Basically we are facing the shoe cobblers dilemma!
You walk into a shoe shop with a broken heel and ask the cobbler to fix your shoe. He can’t fix it with you wearing them can he? Thats the problem we face here.
In this case the Aura drive needs a firmware update but as its still active so it can’t be updated. If we have an external drive (USB Thumb drive here) then the Aura drive can have its firmware updated (as well as your system).
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Here's the steps you'll need to take: [https://www.macworld.com/article/3092900/how-to-create-a-bootable-macos-sierra-installer-drive.html|How to create a bootable macOS Sierra installer drive] or [https://www.macworld.com/article/3284378/how-to-create-a-bootable-macos-mojave-installer-drive.html|How to create a bootable macOS Mojave installer drive]
Depending on your MacOS version you are running you may need to get a firmware update file from OWC to put on your USB drive.
FYI: The Blue putty is intended to pull the heat away. When you compress it with the bottom cover the heat will transfer to the bottom cover acting as the heat sink.
Basically we are facing the shoe cobblers dilemma!
You walk into a shoe shop with a broken heel and ask the cobbler to fix your shoe. He can’t fix it with you wearing them can he? Thats the problem we face here.
In this case the Aura drive needs a firmware update but as its still active so it can’t be updated. If we have an external drive (USB Thumb drive here) then the Aura drive can have its firmware updated (as well as your system).
Depending on your MacOS version you are running you may need to get a firmware update file from OWC to put on your USB drive.
FYI: The Blue putty is intended to pull the heat away. When you compress it with the bottom cover the heat will transfer to the bottom cover acting as the heat sink.