How to Expand Mac Mini Storage - Faster than internal storage
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- čas přidán 25. 02. 2023
- How to expand the storage on an Apple M1 MacMini?
In this video, I talk about how I expanded my M1 Mac Mini storage with a fast, portable and cheap solution.
My Storage components:
1. M.2 Nvme SSD : a.co/d/ePY9loI
2. M.2 Nvme Enclosure: a.co/d/d9QwLrz
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Was waiting for this short and perfect answer to my search for 2 years
Clear & Concise. Thanks.
Thank you for this video. I was very lucky to find it. I'm now a subscriber, keep it up Anjana!
Best video for upgrade. Been looking for such video. have the same problem. Now, I can confidently get myself these upgrades.
Glad I could help. Thanks for the support
Excellent work,, thanks
What a charming, nice and pretty... explanations there. And very insightful. Great job! 👍
Glad you liked it!
Great video, I'm just in the process of upgrading my Mac Mini with a faster external drive, thanks.
Liked and subbed. Thanks for the info!
Really appreciate it
Thank you for this! I’ve been trying to figure this out on the ssd for a long time now and I couldn’t figure out what it was. I will def do this when I get my Mac m2 mini with 16gb that way I can do everything off of my ssd. Thanks!
Clear enunciation. Easy explanation. Proper pace. No elaborate intros, straight to the point. A tech video well done. 👍
Thank you so much
Well done. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Brilliant 🎉
Great video! thanks
Wondering if I can save app directly to the SSD instead of using internal space on my mac? My adobe softwares are getting quite heavy on my mac.
The SSD enclosure is 140 dollars though which makes it almost 400 usd for an SSD + enclosure..
good job
Great video. As others have said - clear and concise. I'm about to buy a new M2 mini and I think I'll get the 512 gb and then do as you suggest.
Thanks for the support. M2 Mac mini is a great device.
Thank you. A very useful direction. Please make a
Video on 4K monitor.
Definitely. Thanks for the support
thanks
Super Useful and Objective review! I can suggest the combination between Acasis enclosure and Samsung 980 Pro - really good speed and price ratio!
It is so refreshing to watch some woman tech CZcamsr! Thank you Anjana! :)
Thank you so much. Really appreciate it
I take it this can be done with the newer m2 chip Mac mini as well ?
I use a Mac Mini AND a windows machine to edit photos. Will the drive you built here work with windows and mac interchangeably? Thanks!
How about long-term daily usage? 10hrs+
Does it get heated easily?
All you need is a decent PCIe Gen 3 SSD and a Thunderbolt 3 external enclusure to match the NVMe physical format. Getting a Gen 4 NVMe will not speed transfer speeds up in this situation. Thunderbolt and USB-C share the same socket on the Mac, but it is the Thunderbolt part of the socket that will give you the best speed, so the external enclosure needs to at least support Thunderbolt 3. Buy a reputable brand. A USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 external enclosure is slower, especially on a Mac.
Talking about the USB-C 3.1 (Gen 2, not Gen 1 and USB-C, not USB-A) ports (up to 10Gb/s according to Apple) on the M1 and M2 Macs. They are slower then the same ports on the Intel Macs and even similar ports on PCs. Instead of getting maybe 800Gb/s data transfer, you will only get real-world 400-500 Gb/s. There is no indication that Apple intend to correct this as most Apple customers do not make a fuss about it.
PCIe Gen 7 is set to launch in 2025 and probably hit shelves around 2027.
can you run apps on external hard drive ?
4:30 latest pcie is gen 5*
Apple have got far too greedy when it comes to upgrade costs. They'd still be making a small fortune if they halved both memory and SSD upgrade costs, but would probably find more people actually wanted to give them money to upgrade at point of purchase.
Totally agree. They keep the base prices good, but when you configure it to your needs, the price very quickly escalates
Should've gone with a cheaper ssd as your enclosure is bottle necking for sure. 2500 mbps rated would've been fine.