Upgrade 2TB SSD with 4TB SSD

My McBook PRO 2023 has a 2TB SSD which is getting full.

Can I upgrade to a 4TB SSD?


MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 26.0

Posted on Oct 28, 2025 6:59 PM

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Posted on Oct 28, 2025 7:46 PM

You cannot upgrade the internal SSD in that MacBook Pro – or any current or recent Mac notebook, for that matter. The flash chips that hold your data are soldered to the motherboard – and part of the SSD controller is built into the main processor chip.


However, all of the 16" MacBook Pros with a hardware model year of 2023 have three multi-purpose USB-C ports which support

  • USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gbps)
  • USB4 (up to 40 Gbps)
  • Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40 Gbps)


So you can add an external SSD, and there are a wide range of those to choose from, including some that are even smaller than portable mechanical hard drives. (Crucial offers some SSDs that are about the size of a credit card – with the thickness of an iPhone. Other World Computing is another vendor who sells portable SSDs . Both of them have portable SSDs avalable in capacities of up to 4 TB or 8 TB, depending on model.)

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Oct 28, 2025 7:46 PM in response to Gammaray2000

You cannot upgrade the internal SSD in that MacBook Pro – or any current or recent Mac notebook, for that matter. The flash chips that hold your data are soldered to the motherboard – and part of the SSD controller is built into the main processor chip.


However, all of the 16" MacBook Pros with a hardware model year of 2023 have three multi-purpose USB-C ports which support

  • USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gbps)
  • USB4 (up to 40 Gbps)
  • Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40 Gbps)


So you can add an external SSD, and there are a wide range of those to choose from, including some that are even smaller than portable mechanical hard drives. (Crucial offers some SSDs that are about the size of a credit card – with the thickness of an iPhone. Other World Computing is another vendor who sells portable SSDs . Both of them have portable SSDs avalable in capacities of up to 4 TB or 8 TB, depending on model.)

Upgrade 2TB SSD with 4TB SSD

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