samsung usb3.2 external SSD - 2tb/$175, 4tb/$198 8TB/$399

[hal]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CMDGGJTZ

the catch is that these are slow - max 460MB/s - so act accordingly

I might jump on the 4TB for TM backup and get rid of my last HDD

[sekker]

460MB/s is 'slow'...

[hal]

Most SATA ssd drives can get over 500mb/s - USBC can do up to about 1000mb/s, so yeah... 460mb/s is slow by today's standard

[AllGold]

If you want a faster drive of the 4TB variety, maybe something like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9WGQY8G/ref...B0C9WGQY8G&pd_rd_w=Vz7an&content-id=amzn1.sym.386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_p=386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_r=1B1ACN9WM3ZTPNAR7651&pd_rd_wg=PgOzX&pd_rd_r=3463e921-a96b-42fc-9c5f-b5b4adceaad8&s=pc&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM&th=1

[d4]

AllGold wrote:
If you want a faster drive of the 4TB variety, maybe something like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9WGQY8G/ref...B0C9WGQY8G&pd_rd_w=Vz7an&content-id=amzn1.sym.386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_p=386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_r=1B1ACN9WM3ZTPNAR7651&pd_rd_wg=PgOzX&pd_rd_r=3463e921-a96b-42fc-9c5f-b5b4adceaad8&s=pc&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM&th=1

Purchased this 4TB SSD, 2 weeks ago. Using it for Photos library and photo editing. Formatted APFS and it was good to go.

[hal]

AllGold wrote:
If you want a faster drive of the 4TB variety, maybe something like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9WGQY8G

omg, they are actually charging $20 more for the 'mac' version - I thought this nonsense ended 20 years ago.

[d4]

hal wrote:
[quote=AllGold]
If you want a faster drive of the 4TB variety, maybe something like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9WGQY8G

omg, they are actually charging $20 more for the 'mac' version - I thought this nonsense ended 20 years ago.
Not only is it $20 more, but it's been on backorder for weeks.