Speed, More Capacity for MacBook Air

OWC Aura Pro SSDs provide a noticeable increase in performance over the factory SSDs for all MacBook Air models:

  • Increase capacity up to 16x the 11-inch base model
  • Increase capacity up to 8x the 13-inch base model
  • Get write speeds up to 495MB/s, 27% faster than factory original
  • Get read speeds up to 530MB/s, 9.5% faster than factory original
    • Up to 530MB/s
    • 5 Year Warranty
    • SLC caching algorithm accelerates burst performance
    • Global wear levelling algorithm automatically distributes data evenly and manages program/erase count, maximising SSD lifespan
    • Data refresh technology ensures data integrity, gradually refreshing data across the SSD over time
    • ECC protection combines LDPC hard and soft decoding with advanced algorithm to detect and correct errors throughout the entire SSD data path
    • Advanced security protocols support AES 128/256-bit full-drive encryption

    Specifications

    Form Factor
    Custom Blade
    Interface
    SATA 6Gb/s
    Useable Capacity
    500GB capacity
    Formatted Capacity
    465GiB
    NAND
    3D Triple-Level Cell (TLC) Synchronous NAND Flash Memory
    Controller
    Silicon Motion SM2258
    SMART Attributes
    Standard
    Native Command Queuing
    Yes
    RoHS Compliant
    Yes
    Format
    Unformatted
    MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
    1,500,000
    Endurance
    75TB total bytes written (TBW)
    Data Reliability
    ECC Recovery
    Security
    ATA security feature command set and password login support
    TRIM Support
    OS Dependent
    Nonrecoverable Read Errors
    Less than 1 sector per 10^15 bits read
    Average Access Time
    <0.1 ms
    Sustained Read/Write 6Gb/s (up to)
    530MB/s / 495MB/s
    Random 4K Read/Write
    Up to 60,000 IOPS / Up to 74,000 IOPS
    Read/Write Latency
    less than 0.1ms
    Read/Write Power
    2.1 Watts
    Idle Power
    0.1 Watts

    What's in the box

    • 1x 500GB OWC Aura Pro SSD
    • 1x OWC Envoy USB 2.0/3.0 Enclosure
    • 1x OWC Envoy Carrying Case
    • 1x High-quality double-shielded USB 3.0 standard A to Micro-B connecting cable
    • 1x OWC 5-Point Torx Plus (Pentalobe Compatible) screwdriver
    • 1x OWC Torx T5 screwdriver
    • 1x Assembly Manual & User Guide (download only)

    Manufacturer Information

    Part Number

    OWCS3DAP2A6K500

    Warranty

    • 5 Year Warranty
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