OWC 480GB Aura Pro 6G SSD and Envoy Pro Upgrade Kit for 2012-2013 MacBook Pro with Retina Display.

OWC Aura Pro Solid-State Drive For 2012 - early 2013 MacBook Pro with Retina display Upgrade solution. Upgrade your rMBP's factory installed SSD with greater performance and capacity via the Aura Pro. Retask the replaced factory SSD as a bus-powered, pocket-sized external storage solution via the Envoy Pro. The USB 3.0 interface offers speedy transfer rates of up to 500MB/s and the Envoy Pro requires no AC power.The Aura Pro 6G SSD features a suite of industry leading controller technologies: DuraWrite? extends the endurance of your solid-state drive (SSD). RAISE? (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements) protects the data on your drive similar to having a RAID setup. Intelligent Block Management & Wear Leveling automatically distributes data evenly across the entire SSD. Intelligent Read Disturb Management spreads the active read/write across the flash components eliminating data corruption caused by constant use. Intelligent "Recycling" for advanced free space management gradually re-writes data across the SSD over time to ensure data never gets corrupted. Best-in-Class ECC Protection for longest data retention and drive life. To achieve the higher bandwidth potential of the SATA 6Gb/s bus standard, the OWC Aura Pro 6G SSDs utilize Tier-1 Synchronous NAND instead of commonly utilized Asynchronous NAND. Synchronous NAND enables reads and writes to be "synced" with the SSD processor's clock signal for maximum data throughput. Compatible with MacBook Pro 15-inch Retina Display (Early 2013 Model ID: MacBookPro10,1) (Mid 2012 Model ID: MacBookPro10,1) MacBook Pro 13-inch Retina Display (Early 2013 Model ID: MacBookPro10,2) (Late 2012-2013 Model ID: MacBookPro10,2). Not for use with Late 2013 MacBook Pro with Retina Display with model ID: MacBookPro11,x