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With a few delightful exceptions that involve printing history and letterpress, I spend most of my day looking at a screen, tapping away on a keyboard, and manipulating a mouse. #1643: New Mac mini and MacBook Pro models, new second-gen HomePod, security-focused OS updates, industry layoffsĪn External SSD Gave My iMac a New Lease on Life.#1644: Explaining Mastodon and the Fediverse, HomePod Software 16.3 and tvOS 16.3, GoTo breach.#1645: AirPlay iPhone to Mac for remote video, Siri learns to restart iPhones, Apple's Q1 2023 financials.1646: Security-focused OS updates, Photos Workbench review, Mastodon client wishlist, Apple-related conferences.1647: Focus-caused notification issues, site-specific browser examples, virtualizing Windows on M-series Macs.Note: USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 enclosures, which are designed to operate at a maximum transfer rate of 20 Gb/s, will only operate at a maximum of 10 Gb/s when plugged into your Mac. In other words, having a transfer rate of 40 Gb/s. The enclosure should be Thunderbolt 3 or USB 4 (Thunderbolt 4) compatible. Most (if not all) NVMe SSDs can transfer data at significantly higher rates. The drive should be a using a interface that is faster than legacy SATA, which has a maximum transfer rate of 6 Gb/s. When choosing the drive and enclosure consider the following. There also exists the possibility of using an internal SSD placed in a drive enclosure. See the article Move Your Mac's Home Folder to a New Location. Samsung's list price for a 1 TB X5 SSD is also $400.Ī user's home folder location can be set from the User & Groups pane of the System Preferences application. I should point out that at the time of purchase you can upgrade the 2020 Mac mini to an internal 1 TB SSD for $400. Note: The Samsung X5 drive has TRIM support when used with macOS.

This allowed macOS to operate a maximum speed, while there was sight drop in speed when accessing user files. The Mac was configured so macOS resided on the internal drive while the each user's home folder resided on the Samsung X5 drive. I quickly learned this was not enough storage. I am using a 2018 Mac mini with a 256 GB internal SSD.

So storage can be expanded by adding an external Samsung X5 drive, albeit at a 18% drop in speed.

Samsung specifications state the X5 Thunderbolt 3 SSD has speeds up to 2.8 GB/s. Apple specifications state the internal drive has speeds up to 3.4 GB/s. Storage can be expanded by adding an external drive. Both the memory and the SDD are not upgradable.