External hard drive recommendations for my 2013 mackbook air

what external hard drive should i use with my macbook air

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on May 5, 2021 9:07 AM

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Posted on May 5, 2021 1:47 PM

For what purpose? SSDs are fast but HDDs are cheaper and have the minor advantage that if one starts failing you may get some warning and time to do something about it. When a SSD fails, that's it and no warning.

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May 5, 2021 1:47 PM in response to Glendoe

For what purpose? SSDs are fast but HDDs are cheaper and have the minor advantage that if one starts failing you may get some warning and time to do something about it. When a SSD fails, that's it and no warning.

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