Chinese engineers cracked Apple's M1 chip and successfully expanded 16G memory and 1TB hard drive

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Apple launched the new iPhone 12 series at the 2020 autumn conference, and simultaneously announced that it will launch a Mac computer equipped with a self-developed chip in the future. Just when everyone thought that Apple would launch a new Mac in 2021, on the day of Double Eleven in 2020, Apple launched MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and Mac mini equipped with the new M1 chip. You know, the 2020 basic MacBook air in my hand has only been bought for more than half a year (the same is the 2020 model, why is the gap so big...)

 

I believe that many users have already used the new M1 computer, and friends who are on the sidelines believe that online reviews have been viewed countless times. The M1 is epoch-making. Apple has encapsulated the processor, graphics card, and memory in a single M1 chip. This has created a new Mac with low power consumption and a battery life of up to 20 hours.

 

 

Here is a reminder that if you want to upgrade the memory or hard disk storage of a new Mac computer, you can only upgrade it when you buy it. If you want to upgrade the hard disk later, you can only buy a new one. On Apple's official website, you can see that you need 1,500 yuan to upgrade the memory, and the same is true for solid state drives. Hmm... Apple has always been like this.

 

 

This is the basic model of MacBook Air with M1 chip, 8GB RAM, and 256GB solid state drive configuration. If you want to upgrade the storage space, you can also use an external solid-state hard drive. But if you want to upgrade the memory, it seems that you can only change the computer, and it can only be so. But today's content will refresh everyone's cognition. 

 

Yang Changshun, a maintenance training engineer from Guangzhou, China, broke this situation.

 

 

Previously, upgrading memory and storage could only be done through Apple's official website, and at least a price of 1500+ was required. Although consumers complained, there was no other way to upgrade. But recently, the charging head network learned that the domestic team has successfully cracked the M1 chip. It is now possible to upgrade memory and hard drives through unofficial channels, and this result comes from Yang Changshun maintenance training engineer in Guangzhou, China.

 

 

The red box in the picture is Apple's M1 chip for the desktop. On the right are two memory sticks. You can see that they are fully integrated. If you don't want to upgrade by yourself, the probability of success is almost zero.

 

 

But now someone has cracked the M1 chip, which means that you can upgrade the memory even if you don't pass the official Apple. Think about the official upgrade of 8GB of memory to 16GB, you need 1500 soft sister coins. I feel distressed and touch my wallet. Now I only need it. You can upgrade the same memory configuration for less money.

 

 

Apple has always been at the forefront of technology and has been leading the trend of its products. Previously, many Windows computers have reserved memory slots for users to upgrade by themselves, but Apple's MacBook computers have not taken this path for more than ten years. , MacBook computers are getting stronger and stronger, and the body is getting thinner and lighter. At the same time, the internal components are being highly integrated step by step. Especially with the introduction of M1, it is almost impossible to replace the memory or hard drive by yourself, but it is different now.

 

 

In addition to the memory, the MacBook equipped with the M1 chip can also upgrade the hard drive capacity from 256GB to 1TB. Again, this is an operation implemented on a small chip.

 

 

The MacBook computer is about this machine. Previously, this was a 256GB MacBook computer. Now the shotgun has been replaced, and the storage space has doubled by 4 times.

 

Summary of charging head network

 

After the release of the M1 chip MacBook computer, I heard a lot of voices. It will be impossible to upgrade the memory and storage space by yourself in the future. All things are concentrated together, the upgrade difficulty is increased, and the success rate is greatly reduced. But now the M1 chip is Deciphering the news also rekindled everyone's enthusiasm.

 

Putting aside other things for now, only Yang Changshun maintenance training engineer can crack such a highly integrated M1 chip and successfully upgrade the memory and storage space, this has achieved a very big leap, at least now M1 can't go on its own The status quo of replacing memory and storage has been broken. Let us wait and see how it will develop in the future!

 

note! Expansion is risky. Please make a backup in advance. Expansion will transform the hardware and lose the warranty.

 

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Technicians in China have reportedly succeeded in upgrading the memory and storage of the M1 chip, suggesting that Apple's integrated custom silicon for the Mac may be more flexible than previously thought.

 

Reports of maintenance technicians being able to expand the memory and storage of ‌M1‌ Macs began circulating on Chinese social media over the weekend, but now international reports have started to clarify the situation.

 

Technicians in Guangzhou, China have discovered that it is possible to detach the RAM from the ‌M1‌ chip and its nearby SSD module and replace them with larger capacity components, which are correctly recognized by macOS, without breaking the device.

 

As proof, a large number of images showing the process of a base model ‌M1‌ MacBook Air with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage being upgraded to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, and this change being correctly shown in macOS Big Sur, have been shared online.

 

The RAM and SSD components on Apple's ‌M1‌ Macs are soldered in place, making the procedure extremely challenging, and there is reportedly a high chance of failure. This invasive unofficial upgrade also undoubtedly breaches Apple's warranty.

 

Apple has made it increasingly challenging for users to upgrade their own Macs over the years, and it was thought that the ‌M1‌ Mac represented a final solidification of this move, with all of the ‌M1‌ Mac's computing components being heavily physically integrated. The possibility of upgrading the memory and storage of ‌M1‌ Macs, albeit in an invasive and risky procedure, therefore seems to be a significant discovery.

 

Due to the difficulty of upgrading the RAM or SSD, almost all ‌M1‌ owners will likely still have to rely on the memory and storage configuration that they chose at the point of purchase, with upgrades being confined to a minority of enthusiasts, although it has been suggested that ‌M1‌ Mac memory and storage upgrades in Asia will be available through unofficial channels.

 

M1‌ Mac owners may be keen to see if the process behind these upgrades is refined over time and becomes a more viable option.

 

Source: M1 Mac RAM and SSD Upgrades Found to Be Possible After Purchase

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