Hello World,
I have a mac book pro with the below details:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
Processor: 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
RAM: 8 GB 1867 MHz DDR3
Graphics: Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536 MB
SSD: 128GB PCIe-based flash storage
Is the SSD and RAM upgradable by any means?
Thank you.
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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14
The RAM is not upgradable.
A MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) has a Model ID of MacBookPro12,1. Other World Computing sells internal SSDs that will fit that machine and that have capacities of 240 GB, 480 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB.
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro-retina-display/2013-2014-2015
According to the fine print, the SSDs are designed for use with APFS and you should upgrade to High Sierra, or later, before installing one of them. Your tag line indicates that you are already on Mojave, so assuming that you used an external Mojave boot drive to complete the installation, you would seem to meet that requirement.
The RAM is not upgradable.
A MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) has a Model ID of MacBookPro12,1. Other World Computing sells internal SSDs that will fit that machine and that have capacities of 240 GB, 480 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB.
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro-retina-display/2013-2014-2015
According to the fine print, the SSDs are designed for use with APFS and you should upgrade to High Sierra, or later, before installing one of them. Your tag line indicates that you are already on Mojave, so assuming that you used an external Mojave boot drive to complete the installation, you would seem to meet that requirement.
Servant of Cats wrote:
According to the fine print, the SSDs are designed for use with APFS and you should upgrade to High Sierra, or later, before installing one of them.
FYI, the main reason for requiring macOS 10.13+ is so that the system firmware is updated to support an NVMe based SSD which is what the OWC Aura SSDs are.
Your tag line indicates that you are already on Mojave, so assuming that you used an external Mojave boot drive to complete the installation, you would seem to meet that requirement.
In that case I highly recommend the OP first upgrade to macOS 12.x Monterey while the original Apple OEM SSD is still installed internally (Monterey can be installed to an external drive if the OP for some reason doesn't want to modify the contents of the Apple SSD). This is so that the system firmware is updated by the Monterey installer since the Monterey installer will refuse to install the first time (even to an external drive) since the Monterey installer won't perform the system firmware update while a third party SSD is installed internally. Once the system firmware had been updated by the Monterey installer, then it is possible to install a third party SSD internally and install Monterey since the installer has no need to update the system firmware.
TLDR: if macOS 12.x Monterey has never been installed on the laptop before and the OP may want to do so later on, then it would be best to install macOS 12.x Monterey now (even to an external drive) while the original SSD is still installed internally in this laptop.
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Thank you for the information @Servant of Cats
Is my "Macbook pro's SSD and RAM" upgradable ?
