UPGRADE your Apple Silicon storage for HALF the cost!

The day is finally here! A French company called Polysoft has developed the worlds first publicly available SSD upgrade for Apple Silicon!! With all of Apple's standalone desktops now offering removable storage modules, this is a very exciting time! Today we'll install and test this first of its kind upgrade!

time stamps
0:00 SSD upgrades almost disappeared
1:39 How to upgrade Mac Studio
5:44 Setting up new SSD
7:30 A technical masterpiece
8:50 SSD lifespan
10:06 Cost

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[lukemiani]

HUGE shoutout to Gilles at Polysoft for sending this over, I'm absolutely in awe of the engineering that went into this! Would you buy a storage module for your Apple Silicon Desktop?

[dosdude]

I'm so glad Gilles took on the challenge of replicating those NAND module PCBs! Definitely makes upgrading the storage in these machines WAY easier. Also, he intends to make a version for the M4 Mac mini at some point soon!

[greyvlad]

I work with this stuff, and I'm impressed, ... at everything they did, the overvoltage protection upgraded, the upgrade ability, the better performance. I'm really impressed.

[johnwick]

Can't wait for Apple to roll out a firmware update that turns the PSU into thermonuclear bomb once you remove the SSD

[thisisoutset]

please make an update with the new studios! genuinely might sway my decision on purchasing one

[shlomishanti]

Hey Luke, Question, if I do this will future updates work is the question?

[tvandever]

Just shows how Apple charges way too much money for their upgrades. Apple users need to let them know this is unacceptable and lower prices for SSD and Ram upgrades.

[taylor]

I'll never take swapping RAM and NVMe SSDs on my laptop and desktop for granted again.

[nph_ninja]

during the sponsor part at 5:27 you can briefly see a flash of the Miani's face.

[energysavingday]

Apple needs to be regulated so that consumers have the right to repair and upgrade their equipment.

[yoshikinanami]

MacRumors users must be livid to see this. They hate upgradability and will justify any anti consumer moves

[danny_the_K]

to bad you didn't share this before it went out of Kickstarter... Hopefully they will do one for the M4 Mac Mini too!

[acasualviewer]

After 11 years the SSD on my 2013 MBP failed once. But then it started working again and I'm on borrowed time. But I can confirm that they last a very long time of daily use.

[j_official]

Apple should add a standard m.2 NVME slot in there. macOS can boot from external storage devices via thunderbolt (which is just itself an externalization of the PCIe bus). So clearly the OS can be boot from a standard NVME drive. So why not allow the user to internally use standard NVME if he or she so pleases?

[tonysync]

Man I wish this was available immediately. I would be buying the 8tb kit right now.
It’s almost worse that this video came out before they are available for purchase, now I have to check every week until I can purchase it.

[Myoshin.]

Luke : It would really be a shame if Apple starts integrating the NAND on to the logic board.
Apple : Let's start integrating the NAND on to the logic board

[nogoodnamesleft]

I wonder when “Part 2: Apple strikes back” will happen 😂

[TheBauertech]

Who knew the new jailbreak would be hacking storage upgrades. How times have changed

[Mooooooof]

Need this for the mini, it’ll sell loads

[MrBaskins]

bro that ami sweater goes so hard. luke you're a fashionable fella. love to see it <3