External SSD For Mac Explained: Save Your Money, Your Storage, And Your Mac!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มิ.ย. 2024
- New MacBooks and M1 Macs have a HUGE flaw as it relates to storage. In this video, I want to go over some possible pitfalls with the internal SSD on your new Mac, and why it might be a big deal - I also want to go over how to shop for a portable SSD drive for your MacBook Pro, Mac Mini M1, or Mac Studio, and how to format an SSD on a Mac. There's also some tips for managing your storage as well.
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Acasis USB4 Enclosure: amzn.to/3L07z5V
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Western Digital SN770: amzn.to/3wJK6iO
SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD: amzn.to/39OeW1D
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0:00 Storage on Your Mac
1:15 M1 SSD Problems
1:51 Why Use An External SSD?
2:31 External SSD Options
2:31 External SSD Options
6:36 Formatting SSDs On macOS
9:05 Managing Storage And Data With CleanMyMac X
10:45 Wrapping Up - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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Great vid thanks, will check the new one
I never understood why they all feel obliged to use background music……… O_o
I wish all content producers made their videos like this one. Logical, an easy to listen to voice with no irritating upspeak (please, let this trend stop), no annoying and unnecessarily loud or lame music blaring over the voice, options presented, and links to the recommended products. Well done!!!
I agree: especially on the over-hypey infomercial voice on all content... This channel is really fantastic. Glad to have found it.
The biggest thing that irritates me the most is talking hands!!!
Actually I found his music annoying and a distraction to what he was saying. Just don’t have any music at all. I am here to listen to him, not the music.
@@sojourn6697 I agree with John B. I found the music annoying and a distraction also. Good information contained in this video. Thank you.
@@sojourn6697 I totally agree. This low harmonic distracting keyboard "noise" playing the same note(s) over and over was terrible. Good info but excruciating to listen to!
It’s awesome how he goes through all these concepts while keeping things easy. Really really helpful.
This was **so** incredibly helpful. I've been researching hard drives and SSDs for what feels like forever (because I have no idea what I'm doing but they're crucial to my workflow) and nothing has been this helpful and straightforward. THANK YOU!
I agree
First time I’ve seen one of your videos. Instant sub! So clear and concise! I’ve been trying to figure this stuff out for days and was so confused. You put everything in one video. Thank you.
Thanks for this! Definitely gonna build the same setup for my next external using your tips.
Damn, so much information well presented and packed into a short and well edited video. Great job!
I liked the video but the background music is very annoying
yea,it so hard to hear with the loud crappy music
I liked the comment but the background attitude is very annoying.
The music is absolutely appalling in this - it is so distracting
insane quality relative to sub count, really great work, thank you! I just got a Mac Studio and will def be using this option to expand storage.
I have always liked the OWC offerings. Great customer support and you can reach out to them to get help for your specific mac as well. Thanks for the good information. It is very helpful.
I’ll second this, I’ve been using OWC stuff for probably 25 years now. Good stuff, good support, and I always know it’ll be compatible with my Macs. 👍👍👍
VERY informative, clear and precise. Thank you for some great advice!
Hey man, you're such a nice guy 🤘🏻 just transitioned from Win10 to a Macbook and it means a lot to me to have honest opinions from people who use this stuff on a daily basis.. Thanks so much again and keep up the good work 🙏🏻🤘🏻
well done bud! I watched so many videos about this and this one has been the best so far! thank you!
Thanks for this informative video. Just from this video alone I gave you a follow. Keep it up! Will watch your other videos for sure.
Thanks for the content, very clear and informative 👍
thank you for making such clean, straight-forward videos. it's an under appreciated skill
Thanks for the insight! I have been a heavy Mac user for 20+ years and hate all the b-brands that are out there for SSDs, enclosures, etc. Glad to know there are some dependable options!
Just a note here: you can also use APFS for time machine. In fact, it might be the standard now since macOS Big Sur.
APFS seems to only work for internal hard drives and DAS connected drives! However even old class hard drives seem not to like APFS so one should use HFS+ on old style drives connected!
@@terryrodbourn2793 I have an OWC Ministack for my Ventura-equipped Mac Studio; the Ministack has an 18 TB spinning platter. Despite the popular recommendation that APFS be used only for SSDs, it is now the default file system for Time Machine, regardless of drive type.
Existing HFS Time Machine volumes will still work, but the default for creating a new Time Machine partition is APFS, internal or external, SSD or HDD. It works fine, but it's a pain in the butt to use Disk First Aid on it because it has to check _each_ snapshot, which means each incremental backup. 🙄
Why "DAS-connected drives"? Isn't the only alternative to that a network?
Correct. I use APFS for my external SSD Time Machine backups without any issues.
Great thxxxxx
This is very helpful! This is the best video I’ve seen about this topic. It will save people a lot of money who use Macs. Thank you for making it!
Just the video I was looking for. subscribed!
This guy is great. I so appreciate using the charging type of talk. I’m not very familiar with Macs yet, it will be getting this external SSD and Clean up software that he mentions. Subscribed. Thanks and cheers.
Really clear and useful info here. Thanks very much for shooting straight.
For the Acasis case, which I own and like because of its performance and build quality, I want to add:
- due to fact that the Acasis-labeled top side of the case is NOT the heat sink for the SSD but the bottom side I like to place the case upside down for better heat dissipation. Unfortunately this looks a little bit unintended.
- the SSD may need up to two cooling pads stacked to get contact to the closing lid
- I fitted thin and slim cooling pad strips between the side alu bars of the case and lid to enable heat transfer to the whole case as a heat sink.
could you show a picture of how installed your cooling pad strips on your case? 🙄
Thanks for sharing, saved me the research. Greatly appreciated.
Thank you so much for this information! It was as if you read my mind with respect to the questions I had about external SSDs.
Thanks for this in-depth explanation. Needing to expand my storage for work and I don't have the budget to buy a new mac, so this will do for now. Fire video.
Very helpful info for how to upgrade storage for the Mac mini. Short and to the point. Thanks
A lot of good information. Very interesting. Thank you for posting.
Lots of good info there. Thanks a lot!
Very good review/tutorial indeed. one of the best video of this type I have seen.
Great Video Man! Subscribed! You've helped me alot!
I’ve been looking for an external drive and this is extremely helpful. Thanks so much! Oh I have subscribed
Kyle, marvellous! This has been brilliant and just so clearly explained. Thank you.
great content Kyle, keep it up 👍🏽
Thank you so much for all the useful info! 😌
Thanks for the video, Kyle. You have a new subscriber. Great information for external devices to increase storage. Have a nice day.
probably the most eliquently delivered video i've seen. very nice work! Liked and Subscribed.
Thank you - I appreciate it!
Extremely well presented . Learnt heaps. Thx a lot.
Super useful video. Thanks!
Great job! So concise. So much info imparted and so easy to understand. Thank you so so much!
music is really distracting to me though :) small thing...
Excellent presentation. I’ve just started looking into buying an external storage device that offers real time working performance, rather than just back up storage. This really helped me get going. Thanks.
This is the second presentation I’ve seen of yours and both have been among the best technical explanations I’ve watched on TH-cam.
Thank you kind sir for this, been thinking about getting one for a while and pretty bummed about the storage issue too. Thank you :)
Excellent advice mate, thanks!
This was incredibly helpful!
Extremely helpful info.
Thanks, very useful information. I’ll be trying that SSD enclosure.
Solid summary!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Do not know why I have just hit subscribe and like buttons the very moment I saw your hot introductory! 🔥
Thank you! Very informative!
Thanks 🙏 awesome video, very informative and well
composed. Thanks again 👍
Wow, what a presentation! So good.
A huge THANK YOU Kyle! I am using a Mac mini M2 (2023), and wanted to find an external SSD to store my huge 600GB Mac Photo Library of family photos. I purchased the Acasis USB4 Enclosure, as well as the WD SN 770 2TB from the links above from Amazon, and have connected them successfully to my Mac mini M2 after using Disk Utility to re-format them to APFS format. I did the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test, and was absolutely blown away that both the Read and Write speeds are on par, if not even better than my Mac Mini's internal SSD! Wanted to shout out a huge thanks to you, and this video has absolutely helped me in my Mac Photos Library storage in a huge way!
Thanks for the handy info. 🙌
Kyle, thank you so much for explaining everything in details. In the first moment, I would pick Sandisk, but then, with this enclosure and thunderbolt the speed is 3x faster. Wow. Thanks.
Love your content ,thanks for this
Thanks for the excellent tips! 👍
Great video, very helpful. Thanks!
Thanks a lot Kyle! I was on the fence about NVME enclosures...your video helped me make my choice! Lovely presentation/editing too!
Thanks for watching! I hope to do more of these as new enclosures come out.
I enjoy my Macs, but I just upgraded my 2015 MBP to a 2TB Samsung drive, and it not only sped up my laptop, but I get better battery life now. While it's adequate for what I do, it's definitely getting long in the tooth. I think the last MBP with an upgradable SSD is the 2017 13 inch low-end model with the awful keyboard. That sucks, Apple over charges for their ram and storage, your video has some great solutions, and I'll check them out, thank you!
Thank you very much Kyle for sharing info.
Very nice video. Helpful. Thank you for speaking so well. Not using "like, uh, um" just really clean articulate sentences. Professional.
Great informative video thanks! Just got a new MacBook Air and am so lost with the ports. Thanks for the help!
Subscribed! And i know how to pick em! Wish you well brother!
Awesome information! Thank you
Great job, thanks! Made up my mind easily 🙂
Brilliant vid dude. Very informative.
Most people video on this topic I’ve seen! Well done, thank you!
Thank you! Great info.
Enjoyed your video. Thank you
This video was perfect for me brother! Just subbed. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
I am looking to get a Mac Mini and will probably need an external SSD to go with it - this was super helpful.
bro that was a really great transition to the sponsor. i watched the whole sequence for the first time in my life
Very helpful! Thank you!!!
Thank you, this was very helpful. One note: Rank beginners like me who attach an off-the-shelf SanDisk or Samsung external SSD to an external USB hub may find that MacOS starts producing multiple disconnect messages. I was able to solve this by buying a powered 5v USB hub - no more disconnects. In the end, though, I connected the drive directly to a USB-C port on the Mac Mini M1 to make room on the external hub.
Super helpful thank you
Some useful info. Thanks
Helpful. Thank you
Fantastic answered all my questions I’ll order the stuff now
Thank for the great information! Just getting an couple external/NVME enclosures. The limit on the MAC for USB 3.2.2 I’d heard about, but it seems to not be common knowledge, so good you put that out there. Also, just want to mention another fast TB option, as I bought a Trebleet TB v2, put a WD Black SN770 in it and so far so good with speeds similar to the Acasis you have. Now a slower enclosure with larger 2TB (but still reasonably priced, maybe a WD Blue SN570? to keep it in the ‘family’) just to keep files on. After another HD failure I’m all in with SSD for backups.
Using a 2015 Mac Air for a specialized purpose and would it be safe to assume I need Gen2 2.2?
Thanks heaps, you just saved me hours of research.
Very very usefull. Thanks a lot !
Thanks so much for the video. I just ordered it as you recommended I was able to find an WD SN750 but went with the SN 770 I'm hoping it's the upgrade to the 750 and will work well with the Acasis USB4 Enclosure.
Awesome content, thank you!!
Great video, I needed to see this; you earned my subscription!…🔥🔥🔥
Thanks Kyle. Great video. Purchased your recommended external drive enclosure and SSD. Works great and took all of about 15 minutes to get it up and running. If only all of my tech was so easy.
Excellent pointers on SSD choice. Thank you!
Thank you for this video Kyle. You made it very clear to follow and now execute. Question .. Have you ever used this setup (external drive) to run the O/S on a Mac ? Would you recommend it ?
FWIW I've booted macOS from SSDs for years now for quick tasks like cloning. It works surprisingly well, but I've never tried anything like video editing.
Great, very helpful!
Great video Kyle!
Nice vid, great info. I have the older iteration of the Sandisk, maxes out at 400MB/sec, but still works for editing.
Definitely agree on exfat, it’s a necessary evil, but try to avoid whenever possible. I actually have the Sandisk formatted in that since I edit on my desktop PC when at home and my Mac when I’m mobile.
Thank you. it really helped
Great videos, I discovered your channel !
Those unfortunate problems with SSD are a bottleneck because it’s not possible to to swap it for another …
Hi Kyle and Community 🖖🏻!
Great video with 100 % important content witch had me subscribe instantly 😘!
I, thinking about switching from PC to Apple, am even more convinced to switch systems after watching this vid due to gaining essential knowledge about some of the odds, one may get when adding additional storage space to (a future) Mac system, be that a Mac Mini, MacBook or an iPad Pro all with an „M“ Processor!
Other important content for more vids would be, if I could transfer Data from existing PC HDD`s to an IOS based/ driven device and still being able to use the Data for further processing!
You`all have a nice day stay safe and healthy!
Take care!
Nice. What spec did you go with
Thanks for a great tutorial! Excellent presentation and delivery 😊 Never really tried running apps from external maybe they have improved enough not to lag.
thanks so much!
Hello Kyle, amazing video, amazing presentation - you just rock it! Like your calm way and straight to the point manner ! .. So here in Germany, I found the SSD all the folks are talking about - the 750. But should I get it with heatsink or without? I just would need it for video and photo editing. Thank you !
Super helpful video. Thank you Kyle!
Thanks for watching!
This is exactly what I needed since I just recently bought my very first iMac. I’m the zero on the left (as we say here in the island) when it comes to tech.😂 Thank you so much for this very informative video.
Thank you for this video. I really needed this knowledge ❤ bless u
Thx so much! Excellently researched. I haven't seen SSD drives presented to this level of detail in any other YT videos. I'm new to Mac. I was recently disappointed to find out that I couldn't format / erase an SSD drive using my iPad Pro M1, so I will need to find another resource to do it. Maybe they will do it for me at the physical Mac Store?
Great overview. Thanks