Crucial X9 Pro and X10 Pro Portable SSD - A Good Choice for iPhone 15 Pro?

The Crucial X9 Pro and X10 Pro are super portable high capacity SSDs with nice speed, but are they the best choice for your iPhone 15 Pro? Mac users need to know about a couple important drawbacks - one specific to the X10 Pro and another that applies to both.

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[gerald]

I purchased the Crucial X9 for use with my iPhone 15 Pro. So far, it has worked well in terms of recording 4K/60 log footage to the SSD. I performed a long recording of about 15 minutes at an event. It appears that some corruption of the log footage occurred around nine minutes into the recording but I believe that this is an IOS issue based on my deeper dive. I subsequently power cycled the phone and I was able to record test footage for another 15 minutes with no issues in the footage. I connect the SSD to the iPhone 15 Pro via a one inch Duttek USB-C to USB-C male -to-male adapter. This setup easily works for handheld recording and it should work with some gimbals as well.

[JimEdds]

Agree, for Mac users get the X9 pro, you'll never see the 2x2 speeds on Apple. Also, Black Magic disk speed program is not reliable use Aja.

[ajdsp]

This is gold Jerry. Thank you !!! Cancelled my x10 and ordered an x9.

[MatthewJMaurer]

Awesome review had a crucial in my Amazon cart and wanted some review before I bought it🙏🏽🙏🏽

[MattHalpain]

Thank you for this video. Very helpful.

[akramaslam]

For a USB gen 2x2 I would recommend formatting your drive using ExFat. In my tests I found out they perform slightly better than APFS, maxing out at 1.2gb/sec write speeds. Give it a shot!

Good video 👍🏻

[lenimaewebster]

There a new Crucial pro Mac version of this. Please review it and let me know the difference and is it worth it

[khoifoto]

My X10 2TB goes around 1500MB/s read and write on my Mac Studio M2 ultra. No idea why but it's alright since I bought the X10 at $130 on sale so it's worth. I would personally recommend the X9 and X10 over the Samsung T5 or T7. The smaller form factor is much better. Nothing wrong with the current firmware at all.

[westfield]

Thank you this video it totally helped me decide what route I need to go. I just need an external drive to backup my PC to and for that the external NVME drive makes sense

[AnnaSnesar-rs]

Thanks so much, that's very useful!

[erickperdomo]

The only SSD drive that will maximize the thunderbolt 3/4 connection is a SanDisk Professional PRO-G40 which uses thunderbolt 3/4 protocol...but it's more expensive (I would only buy a 4tb) and there are reports of overheating and some issues with it...I stopped using another sandisk (ok not the pro line) Extreme-it would get REALLY hot while connected to my mac book pro...I use now Samsung T7 but the crucial X9pro 4tb is priced very nicely...I think these are fast enough to edit directly from it- 4k-2-3 streams not at highest codecs...I use a FX30 at 4k 30 and 60 not at highest quality and the Samsung works fine...

[GrubaFerajna]

Hi! Nice video!

I have a question about crucial x9 "for mac". apart from the enigmatic information that it is optimized for Mac, is there any specific difference between the regular x9 pro?

[adrianarandela]

I bought this x10/4tb, I just sent it back through that I found out there is no security features and everyone can access to your files versus the sd Sandisk that I already have. I contacted the customer service they told me as of now July 2024 they are still working for it and not sure when they will launch.

[phoenixbwp]

FYI: We need to be careful of SSDs and NVMe enclosures, because we do not know how much power they need from the 15 Pros... I tested out the ACASIS TBU405 40Gbps with WD SN770 2TB & Lexar NM790 4TB, starting at 80% battery life on the 15 Pro at home. I'm still shopping for a way to mount the TBU405 to my Small Rig Universal Phone Cage. I also purchased the SSK 1TB SSD and it works for it's price $70 on Amazon, $99 for 2TB.

[cutscurves]

❤Great job Sir 🥰
nobody had cover this issue on youtube before
❤

[Tech-Dino]

Thank you very much, very helpful video.
I bought the Crucial X9 Pro 4 TB (CT4000X9PROMACSSD9B02) for my iPhone 15 pro max, which is especially suitable for Apple devices.

It also seems to me to be even more compact than the Samsung T7 (I usually only buy Samsung SSDs).

[MWM]

Def looking into the x9 and will be sure to use the link!

[agustinruiz]

Thanks! Just what I was looking for, what if I get the X10 Pro with a good discount and it’s cheaper than the X9? Would you still recommend the X9 for Apple users?

[LensProWork]

I knew that the X10 max speed was not compatible with Thunderbolt 4 on my Macbook Pro; therefore, I ordered the X9, and it works fine with my Mac and iPhone 15 Pro Max. I don't think that I will have to update the firmware any time soon, if ever. The fact that the X9 is so small and lightweight was the key factor in my decision, and I am glad that I made the purchase. 😀

[shepherd]

Hi, A big cheer for talking about firmware update issue for Mac users 👍.