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  1. andrei_c

    What thunderbolt 2 bootable SSD raid 0 bootable enclosure for iMac

    I have a iMac 27, 3.4 late 2013 standard model and I want to make it better by booting from an external SSD disk via TB2. Now SSD speeds of 500MB/s would be ok but if it would be possible I would like using something like RAID 0 in order to get higher speeds (or maybe you know other solutions...
    • andrei_c
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    • external boot drive imac ssd enclosure thunderbolt 2 trim
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: iMac
  2. N

    Virus on host notebook from external ssd?

    Hello, I was wondering about getting an external SSD to boot macOS 10.12 from. I mean basically using my MBP as a host that shares all the hardware but the storage with the external SSD. My question is, if I get a virus on the SSD, will it affect the MPB even when booted on the soldered apple...
    • nndei
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    • external external boot drive mac ssd virus viruses
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  3. H

    OSX crash during iMovie export

    I have a strange problem. When I want to export my most recent project from iMovie to iTunes, the process stops and forces a reboot of the computer. If I export to a movie file, iMovie crashes. Each time. Now the funny part. I run OSX El Capitan 10.11.6 from external SSD on a 2012 basic Mac...
    • hanser
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    • external boot drive imovie ssd
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  4. H

    iMovie project export problem

    I have a strange problem. When I want to export my most recent project from iMovie to iTunes, the process stops and forces a reboot of the computer. If I export to a movie file, iMovie crashes. Each time. Now the funny part. I run OSX El Capitan 10.11.6 from external SSD on a 2012 basic Mac...
    • hanser
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    • external boot drive imovie osx 10.11.6 ssd
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  5. TickleSoup

    External Win10 booting from USB2.0 but not FireWire800

    Hello there, first post! Hope this is in the right place. After trying a few methods of installing Windows 10 on an external drive (SanDisk ultra 2 500GB SSD in an enclosure) using my old mid-2010 27' iMac, I hit success using Rufus to create bootable software with Windows to go using this...
  6. M

    Windows 10 on External Thunderbolt Drive (Bootcamp)

    Hello! I am looking to install Windows 10 on an external drive to avoid taking up space on my internal Flash drive on my iMac (27-inch, Late 2013). I know Windows cannot boot off USB (at least not without some major tinkering), so Thunderbolt is the way to go. Can anyone who's done just that...
  7. mangucha

    Recommended portable SSD drive to boot from

    Hello, could anybody recommend me which brand/model would be ideal to run latest mac os? I'm not looking for anything more than 500GB max... Thank you!
    • mangucha
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    • boot from ssd external boot drive mac os portable hard drives
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
  8. mangucha

    Boot from Samsung T3

    Hello everybody, I'm wondering if anybody has any experience installing and booting mac os from SSD drive Samsung T3. Reading from older articles it seems there was software (samsung) issues with the T1, but so far I couldn't find anything specifically with respect to the new T3. Any thoughts or...
  9. C

    Just got MacBook 2016 ($2799 model) moving from Windows 10

    Hi all, so I just bought a new MacBook 2016, i7 2.7ghz, 16gb, Radeon Pro 455. I am coming from Windows 10 and want to also run Windows 10 on this new MacBook. I have done a Windows install to an external SSD and this seems to work pretty ok, but I am now wondering should I return this unit and...
    • Crowdx44
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    • boot camp external boot drive windows 10
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  10. sebbbbb

    Macbook PRO 2016 External BOOTCAMP

    Hello, I have tried a lot of things but i don't seems to find the way to install windows with bootcamp assistant on a external SSD anyone with any tips for me ? Here's the most useful link I found but can't seems to get the 1st step right ! Thanks a lot
    • sebbbbb
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    • 2016 bootcamp external boot drive macbook
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  11. Taj Armstrong

    Using Thunderbolt storage as Windows startup disk

    Hi guys, I'm using a 2014 iMac Retina with a 1TB Fusion Drive. I like to upgrade my Mac to include more than 120GB of SSD storage, so at first I looked at replacing the internal hard drive. The 68-step iFixit guide mat it seem like a pretty risky procedure, and I'm now wondering if you can use...
  12. M

    External Hard Drive - How Much Slower?

    Happy New Year! The internal drive in my 2009 iMac is dead, so I've been using an external boot drive (I didn't want to invest the money in having a new drive installed). This is a second computer, used mostly for email, so it doesn't need to be very powerful. Recently, however, it has been...
    • Mr. Monsieur
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    • external boot drive ssd
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
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