An M2 MacBook Air Owner Combats Rising SSD Prices With a ‘Janky’ Mod That Hooks A Dongle To A SATA Drive, All Stuck Together Using Low-Quality Tape
https://wccftech.com/m2-macbook-air-sata-ssd-mod-using-a-dongle-and-tape/
Publish Date: 2026-02-11 17:11:00
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Apple’s M2 MacBook Air offers decent hardware to those who require ample battery life and aren’t too worried about the lack of storage and memory upgrades available to them. However, there are always exceptions everywhere, and in light of the DRAM crisis, we’ll bear witness to some unorthodox examples of creative juices flowing on various social media channels.
The latest mod involves a portable Mac owner who wasn’t going to pay the ludicrous premium for a solid-state drive, so he took some tape, an existing SATA SSD, and a USB-C dongle and attached all three things to the M2 MacBook Air. Unfortunately, given how awful the mod looks, we would never recommend anyone to attempt it unless you have exhausted all options.
The latest modification also resolves the lack of versatile ports on the M2 MacBook Air, which now has a couple of USB-A inputs
Whether Reddit user mashedpotato_69420 wanted to troll the Mac community or he genuinely wanted to tackle the storage problem on his M2 MacBook Air, we cannot confirm. What we can confirm is how this mod looks completely absurd and how people go to extreme lengths to attempt something like this. For those who are still unable to comprehend, the bottom of the M2 MacBook Air reveals a USB-C dongle and a SATA SSD that’s connected to the former using an external reader.
The dongle is then connected to one of the USB-C ports on the M2 MacBook Air, giving the user an increased number of ports and storage at the same time. Both items are held together using tape, though we don’t believe it will keep the SSD and dongle held in place for long. Then again, it appears that the MacBook owner wasn’t seeking a permanent solution, otherwise he would have just settled with some high-quality double-sided tape to keep the paraphernalia secure.
As you can imagine, a few comments on the post have no appreciation for this mod, with the user…
