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Suitable external hard drive

Update external hard drive for mac mini m1 chip

Mac mini, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 6, 2021 6:19 AM

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Posted on Jan 6, 2021 11:43 AM

You can use a USB-C (TB3) SSD inexpensively.

Otherwise, a slower USB-A drive is fine.

I use my old SSD shuttle drives (LaCie Thunderbolt 1/2) w/ Apple's TB3-TB2 adapter.

For backups, I use the old Apple Time Capsule over the network.

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