Of course, there are other cloners out there, but CCC offers 30 day free trial, which was incentive enough for me to use it. – Use Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) to make a backup clone of your OWC Aura SSD (OS 10.12.6) startup disk to an external drive. If you don’t have them, then these instructions will not work. – Before starting, make sure you still have the original Apple SSD that your computer came with, as well as any screws that were removed during the OWC Aura SSD installation. Here is the process I found on another forum that worked for me:
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The result is an OWC Aura SSD on a APFS volume, that I was able to upgrade yesterday to 10.13.3 without any problems. I have used a slightly less complicated-at least for me-way to upgrade OWC Aura SSD to High Sierra. However, I do recognize that my Mac Pro is getting up in age (although still an awesome system!) and with the release of the new Mac Pros don’t expect it will be supported for much longer.
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I’ve not experienced any heat issues or problems. While a pain for something that should be dead simple, the process works.
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I can’t remember offhand the utility recommended for imaging the Aura Pro from the original drive. (I think the last time the Migration Assistant was the way to go.) Reboot using the Aura Pro, then either restore from TimeMachine or use the Migration Assistant. Use a utility to image the external drive (upgraded to the latest version) onto the Aura Pro (installed internally). Re-install the Aura Pro back in the Mac Pro.īoot up off of the external enclosure (original drive) Put the original SSD back into the external enclosure. Upgrade the original SSD to the latest OS version. Re-install the original SSD into the Mac Pro. Make sure I have an updated TimeMachine backup. I’ve successfully upgrade to High Sierra, then Mojave and now Catalina using the 4TB Aura Pro in my desktop Mac Pro (trash can Mac). If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding the upgrade to macOS 10.13 High Sierra, feel free to contact our award-winning customer service team.
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For those who have not attempted to upgrade yet, we recommend using macOS 10.12.x Sierra or earlier on your OWC Aura SSD. We have sent communication to our customers that purchased these specific SSD models, and have been working directly with any customers affected. The number of OWC customers affected by this issue is limited, but we take every issue very seriously. Thus far we believe the issue is limited to Aura SSDs for only these Mac models: Apple is aware of these issues and we are working with them to resolve this as quickly as possible. In testing, we have identified a related issue with our Aura SSDs.
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Some users have reported compatibility issues with third party SSDs when attempting to install or run macOS 10.13 High Sierra.