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Given that it's a desktop, most people should just get it with the default size and get an external thunderbolt NVMe disk. Only if you need >Thunderbolt 5 speed
by rsynnott 2y ago
Given that it's a desktop, most people should just get it with the default size and get an external thunderbolt NVMe disk. Only if you need >Thunderbolt 5 speeds (ie 80 Gbit/sec) do you really need the internal drive, and most NVMe is slower than this in any case.
- WWLink 2y agoOr if you don't want ugly ass external boxes cluttering up your desk. I don't get why they couldn't be arsed to stuff a few m.2 slots in there. They could keep the main nand their weird soldered on BS with the firmware stuffed in a special partition if they want. Just give us more room!
- outime 2y agoYou seriously don't get why?
- WWLink 2y agoMONEY!
- rsynnott 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Pro#Apple_silicon_(2023) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Pro#Apple_silicon_(2023), kinda. The most ultra-niche of Apple's products.
- hot_gril 2y agoI remember this but never looked into it enough to get what the point is. They still sell it with an M2 chip. "includes six internal PCIe 4.0 slots for expansion. It does not support discrete GPUs over PCIe." uhhh, so in case people want an AS chip with most stuff soldered on but also really need certain PCIe cards that aren't GPUs?
- bruhWithDeth 2y ago[dead]
- staplung 2y agoI did this recently with a new Mac Mini that I set up. MacOS recently added the ability to locate the home directories on any volume. There's a somewhat hidden feature too that if you drag the Applications directory onto an external drive it will move selected apps there (the larger ones like Pages, etc.); combine that with the option in the App Store to keep large downloads on a separate disk. So far it's been working quite well with the exception that VSCode does not seem to understand how to update itself if you keep it in the external Applications folder: every time it tries to update itself it just deletes itself instead. Moved it back into the /Applications folder and it's been fine.
- rsynnott 2y agoYou can just use it as a boot drive, IIRC.
- wpm 2y ago> MacOS recently added the ability to locate the home directories on any volume Mac OS has always been able to do this.
- zuhsetaqi 2y agoInstead of dragging them over you should create a link. This way it's the same as before for Applications like VS Code.
- rafram 2y agoLast I tried this, Spotlight didn't play well with symlinked application bundles.
- moralestapia 2y agoThis is also quite convenient when you buy a new laptop and just unplug/plug and that's it, you have everything.
- ravetcofx 2y agoI don't know about thunderbolt, but the Apple Silicon macs I help my clients with have something really wrong and screwed up with how macOS or the firmware deals with USB 3.1+ external drives with constant disconnects despite sleeping hard-drives setting turned off etc. Searching on forums leads to similar issues others are having.
- Citizen8396 2y agoWhat brand and model of drive? This sounds similar to a hardware defect in some SanDisk Extreme SSDs; IIRC it was caused by firmware and/or overheating.