Here’s seems like a good time to point out that as the physical size of an SSD is smaller than a standard optical HD you’ll need an adapter to make sure it fits. no- aura ssds are NOT compatible with apfs file system- either you get a warning on installation that ‘installation failed due to a firmware…” or, worse, if you do get the installation to proceed with a few ‘recommended ‘ workarounds, some of which are suggested by owc, you end up with a corrupted or unusable ssd- owc now recommends ‘replacing the aura with the original ssd’ if.
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