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Change Swap file location to internal drive when booted externally
Hello, I was wondering if I wanted to use an external NVMe as my boot drive for a new M2 Mac, can I set the internal drive as the location for the Swap file, as I understand the built in storage is much faster than external options? Has anyone tried such a setup? Thank you. A couple of...- Rand0mUserNam3
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- external boot internal drive nvme external swap file
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is there more than one ssd adaptor type
Hey all About 6 month ago my 1TB SSD in a 2015 retina MBP packed up, or at least so I thought. I am now on SSD 5 and none worked I also bought a second adaptor as I thought maybe the adaptor is faulty. Telling a friend, he thought that maybe the SSD I can buy now are newer versions of the...- guido.coza
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- internal drive macbook pro ssd ssd adapter
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- Forum: iOS 10
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Mac Studio Internal SSD partition
Hi, We are a sound studio, and we are about to buy 2 Mac Studio. I'm struggling between 2 options on how to store our data. Currently, I'm using the latest intel mini with an external SSD to work on my protools sessions. That drive is the OWC TB3 drive which I love, but there are some...- kompaq
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- format ssd internal drive mac studio partition
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- Forum: Mac Studio
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MP All Models Time Machine on infrequently mounted internal volume?
Possibly this belongs in another forum but I thought the MPers might be best placed to answer... My system drive is on a PCIe NVMe and I have a scratch drive on an SSD RAID 0 on a sonnet PCIe card. The internal slots have an a;ternative system drive (used for working from home) and a 2TB... -
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MacBook Pro internal drive possibly just died, please help!
Hi all, Basically think my hard drive may have died but need some help diagnosing what happened and how I can resolve it (mainly recovering the data). It’s a MacBook Pro 15” I think it’s early or late 2013, retina screen. With an internal 500gb SSD. I’ve had boot camp installed with windows...- mjones92
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- help internal drive macbook pro recovery
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Best name for internal SSD drive
Which name do you use on internal SSD drive? The two most obvious names would be ”Macintosh HD” and ”Macintosh SSD”. Of course there are endless possibilities and you can change the name straight from Finder. ”Macintosh HD” is the default name by Apple but technically SSDs are not HDs by the... -
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iMac question on internal hard drive.
Now, first of all- I want to start off by saying I am new and do not know how to use the site but I am in desperate need of help. I have an iMac that me and my family have been using for a while. I have the iMac Aluminium Unibody, I don't know what model number it is- I just know it is that one... -
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5.1 Issues With Ext/Int HD & Sound
Hello and happy new year to all! So I got this mac pro 5.1 (it's new to me) and I used to run a lot of externals on my mac mini. So removed a hard drive from the LACIE Porche ext external drive and slipped it into the slot. But I get an error message on the startup and whilst trying to format... -
2017 iMac External SSD Boot Drive & Time Machine
Hi, I have a new 2017 iMac 27" 5K 3.5Ghz 1TB Fusion drive. I added a 500GB M.2 SSD in a USB-C to USB-C External Housing as the the boot drive. It's certainly made a difference in performance. However, the Fusion Drive has a Windows 10 partition (Boot Camp) and 750GB of free space. I am just...- Skeptical.me
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- external boot drive fusion imac 2017 internal drive m.2 ssd time machine backup
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- Forum: iMac
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Hard Drives: Inside/Out
Hello! I’m new here, well, new to posting - I’ve availed myself of the knowledge here for some time. Thank you all, by the way! I have a question I just can’t seem to find a clear answer for, so I’m posting here. I’m about to purchase a new iMac 21” (most likely refurbished) I’m keen on a SSD...- SquareShiny1
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- external drive internal drive processing speed
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- Forum: iMac