How To INSTALL Mac Apps and Games to an EXTERNAL Drive!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2024
- Macs are already expensive, and many people (including myself) simply don't have the budget to upgrade the storage! SSD upgrades from Apple are quite expensive, but I've been able to use an external drive to run my large apps, games, and store large files without any issue at all.
In this video I walk you through how I use my external drive, format it, and move apps onto it. I also show you how to move your Steam library onto the drive and play games from it.
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00:00 Introduction
01:39 Formatting Your External Drive to Work with macOS
02:46 Speed Testing Drives
04:10 Moving Apps to External Drive
05:39 Installing Games to External Drive
07:50 Conclusion
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If you're interested in my NVMe SSD external drive, here are the parts (I will make a video on this soon):
(Amazon) Crucial NVMe M.2 SSD: geni.us/crucialnvme
(Amazon) Plugable NVMe Enclosure: geni.us/plugablenvme
I’m a bit confused on choosing which macbook to buy. I have two choices:
Macbook air(8 core gpu variant) with 16 gb ram and 512 gb storage.(Air for its more portable and slim design)
Or
Macbook pro with 8 gigs of ram and 512 gigs of storage.(Pro only for the fan and little increased and sustained performance over long gaming or music production sessions)
I am a student so I’ll be typing a lot and I’d also like to mildly game on it. I also produce music so please take that as a consideration.
Also if you could suggest me a color that too would make my choice easier.
If someone could help, it’ll be really appreciated.😊
@1tsm3ky I suggest you to invest in ram rather than storage (if you are going with pro)
Bcoz even if you intend to upgrade the ram it is not possible after your purchase but could do the same in case of storage (I mean external storage)
Between Air & Pro check out video of maxtech
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@@i1sm3ky bro so the performance on both is IDENTICAL. Just get the Air with 16 gb of ram. I got it last week and it's been great. Runs everything just fine. You'll be satisfied. As for color just pick whichever you like best 🤙🏿 I got space gray for the darker look
Waiting for the enclosure video
@@gumerzambrano My biggest concern is that I’m gonna use it really intensively for long periods of time and I have seen some videos where they said it’s gonna thermal throttle a little just a little after 10-20 mins of usage.
You’ve got firs hand experience so can you tell me will it throttle or not? I mean when I’ll use it for long sessions of music production will its performance decrease due to throttling or I’ll be just as fine with the air?
You've been feeding us with macbook-related content for weeks. I love your dedication and effort to put out a video everyday. Thank you!
I was wondering the same thing since you mentioned about doing things through external drive. It is a really good idea.
Thank you so much for this video, I have been trying to do this, but I didn't know how. You literally saved me. I have been trying to figure this out because I needed windows for school and also I wanted to download some games. This was the perfect tutorial for me. Thank you!
This is actually pretty great to be able to fully transfer a full program to an external ssd. I just bought the 256gb M1 macbook pro and was a bit regretting I did not go for the 512gb one. But seeing this guess there's not much to worry.
Thanks for this „How to“. Really detailed and a good step by step tutorial.
This is also perfect for anyone that can only afford the base options of the M1. 👍🏽
didn't expect a high quality informative video so soon, i'm learning so much from this channel
Your channel is so informative and I love the fact you actually upload a video daily!
It's like you can peep inside minds, this is something I really wanted and didn't even know was possible. Thank you.
Thank you for the very simple tutorial, I'm getting a drive tomorrow as I've ran out of space to play X-Plane 11 so hopefully everything runs smoothly and it works out!
This is an amazing way to save big money since these new macs are nearly double in price in my country. Thank you for the quality video. This was really helpful.
Recorded at 12:40 AM?! That’s dedication!
Thanks for another insightful video Liam!
This man's channel is a godsend. All the content im looking for. Keep it up!
Can’t wait to watch the video on how you made the external drive! I’m already intrigued cause I had no idea external drives were a thing lol
Exactly the video I was looking for. Thank you!!!
You seem to have covered all questions I had before I purchased one of these. Thanks for this content!
LOL I just had this exact scenario pop up last night with this model. You’re my new favorite channel😄
That’s exactly what I was looking for! Great job as always
I was really needing for such video. Really thanks
I didn’t know we could do this! Thanks a lot mate! Subbed instantly after I finished the video!
I keep learning more and more from watching your videos! I had no idea external drives were a thing??? I’m definitely gonna buy myself one now hahaa 😎
I was actually trying this exact thing today but had problems, thanks for making a video on it.
Cool review!! THanks very much! Not only getting very practical info from you, but also learning english )))))
Man your grind is really inspiring, really
Rewatch this bcs I didn’t leave comment before since i was so focus on the content 😂😂😂 wonderful video, keep it up liam!
Thanks for making this video. I always thought what was the point of getting an SSD if we can’t store our apps on it. Great video. Keep it up 👍🏻
So now I can get the base model without worrying :) thanks for the vid!
Perfect. perfect . since yesterday I have 256GB for 16gb m1 because I knew I would use the disk externally and you have now made a video. I originally wanted a t5 but this morning I chose m2 nvme and box on it.
Didt knew about this! Thanks for your work on this man!
Thank you for this. I honestly had no idea how this was done.
Thank you! This was exactly the video I was looking for!
Very helpful video! This is something to keep in mind when getting the 256 GB version of the Macs.
more and more content everyday!
love the background music too!
Thank you so much I have been looking on how to do this and I finally found you and I was so happy that it worked
Going back to the basics, nice.
Haha, I was just getting ready to write a comment inquiring about the speed of the internal SSD and you answered it! Looking forward to the video on making my own, likely cheaper than my T7, though the enclosure you list is priced much higher than expected.
Amazing video, media, 3d and games is my exact use case, so I was looking for this. Thanks for sharing!
Loved this video man! Legit gonna try this all now! will save up so so much HD space! Thank you!
Thank you so much for explaining this. Now I can play on my mac again. 🙏
I got the base model, I’m so thankful for this
Great information!! Many thanks for this guide. It will be so useful when I receive my Macbook Air!
Great channel, great advise. Just set mine up. Thanks so much buddy
This was helpful! Thank you for making it!
Wow! Much easier than what I expected!
thank you for this video!! i have been trying for two months to figure this out
Thanks, it's really helpful.
It becomes one of the selling point for MacBook now...
Playing games in laptop is very interesting and this video will help to install games in it thank you bro
Your videos cover every aspect of the topic..
this is actually very useful, thanks!
I swear to God that I was having this exact question because I would like a 256SSD and I use a decent amount of apps and I was wondering if I could transfer them to an external drive, its like your can read my mind!!! great video as always mate
right?! same
Thanks for the video man. You're doing great!
I didn’t know this, thank u very much!!!
Thank you for sharing this useful information.
This is really helpful as I am planning to buy mac mini base version
You're a live saver, my wallet saver too 😂❤ Thank you!!
Thank you for the helpful tutorial!
This channel has basically covered all of my queries regarding by MacBook Air
I don’t have a Macbook yet. But I’m defo getting one when it becomes available here in the PH. And I’m just stacking up these tips so I can apply them when I get mine lmao thank you for these!
Great Video brother!!
very helpful for those with limited storage on their macs
Thank you for this useful tip!!
Wow! this is quite new to me! Never knew we could transfer apps to a external disk :D
Awesome - just what I needed to know!
Didn't know you can actually do that on mac, great, very informative video
As a Mac noob this is quite helpful!
Thanks, that was very helpful. you are the best!
Great video! I didn’t knew about this
This is actually so useful
Didn’t knew that installation to external drives was also possible!
Same!! And honestly I think I will get the base M1 Air plus and external SSD and If I get another Mac in the future all the heavy apps and games will be in the External SSD
Same
Hi guys, is it possible for me to do the same for windows?
@@JuzSayWooo yes
@@JuzSayWooo nope for laptops
It's simple and it is working. Nice tutorial :)
Happy holidays!
That was really great and you even gave the tip for steam and warming up of the drive 🤩😁 And I think so too that buying the "2tb additional storage with 16gb ram is actually like buying another Macbook Air" 🙄
Thank You , it was really helpful
Thanks friend, Subscribed💯
Many thanks man, saved my day. Appreciate it...
It's so obvious and simple that I would have never thought to do that. My current Applications folder is >50GB - not insignificant. Knowing this is possible when you need it will definitely relieve some future-proofing anxiety when choosing a storage option.
I didn’t know about this. Nice video.
Good on Apple for really helping out the external storage industry! XP
Lolll
They kinda block you in a corner when the charge that much for extra storage
😭😭
That and the dongle industry. So many small and medium businesses that came out of their minimal ports strategy. Including in countries where there isn't a big tech sector.
Wow this is very helpful
Thanks for the vid. Would be great to see comparison between Int /Ext SSD render times in Blender / Cycles / Eevee.
Need to try this on my old imac!
Really nice idea to run those large app on external ssd
Super Awesome Video.. This helped me made a decision to go with the 16gb ram version of the Macbook rather than paying for the 500gb ssd model. Thank You.
Thanks a lot man. You saved me lot of money 💰
Great video as always. 👍🏻
Didn't know that! But seems very helpful✨
Really nice thank you!
Interesting I will definitely try this out! 👍🏼
Great contents mate!
Another great video 👍🏽
A good introduction of m.2 nvme shell.
Applications are loaded into RAM and then run so the performance is actually the same for most applications. It's certainly a good way to store application images.
This is extremely helpful. I have got just one question though, will I be able to do this with applications like the sims 4 and any adobe app?
Highly recommended video
Awesome
Yes do make a video on how you made your drive with that enclosure
I thought today we are not gonna get a video as it's late, but here he is . Your hard work is commendable Liam😃😃
Yea we need to see how to make a ssd drive ... need that video and this one ☝🏻 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
You my friend are amazing! 🔥
Thank you for helping 🙏✨🌹
Thanks man! I can now go ahead with my purchase of 13" MBP with 256 GB ssd.