How can I upgrade my 2020 MacBook Air’s memory and storage from 256Gigabyteto 1Tarabyte

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How can I upgrade my 2020 MacBook Air’s memory and storage from 256Gigabyteto 1Tarabyte

I bought this from my man that only had it one month at a good price. Little did I know that I am constantly filling up this drive. I can’t seem to work a program with an external drive I can only store over there, and I don’t want everything in the cloud. My personal files need to stay on my personal computer. So is there any way possible that I can upgrade to storage? I said above it’s a 2020 Macbook Air with the M1 chip. Anybody’s got a clue please let me know I am desperate for space.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.5

Posted on Jul 29, 2022 7:58 PM

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Answer 1

ku4hx

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Jul 30, 2022 5:22 AM in response to ErnestRoux

If you can find a place that could do that, not likely you will, the cost would be prohibitive and the entire process would be risky at best. Not to mention voiding any warranties that are still in effect.

In the long run, if you are just dissatisfied with your Mac, you'll need to but a different one with the RAM and storage you feel you need.

Personally, I feel your money will be better spent on a pair of larger external HDDs. A pair because you need to backup up everything, not just internal drives.

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ErnestRoux Author

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Jul 31, 2022 11:34 PM in response to ErnestRoux

Thank you for taking the time to School me. There is just one more question. Can I Run a program from an external drive? I want to get Logic, but with all I have on this computer, there just isn't enough internal space for this size of the music files I will create and the array of sound files that come with Logic. This is a good macBook and it's fast, but I got it used and didn't realize the drive was so small. I wish I could just go out and purchase a new MacBook with a tara byte but I'm unable to do that at this time

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kaz-k

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Aug 1, 2022 4:09 AM in response to ErnestRoux

Hi,

There is another option, sell your MacBook Air at eBay or similar services and get new one.

Yes, you can run applications from external drive and save sound files you created with Logic on external drive as well.

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Aug 3, 2022 9:33 AM in response to ErnestRoux

ErnestRoux wrote:

Thank you for everything, I have not ever used eBay so tell me what is the going price for a used 2020 13" MacBook Air with the M1 Chip and only 251GB drive.

Look on eBay to see what similar models sold for.

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dialabrain

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Jul 29, 2022 9:08 PM in response to ErnestRoux

You cannot increase the RAM or the internal drive capacity. Other than using external storage, you would have to purchase a different laptop with more storage.

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kaz-k

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Jul 29, 2022 9:09 PM in response to ErnestRoux

Hi,

You can't upgrade SSD storage since it's soldered on logic board.

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ErnestRoux Author

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Jul 29, 2022 9:12 PM in response to kaz-k

OK, so are you saying that because it is soldered onto the board that, I myself can’t do it, but what about a repair place that has the equipment to do that. Can they upgrade it for me?

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Jul 29, 2022 9:13 PM in response to ErnestRoux

It can't be done.

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dialabrain

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Jul 29, 2022 9:14 PM in response to ErnestRoux

No.

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Jul 30, 2022 5:13 AM in response to ErnestRoux

If you need more space just get an external drive. External SSDs are getting quite inexpensive and are very compact.

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ErnestRoux Author

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Aug 3, 2022 7:54 AM in response to ErnestRoux

Thank you for everything, I have not ever used eBay so tell me what is the going price for a used 2020 13" MacBook Air with the M1 Chip and only 251GB drive.

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How can I upgrade my 2020 MacBook Air’s memory and storage from 256Gigabyteto 1Tarabyte

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