ULTIMATE External Storage Guide for MAC 👉 5x LONGER WARRANTY!

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0:00 RIP OFF!
0:45 Why EXTERNAL STORAGE is BETTER?
1:37 Special M2 Mac Mini Competition
1:52 Different enclosures & speeds
2:22 1 - 2.5' SATA Enclosure
2:48 2 - 10Gb m.2 Nvme Enclosure
4:02 3 - 40Gb Thunderbolt Enclosure
4:28 40Gb speed SCAM!
5:09 External SSD VS Enclosure Prices
6:38 Should you get FASTER drives?
7:35 How to 'BUILD' the enclosure?
9:32 Why this ORICO enclosure is DIFFERENT?
10:06 How to Initialize the SSD?
11:38 SPEED TEST - How Good Is it?
13:20 How MUCH cheaper is IT???
13:32 How to get 3x in windows speed?
14:49 ACASIS Enclosure speed test
15:30 5x LONGER WARRANTY THAN APPLE???
17:58 Win $1 M2 Pro Mac Mini

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[msandersen]

If you add an external SSD for your Mac, format in APFS, it is designed for SSDs, the others aren’t. Forget about HFS+ or ExFat. Rule of thumb: If you’ve got an external traditional spinning HD, use HFS+; if you have an SSD, use APFS. It has to do with the entirely different technologies involved. HFS+ manages fragmentation, rewriting an entire file if even a small portion is changed to maintain a contiguous data block, whereas on an SSD, there is no read head, access is equally fast however much the data is fragmented, so it can just update the data that has changed and leave the rest, which is much faster. SSDs however require garbage collection, which HFS+ is not designed for as SSDs did not exist back then, so performance of an SSD formatted in HFS+ will degrade the more it is used. The opposite is true for HDs, always use HFS+ for optimal performance and automatic defragmentation. If you read and write a lot of small files, eg lots of image files, ExFat also isn’t as good on large volumes nor support journaling or any other advanced file system feature.

[davewhite]

Just a tip, do NOT stick the thermal pad onto the ssd, stick it on the lid. Why? Because if your ssd fails and you need to do a warranty return, when you try to peel off the pad it takes all the serial number printing with it and the drive is left with no ID. I made this mistake with a Sabrent enclosure that came with a similar pad.

[charlesclifton]

Just came across your channel this morning and I have to say.... as far as external disc storage goes...
this is the most informative education I've yet to receive. Brilliant!! well done!!!

[photon]

As someone who's profession is in the tech space and who uses these things on the daily, this was a really well done and informative video. 👍

[LellePrinter]

This is a sweet solution for mac users. I've seen the Youtuber Dosdude1 who managed to replace the ssd nand in a Mac Mini from the 256gb model with 2tb. He replaced the two 128gb chips with two 1tb chips. His soldering skills are on a complete another level.

[Peter-dfbr]

I agree with going to an external SSD. Mine is the ACASIS TBU405 with the WD Black SN850X PCIe Gen 4 NVMe 4TB SSD. 
My speed is 2572 MB/s Write & 2776 MB/s Read. I use it for all my media using Plex on my MacMini. The ACASIS TBU405 can accept up to an 8TB NVMe. I'm very happy with it. As a matter of fact, I have already order another ACASIS TBU405 case.

[kazaflew]

I’ve just bought the exactly same Orico enclosure and 1TB WD SN850X for my M1 macbook air, and the speed can actually reach 2800mbps in both read and write.

[wcg]

The internal 256GB SSD is quite a bit slower than the 512GB and 1TB version in the M2 Mini. I highly recommend at least the 512GB version and then add external storage.

[Jaylou]

I spent $270 on a Acasis 40GB M.2 enclosure and a 2TB SN850X. Read/Write speeds are 2600-2700 Mbps. It’s a Beast. Super happy with it.

[robertblesse]

Many thanks for this helpful video. I purchased everything you recommended: Samsung 280 1TB SSD and the Orico M.2 SSD enclosure. Easy assembly and it runs fast on my Mac Studio 2022 M1. I will use the drive for fast video editing using Premiere Pro. I'm very appreciative of your help and recommendations. Thanks, again!

[chrisheck-stark]

With my 2014 Mac Mini, I upgraded and installed a Samsung 1 TB SSD. It works great and extended the longevity of use by years. Too bad the new structure doesn’t allow us to that.

- Thank you for this information. - I will absolutely be following your instructions for a speedy external drive, when ever I am in a position to get a new Mac Mini. I am no longer worried about getting the smaller drive size and running put of space. - Thanks again for this great video.

[JoshuaG]

0:51 its such a bummer that they decided to integrate the SSD into the motherboard 😓

This makes the older MAC and Macbooks more valuable than ever, even though it wont live up to the performance and efficiency of Apple Silicon 👍❤️

[ACohen]

For Mac running Catalina or higher, you should format as APFS.

[DdraigSPD]

Great overview! Kinda validates what I did when I got my base spec Mac Mini M1 at launch. Picked up the Acasis Enclosure FA-TB34 and paired it with a WD Black SN750 1TB M.2 NVME PCIE Gen 3. Managed 2483/2341 MB/s R/W after 5 mins @ 32C with a Thermalright Extreme Odyssey 1.0mm thermal pad to replace the stock 0.5mm pad. Works fine for my hobbyist level 4K video editing ;)

[denverag]

Fun fact, the SSDs on the Mac are not part of the SOC, their decision to make it not replacable is entirely focused on screwing over the customer and effectively making iCloud backup manditory(this is the main reason, as the devices fail more often than the storage, incentivises iCloud adoption by feat of the stograge not working if the PSU fails)

[SelvaggioEmpatico]

That would be great idea to show in video how to setup external drive to boot the system on it. That may help many :)

[roberthartley]

In the UK (and EU) you get a minimum of 5 years warranty on Apple and other premium electronics. They may say 1 year but consumer law wins. :-)

[stephenvalente]

If only Apple would see sense here and at least halve the cost of storage and memory upgrades, I suspect they'd gain a higher percentage of people upgrading their kit to at least 1Tb internally.

[zenchiefengineer]

This is a godsend. My spinning 10TB G-drive is getting old. Editing in FCPX is frustrating, especially when I'm rendering. I just got the enclosure and a Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB. Installed it. Initialized it. Already noticed a marked improvement from the G-drive just transferring files and reading my A & B roll files. Dude! Thanks for this info!