NVMe Drives for Macbook Pro's I have been following this thread(Forgive me, I am new here and do not know how to reply to the existing thread):

Do MacBooks support NVMe SSD drives via the use of a Sintech adapter?

I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) 2.6Ghz Intel Core i7, 16GB DDR3 with the GeForce GT 650M 1GB and it has the Apple SSD SM512E.

I am running macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 and I want to put a Samsung EVO 960 NVMe 2TB in it. Can I do that. All the data in the thread I linked to is 2013 Macbooks or newer.
No - you need a newer Mac to take advantage of the new storage connections and protocols.

This is well covered in the exhaustive post on what hardware has drivers and connections needed for NVMe to operate:


Do MacBooks support NVMe SSD drives via the use of a Sintech adapter?