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I personally use an SD Card as an external harddrive for my macbook. I get an extra 250GB for much less than a new macbook with a larger HDD.

erickhill 9y ago
I use a 4GB SD card as a massive HDD on my ... Amiga.
- cr0sh 9y ago
  I keep wishing I had the room to set my Amiga 1200 up properly (my 2000 too); I'd definitely upgrade the hard drive in it, which, iirc, is a 120 mb drive. Also my TRS-80 Color Computers, my Apple IIgs systems - I need my own personal computer museum for all my old systems...
nucleardog 9y ago
The Surface Pro devices have a fairly discrete MicroSD slot underneath the rear stand. Given that upgrading the internal storage isn't really feasible, $250 to quadruple the storage of your $1200 device isn't all that unrealistic.
- bitwize 9y ago
  Yeah but if I know my Windows, installing stuff on D: may be fraught with problems depending on the program.
alfonsodev 9y ago
can you launch apps from there? is it reliable?
- TazeTSchnitzel 9y ago
  Not the person you're responding to, but yes, you can use an SD card in a MacBook Air/Pro to store apps and you can launch them from there, whether it's formatted as FAT32, exFAT or HFS+. Reliability depends on the particular card and vendor. I'm using a JetDrive (an SD card specially designed to snugly fit the MacBook Air's SD card slot) and have had zero problems.
  - weavie 9y ago
    ZFS is also possible.
  - rahimnathwani 9y ago
    If you already have a TF card you want to use, you can buy an SD adapter that will fit flush. There are a couple of different sizes, but I think you can get them for most/all models, e.g.: https://www.banggood.com/Micro-SD-TF-to-MiniDrive-SD-Adapter-For-MacBook-Air-Pro-p-914615.html https://www.banggood.com/Micro-SD-TF-to-MiniDrive-SD-Adapter... IIRC you can even get a Mac to boot off an SD card (e.g. to run Debian occasionally), but the performance is better with a USB3-connected SSD.
- Fomite 9y ago
  For awhile, I kept my World of Warcraft install on one, and it worked fine.
  - TazeTSchnitzel 9y ago
    I used mine for Final Fantasy XIV for a full two years with zero problems, as well as various anime and other games.
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erickhill 9y ago

I use a 4GB SD card as a massive HDD on my ... Amiga.

cr0sh 9y ago
I keep wishing I had the room to set my Amiga 1200 up properly (my 2000 too); I'd definitely upgrade the hard drive in it, which, iirc, is a 120 mb drive. Also my TRS-80 Color Computers, my Apple IIgs systems - I need my own personal computer museum for all my old systems...

nucleardog 9y ago

The Surface Pro devices have a fairly discrete MicroSD slot underneath the rear stand. Given that upgrading the internal storage isn't really feasible, $250 to quadruple the storage of your $1200 device isn't all that unrealistic.

bitwize 9y ago
Yeah but if I know my Windows, installing stuff on D: may be fraught with problems depending on the program.

alfonsodev 9y ago

can you launch apps from there? is it reliable?

TazeTSchnitzel 9y ago
Not the person you're responding to, but yes, you can use an SD card in a MacBook Air/Pro to store apps and you can launch them from there, whether it's formatted as FAT32, exFAT or HFS+. Reliability depends on the particular card and vendor. I'm using a JetDrive (an SD card specially designed to snugly fit the MacBook Air's SD card slot) and have had zero problems.
- weavie 9y ago
  ZFS is also possible.
- rahimnathwani 9y ago
  If you already have a TF card you want to use, you can buy an SD adapter that will fit flush. There are a couple of different sizes, but I think you can get them for most/all models, e.g.: https://www.banggood.com/Micro-SD-TF-to-MiniDrive-SD-Adapter-For-MacBook-Air-Pro-p-914615.html https://www.banggood.com/Micro-SD-TF-to-MiniDrive-SD-Adapter... IIRC you can even get a Mac to boot off an SD card (e.g. to run Debian occasionally), but the performance is better with a USB3-connected SSD.
Fomite 9y ago
For awhile, I kept my World of Warcraft install on one, and it worked fine.
- TazeTSchnitzel 9y ago
  I used mine for Final Fantasy XIV for a full two years with zero problems, as well as various anime and other games.

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