Here is how Apple can recover data from damaged SSD’s on the new MacBook Pro

Earlier this month, iFixit completed the first teardown of the new MacBook Pro, from which we gathered insight into what we can only describe as a hidden gem disguised as a drawback.

The MacBook Pro has been designed to be non-upgradeable, due to the fact that the SSD is soldered onto the logic board, making it impossible to upgrade to a more capable SSD. While this finding has been lamented as a drawback, turns out Apple has also hidden a special, and well-hidden feature that allows to recover data should the SSD or the logic board fail beyond repair.

A “mystery connector” was found inside the 2016 MacBook Pro, which was initially believed not to be connected to anything.

According to more recent information, it appears that the connector is anything but useless, as it allows Apple tech personnel to attach a data recovery tool for internal use only, that will be able to salvage data from a failing SSD. A picture, sourced by 9to5Mac shows the device in action, as it plugs into one of the two, or four USB Type-C ports on either the 13 inch or the 15 inch MacBook Pro.

Devices covered by AppleCare, at least according to sources close to Apple, and cited by 9to5Mac, will be offered data recovery. With that said, Apple won’t advance any guarantee of success, which is reasonable enough, as far as SSDs go.

We can only assume that customers not covered by AppleCare, or outside of the scope of Apple’s standard warranty, will still be offered data recovery services, although no information on pricing has been made public yet.

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