Apple’s New Mac Studio Revealed It Had An Interesting Secret Over The Weekend: It Really Happened Removable SSD Storage. But a later video of YouTuber Luke Miani It reveals that Mac Studio still can’t be updated: not because of hardware limitations, but because Apple appears to be banning replacing SSDs at the software level, Through Apple track.
Unlike all other Apple M1 computers, the Mac Studio storage is not soldered to the motherboard like dismantle maximum technology Over the weekend discovered. Accessing the SSD is a tricky business, which involves removing the rubber ring on the bottom of the device, unscrewing the card, and pulling out the power supply unprotected. But as it turns out, these expandable SSD hardware slots are useless: even if it’s you Can it be Take apart Mac Studio to access it, it looks like Apple is blocking any additional storage or software-level swap space.
Which ultimately means no, you won’t be able to escape Apple’s expensive SSD sales for extra storage, even if you’re willing to take your entire PC apart to do so.
Apple’s official line follows: “User cannot access Mac Studio storage,” notes the company on the Mac Studio product page. “If you think you might need more storage in the future, consider setting up more storage.”
But my problem here is not necessarily that Mac Studio, as it exists now, is not user-upgradable. It’s the philosophy that Apple has adopted to get to this point.
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Why Mac Studio Do It contains removable hard drives. There’s nothing about Apple’s design here that entails choosing to bury it behind sheets of rubber and a potentially dangerous power supply, or lock it down at the software level.
But Apple made an active choice to make it impossible to upgrade Mac Studio’s internal storage. Whether it’s hoping to discourage end users from scouring their computers for cheaper SSD upgrades or because it wants to push customers towards its more expensive options (which, due to its non-fungible nature, implicitly urges you to buy more in advance so that no they are caught with very little After the fact) – both options don’t reflect well on the company.
It is true that Mac Studio makes it very difficult for customers to access SSD slots in the first place, but that Furthermore Apple’s choice. This isn’t a laptop, tablet or even an ultra-thin All-in-One like the M1 iMac. It’s a desktop computer, which supposedly could offer expandable storage at the cost of a slightly larger chassis.
Apple also can’t argue with things like unified memory, which offers tangible advantages by not offering a user-replaceable component: SSDs here they are. Previously removable. Apple prevents studio owners from doing it themselves.
We know that Apple can do this too: it is already doing it for 2019 Mac Prowhich happily sells new hard drives for users to use in their spare time. (We hope that the trend you’ll follow with the Apple Silicon Mac Pro that he set off will continue into the future as well.)
But choosing to limit Mac Studio so much here is a shame. It’s a professional machine, and it would be nice to see Apple treat it that way, rather than locking it into the same pre-built box that many of the company’s other recent computers have done. And you won’t have to spend $5,999 on a Mac Pro just to be able to upgrade your desktop storage in 2022.
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