can I upgrade my hard drive?

I am new to Mac - and running out of space on my hard drive, can this be upgraded?

MacBook Pro Apple Silicon

Posted on Oct 17, 2022 2:21 PM

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Phil0124

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Oct 17, 2022 2:28 PM in response to shuber78

On Apple Silicon Macs it cannot be upgraded. You can buy an external drive and move files and data over to it, to release space on the internal storage of the Mac.

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