Despite being easily removable since it is not soldered down, the Mac Studio’s SSD storage is not currently user-upgradeable due to a software block, YouTuber Luke Miani has discovered.
Initial teardowns suggested that the Mac Studio’s storage could be upgradeable since it is not soldered in place. Each Mac Studio contains two internal SSD slots, and the SSDs themselves can be freely swapped between the connectors.
In a video on his YouTube channel, Miani tested if the Mac Studio’s storage is user upgradeable in practice. Miani wiped the SSD of a Mac Studio, removed it from the machine, and inserted it into an empty SSD slot in another Mac Studio, but the Mac’s status light blinked SOS and would not boot.
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