Can I upgrade internal storage on MacBook Air M4?

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Can I upgrade internal storage on MacBook Air M4?

I purchased a MacBook Air M4 2025 a couple of months ago. I would like to increase internal harddrive to 1T, is this possible?

MacBook Air 15″, macOS 15.6

Posted on Nov 20, 2025 9:47 PM

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SergZak

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Nov 20, 2025 9:59 PM in response to marlize17

No, it is not possible. What you purchased is what the device stays with.

You can however use external drives (USB thumb drives, hard disks and SSDs) to offload to from the Mac.

See Connect and use other storage devices with Mac

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Nov 20, 2025 9:57 PM in response to marlize17

You cannot increase internal storage on the M4 MacBook Air – or any other recent Mac notebook – after purchase. The built-in SSD (not hard drive) storage exists in the forum of flash memory chips that are soldered in – and there is no place inside the notebook where you could install more.

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marlize17 Author

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Nov 20, 2025 10:06 PM in response to marlize17

O goodness, thank you for the response. I have to unpack a 550GB case file on my machine preferably not on an external device. Guess I'll have to get a new Dell.

Thanks again for the quick responses

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Answer 4

Nov 21, 2025 5:26 AM in response to marlize17

marlize17 wrote:

O goodness, thank you for the response. I have to unpack a 550GB case file on my machine preferably not on an external device. Guess I'll have to get a new Dell.

Thanks again for the quick responses

Whether you buy a Dell or not, if the internal storage is not large enough for your needs, you will have to get an external drive. Why the issue with getting an external drive to meet your storage needs?

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