The Ultimate Creation Tool

Give yourself the ultimate in creative power by building the portable drive of your dreams or choosing an advanced technology OWC Aura SSD powered OWC Express 1M2. Whether repurposing a drive, starting with a new drive, or wanting the convenience of a ready-to-run solution, you will infuse your workflow with the highest performance and reliability with an Express 1M2.

Ultra-Fast
Up to 3836MB/s real-world performance¹

Ultra-Compatible
Use with USB4, Thunderbolt, and USB-C computers and devices

Ultra-Reliable & Innovative
Patented heat-dissipating design offers rugged protection of your SSD while silently keeping drive cool for consistent top speed

Powerful Choices
Build your own drive or select OWC Aura SSD powered solution

Flexible DIY
Use your choice of NVMe M.2 2230, 2242, or 2280 single or double-sided SSD. Fully compatible with PCIe Gen 3 and later SSDs with best performance attained with Gen 4 and later

Portable
Bus-powered and palm-sized for convenient use anywhere

Complete
Includes USB-C (40Gb/s) cable and screwdriver for assembly

As Fast as Your Computer or Device

The Express 1M2 is the fastest single portable SSD we offer and was purposefully built to maximize the performance capabilities of today and tomorrow's USB4 equipped Macs and PCs. Experience up to an astonishing 3836MB/s speed when you use the Express 1M2 with most Macs and PCs you own from 2020 and newer. You can also enjoy highly effective performance (yep…you can edit 4K video no problem) and flexible compatibility with millions of yesterday’s Thunderbolt and USB-C machines and devices:

Don’t Get Fooled

Because we’re widely considered the Thunderbolt experts and work very closely with Intel, we know all the little details that others overlook. While specific OWC solutions are certified for full speed on Thunderbolt, we (and everyone else) are limited to half that speed with DIY enclosures. USB4 unleashes the Express 1M2 performance capabilities so you can build the drive of your dreams. Unlike budget brand pretenders that do not follow Intel specifications – and will leave you feeling fooled and disappointed in far lower speeds – the Express 1M2’s USB4 connectivity assures you of the maximum speed and reliability you count on and expect from every OWC solution.

The Power of DIY

Build your Express 1M2 with a brand-new drive. Retask an existing drive replaced during an upgrade. Or make it simple by choosing a pre-built proven OWC reliable solution. Whatever your decision, Express 1M2 gives you the power to make it happen.

Use Today’s and Tomorrow’s Drives

Designed to support any NVMe M.2 2230, 2242, or 2280 single or double-sided SSD, the Express 1M2 gives you the freedom of flexibility to use any drive today - including OWC Aura SSDs up to 8.0TB capacity - as well as being ready for tomorrow’s 16TB and future capacities without limit.

OWC Aura SSDs: The perfect match for Express 1M2
Combine Express 1M2 with its perfect performance match – a blazing fast OWC Aura NVMe M.2 SSD – and enjoy incredible transfer speeds, capacity, and most importantly, OWC reliability you can count on.

Patented Design for Demanding Needs

You’ll never have to worry about thermal throttling because form meets function with the Express 1M2. Its solid aluminum patented heat sink design ensures proper heat dissipation so you can depend on consistent maximum performance. Unlike a snap together toolless enclosure, Express 1M2 screws together to securely protect your drive inside its rugged enclosure. And when you need to share the Express 1M2, it can work cross-platform with Macs and PCs using OWC MacDrive software (available separately) for peace between the platforms.

Express 1M2 is Ideal for…

Photo and video professionals wanting an affordable yet solid editing drive that can be used both to backup and edit demanding content including 8K RAW video, 4K video in slow-motion, ProRes and other demanding codecs, and ultra-high resolution pictures both in RAW and compressed formats.

DITs looking to assemble the NVMe of their choice while also getting maximum offload speeds (faster than Thunderbolt) and thermal stability.

Prosumers/performance enthusiasts seeking an external enclosure to clone data from an internal drive at blazingly fast speeds.

Your Data’s Reliability is Our #1 Priority

Anyone can put a bunch of components in a housing and call it an enclosure or a drive. OWC is not just anyone. We’re a group of filmmakers, musicians, designers, content creators, and parents just like you wanting to capture and preserve that irreplaceable moment. Our data storage products go through countless hours of ongoing development testing and certification processes. We then subject them to extreme real-world abuses. The priority for some drives is to be a mass-produced, lowest price commodity. We do it differently because the reliability of your data and the longevity of an OWC product is priority #1.

Ready to Go. Right Out of the Box.

OWC products are loved around the world for It Just Works™ ease-of-use and reliability. To provide the highest performance, reliability, and ready-to-run convenience available, your solution comes formatted in the native APFS macOS and iPadOS file system. With OWC, you don’t have to worry about reformatting hassles or confusion like other solutions — just plug your drive into your Mac or iPad and you’re good to go.

OWC USB-C (40Gb/s) Cable Included
OWC Express 1M2 comes with a 0.3M (12") OWC USB-C (40Gb/s) Cable. But if your workflow demands a different length to make the connection, OWC USB4 Active Optical Cables are the perfect choice.

1. 3836MB/s performance based on testing an 2.0TB OWC Aura Ultra IV equipped Express 1M2 connected to a Dell (Alienware x14 R2) with 13th Gen i7-13620H processor and 32GB RAM running CrystalDiskMark (4K-Full resolution, 64GB file size, 16big RGBA codec, single file test). Fully compatible with PCIe Gen 3 and later SSDs with best performance attained with Gen 4 and later.
2. 3 Year OWC Limited Warranty for solutions. 2 year OWC Limited Warranty for enclosure only.