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  1. peglomaniac

    external hard drive not showing all space available

    I have an 8TB external drive, partitioned into two volumes, a 7TB volume and a 1 TB volume. I use the 7TB for CCC backups as well as other things, and the 1TB volume for Time Machine backups. The 7TB was down to 254GB of space available, so I trashed over 3TB of unneeded CCC files (SafeyNet...
  2. A

    MacBook Air M1 External Dell Low Resolution After Sleep

    I have an M1 MBA and a Dell P3421WM connected to a CalDigit TB4 dock. Display is connected to the dock via a TB3 cable and the dock is connected to the M1 via a TB3 cable as well. Both USBC. I run the display at 3440x1140 - however whenever the display sleeps (time varies) and I wake it, a...
    • AbSoluTc
    • Thread
    • dell display external resolution sleep wake
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  3. N

    Macbook Air M2 external Display issue

    Having issues with the Macbook Air M2 when connecting to my external monitor (actually it is a TV) via HDMI to USB C cable. When going to sleep, the screen on the external screen is most of the time "shifted out", means I have to use the underscan feature and adjust it again. Few times it...
  4. A

    USB enclosure + SSD best matching iMac late 2013

    Some number of knowledge and recommendation exchange sites has been visited. Tips found either cover altogether wide range of situations or in particular deviate from situation here. In latter case in result unsure how well can transfer (those found) to goals set here. We look for compound USB...
    • Arak
    • Thread
    • best bootable clone external late '13 match ssd usb
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iMac
  5. Brodgar

    Migration from 8TB 5K iMac to Mac Studio?

    Hello, I'm using a Retina 5K 27" Late 2014 iMac equipped with a 8TB SSD. This computer is struggling to keep up with the latest software and macOS (it's running Sonoma via OpenCore), and for years I've been hoping Apple would restart selling a 27" Retina iMac, but as everyone knows, that's not...
    • Brodgar
    • Thread
    • external imac larger drive mac studio ssd upgrade
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Mac Studio
  6. ItsAShaunParty

    External SSD Creating GHOST Volumes? Help! (Incorrect Free Space)

    Monterey 12.6 iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020) 3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7 72 GB 2133 MHz DDR4 I have two external USB-C M.2 SSDs. They are 2 Tb each. Both have the same issue -- They have approx. 1 TB of space missing. See the first image below. To clarify, I've never partitioned these...
  7. W

    Can't add to drive

    Hey, folks. What Can't I do anything with the 4TB Backup listed here? I can access what's there, but sighing else. I had a partition once that I removed. Since then..... THANKS!
  8. D

    Convert external drives to APFS?

    I've put the internal drives from my old 2010 Mac Pro into a Sabrent Docking Station enclosure to connect them to my new Mac Studio. 2 of them are HDDs and 2 are SSDs. Would you convert the SSDs to APFS? And is there any risk involved in that conversion? Of course, I'd make a backup first. But...
    • danqi
    • Thread
    • apfs docking station enclosure external hdd hfs+ sabrent ssd
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
  9. D

    SSD performance in Docking Station much lower than expected

    I have a Sabrent DS-SC4B Docking Station connected to my Mac Studio via USB-C. In it there are 2 SSDs and 2 HDDs, which I previously used in my old 2010 Mac Pro. I expected the drives to perform better in the new enclosure since they are now connected via SATA 3, while before it was SATA 2 in...
    • danqi
    • Thread
    • bay docking station enclosure external hard drive hdd sabrent ssd usb 3.2 usb-c
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
  10. M

    “File or Document” Can’t Be Opened Because The Original Item Can’t Be Found

    I have been having an issue where i am unable to connect to my external hard drives that are attached to my Mac Mini via my MacBook pro over local network. I have tried removing "com.apple.finder.plist" on both machines with no luck. I have tried rebooting Finder again no luck. I am still...
    • madmax889
    • Thread
    • 2014 external hdd access mac mini macbook pro 16 2021 monterey 12.6.5 remote access
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Mac mini
  11. Alvin777

    How Come You Can't Convert Apple's Internal Drive to External?

    Hello Apple and Mac friends, not sure if it has been done before via free software tools but I managed to painstakingly, very difficult (lots of hours and beyond sleep schedule trial and error) put Boot Camp Windows 11 into it's own separate drive with free software tools (still observing) on...
    • Alvin777
    • Thread
    • external internal st2000dm001
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iMac
  12. C

    Need a fast external SSD for m2 MacBook Pro

    Hi, I have the new 14" MacBook Pro M2 and need an external drive. It needs to be fast so an SSD. I have read some confusing things about what the MacBook speed they actual support as opposed to what it says on the box. I hear it doesn't support some of the USB speed specifications so I don't...
  13. T

    M2 MacBook Pro external display capabilities

    I’m somewhat curious about the external display capabilities of the MacBook Pro (2023) with M2 Max Apple’s support page indicates that it can support: One display up to 6K at 60Hz over Thunderbolt, and two displays up to 6K at 60Hz over HDMI I’m curious how that can be achieved, when there...
  14. Alvin777

    If Your iMac's Monitor Breaks Will It Automatically Use an External Monitor?

    Hello Apple friends. Supposing your iMac's monitor breaks (the GPU and the rest are ok for example) but you have an external monitor plugged it, will the Mac's firmware (or something else) automatically use the external monitor so you could still see what's going on? If yes, did you need to...
    • Alvin777
    • Thread
    • extended desktop external main screen breaks mirrored monitor plugged in
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: iMac
  15. purdnost

    On-Board and Off-Board iCloud Photos Storage?

    I use iCloud to sync my photos and videos across devices as well as serve as a short-term backup. I don’t want to use iCloud as a long-term backup, however. I like to keep my iCloud library small as I’ve found that Photos runs much more efficiently than hosting my entire vast library. So, I...
    • purdnost
    • Thread
    • backup cloud external hard drive icloud library media photos storage sync
    • Replies: 38
    • Forum: Photography
  16. ItsAShaunParty

    External SSD Incorrect Free Space (With Pictures!)

    Monterey 12.6 iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020) 3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7 72 GB 2133 MHz DDR4 This has probably been answered before but I don't see anything.... I have an external SSD named "Rocket." It's 2 TB M2, etc. Very Fast. I trashed some stuff from it, but I guess it didn't take...
  17. ItsAShaunParty

    Moved User Folder to External... Is this bad?

    Feel free to skip to the TL;DR. I am on a iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020) 3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7 72 Gb Ram 512 GB HD Running Monterey 12.5.1 I bought this iMac with the intention to replace the HD, not realizing that Apple was soldering this one down. I didn't realize that it was near...
  18. ristianchrathke

    Flashing External Monitor When Closing Lid

    I have an external monitor for my work from home setup (an HP 25es) That I'm trying to use as a primary monitor with a wireless mouse and keyboard. The issue I'm running into is that when I close the lid on my MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) I get a flickering display with vertical and...
    • ristianchrathke
    • Thread
    • display display broken display flickering external flickering colors flickering screen monitor hdmi monterey 12.4
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: macOS Monterey (12)
  19. bigpoppa

    MP 1,1-5,1 External Hard Disk Question

    I bought a 16tb SATA drive and stuck it in an external case linked by USB. Formatted it just fine with HFS. Then after a month I wanted to try sliding it into the case and use a direct connection through SATA but the system doesn't see the formatted drive. Any ideas that would help?
    • bigpoppa
    • Thread
    • external hard drive
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  20. L

    What display for graphics design?

    So i will get a MacBook Pro 16“ for graphics design university. And i need a proper monitor as my old one is just rly bad in image quality… Can yall suggest me smth? Researched half of the web and cant find the perfect one… I guess somewhere between 27“ and 32“ would be nice? Also i learned for...
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