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Thanks so much! I didn't know the options to find the perfect Siri voice? Now I'm happy! 😀

I just got the 2Tb internal SSD, if you can afford a M2 Mac you can afford the internal SSD

I found a better way of just gluing 2 x 2TB fast SSD cards onto a protective plastic cover, then you can easily take off the cover and transfer data to other PC's etc. A word of caution: Sometimes data is erased on the SSD card if the USB connector is interrupted, so careful with transport. I remove the USB connectors for this purpose

Great Video. How would time machine interact with symbolic links pointing to an external drive ?. If I use a symbolic link on say with my "Documents" folder pointing to an external drive would the data be found by time machine ?.

I am new to owning a MacBook Pro and am interested in that video to create symbolic link

a video that goes straight to the point and without unnecessary chatter, Thank you!

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Where was the Chinese video made? I want to know if they sell it.

BaseQi with a MicroSD card expansion is PERFECTLY FINE for most people.... or in other words; MOST people aren't doing whatever power user jive you are. It's amazing how TH-camrs are so out of touch. Storing photos, basic microsoft office files, etc, is ENOUGH for this purpose.

Yoooooooo! That a fine idea my guy 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 thanks for sharing

I stuck a 18TB HD on my M2 Mini and it was great for months. Then last month the M2 started freezing and spinning the wheel. I reinstalled twice but in the end I've had to leave unplugged the HDD. Can't find anything online about it

What adaptor do I need?

It doesn't matter how you do it, local hardware data hoarding is a bad idea. If at all possible use cloud storage with a company that has high level redundancy and disaster survivabilty. Using continuous "near line" storage will motivate you to more carefully organize your critical data and purge the dross.

Thanks. Over my head but I'm learning.

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Good work, the video could use more editing though. There’s a few redundant bits and there’s no need for announcing the chapters or parts or for “stay tuned for what’s next in the video”. Also no need for the old school page flip transitions. You could add some intriguing sounding music in the background of the VO occasionally or when transitioning between chapters (keep it very low volume if you’re going to go for it). Anyways, good luck

How is this "hidden"?

@Leo Everyday Tech , I am using what you have shown thank you .However I have quesiton I’ve got two user profiles both with admin rights both of them save most of their work to their own dedicated external SSD every time they use the same machine they connect SSD and use the machine… my question is around the Time Machine for each of the said users. Can I have two users both with Admin rights and have their own Time Machine saved separately on their own dedicated external dr. Next will there be any double up the data ? Also, if the Mac dies and we have to reformat or repair or replace it and then reinstall everything from the Time Machine will I be to invoke individual data when the individual user is logged in or does this create double up of the data on the Mac.

Help me understand: Why not skip the external SSD and just use a NAS? Thanks for your insights.

What Apple should have done is offer an internal M.2 slot, like you see on so many Windows laptops. Of course, it would hurt their bottom line, so they don't do it.

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Terrible idea for heat dissipation. You’re essentially taking two things that output heat and sandwiching them together all because of the aesthetic of not seeing something plugged in, which is stupid. At the end of the day, I would care more about the function of your computer and your external drive versus the deception of hiding an external drive.

only buy samsung t7/t7 shield. not only are they less likely to fail but there are better deals available. I was able to get a 4tb for around 220

Time Machine on a NAS is essential. I’ve done it for years and use it to transfer all my data and settings when I buy a new Mac. I keep my large files on an SSD but don’t have it attached unless I’m using them (photo editing). Even so, I need to clean up the Mac every so often to remove the crap system files etc.

great perspective,gg

Two Jet drives over the last two years have failed and only used for cold storage. Garage

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god forbids having to wait 30 minutes on the jetdrive lol. On a serious note, are those compatible with the new MacBook pro m4?

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External drive != Internal drive on MacOS. And I am not talking about speeds.

Please go over " symbolic Link" Thank You

I alreday did this. I have 12 gb mounted on the display (outside of course 😂) including a USB c hub

this does work, but you actually need a constant current power supply to be safe.

Wouldn't a normal phone battery charger do the same job? The ones you would buy to charge your spare battery had a clip for the battery and two terminals. You know for the ones that don't have a spare variable voltage power supply on hand?

After deleting folders Music, Movies (German = „Filme“), Download,etc and setting up symbolic links - like described in the video - I discovered that MacOSX is creating the folders again. Not sure if this is the case because of language reasons („Movie“ in English / „Film“ in German)? Did anyone else discover this? Is there a way to avoid this?

If you’d like to go in depth on a dedicated video on this, YES, I would love that. Subbed

Mmhhh... I'm jumping to mac from windows,...I will just get the 4 tb, maybe coming from windows I'm use to have the things,...inside my computer, this look like a guy with a dialisis

Dude your original charger supplies 0.7 amps, your variable power supply supplies 5 amps BATTERY GO BOOM

Another good trick I learned is that with a very weak battery that won’t turn a device on, even after being charged for hours can be temporarily fixed by heating up said device

I cannot delete the downloads folder

Thank you!!!

Heat issues?

NICE work Leo!! Can u do symbolic links video PLEEASE!!?? 🙏🏻 great idea for Mac photos app memory hog. Liked & Subbed. Do you think the symbolic link method also work to redirect my iPhone backups into finder? I just learned I can backup iOS to Mac finder but it uses up too much space on my Mac. (I cannot trust iCloud backups after my last iOS iCloud back up was corrup and couldn't restore my iphone!! and apple had no answers to restore it) anyway thanks Leo!

Thanks for sharing

Check out ssd drives from crucial. Smaller and fast.

thank you so much

Smaller the parts the more risky things become. The only time I've had probs with Sandisk is when I didn't eject it properly

Great video. Where did you purchase the laptop bag from; link please 🙏🏽

Thank you Sir. Truly beneficial and loved your step by step explanation. ❤

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