Chosen Solution
I am trying to retrieve data from a dead MacBook Air 2012 SSD. It’s a 12+6 pin SSD. I purchased an adapter that plugs in to a PCie slot on a PC. Here is link to one similar: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352707107163 When I turn on the PC the light comes on on the adapter and I can see the device in disk management as Apple SSD however I am unable to access files from device. It doesn’t appear in my Computer at all and I am unable to assign a drive number or initialise disk via Disk Management. Could the issue be BIOS related? Is there a driver or need? Or is my motherboard just not compatible. I have tried it on another PC and have had the same issue. Any advice would be grateful, thanks.
You’re heading down the wrong path! You need a Mac system to read the SSD as Apple’s file system APFS is not readable within a PC running Windows or Linux. So using this adapter OWC Envoy - Portable, Bus-Powered USB 3.0 SSD Enclosure connected to a USB port of a mac system running the same or newer OS your MacBook Air used should allow you access to the files.
you might also need something like this http://www.catacombae.org/hfsexplorer/ you cant see apple formatted disk with PC without an HFS software
