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  1. GreenLimeCrush

    External SSD on Late-2013 27" iMac

    I have a late-2013 27" iMac and was hoping to improve its performance by installing macOS Catalina on an external SSD drive and connecting it via Thunderbolt. I bought: Samsung 500GB X5 Thunderbolt 3 Portable SSD includes Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps) USB-C Cable) - this cable isn't compatible with a...
  2. S

    New Samsung X5 hard drive died almost immediately on a new iMac

    I've had my new iMac 5k Retina (3.6ghz Core i9) for about a week and it's been a great experience. Bought a 500GB Samsung X5 to use as a working drive for video/photo projects. Arrived today, I formatted it for Mac (as I had read was a good idea), no issues there. I moved a few video files to...
  3. nemoryoliver

    Fusion Drive Upgrade to Internal/External SSD or build my own NVMe SSD?

    Hi everyone! I recently purchased a 2019 iMac 27” with 1TB Fusion Drive and I made a huge mistake by choosing the 1TB Fusion Drive option. I chose Fusion because I knew I can just purchase and use a SATA based SSD as a replacement. But what I didn’t know before is that Apple’s Proprietary NVMe...
  4. Mettwurst

    Looking for solution for problem with eGPU and external bootcamp SSD.

    Hello everybody I'm trying to keep it short as I'm already a week off. I would like that if I start bootcamp on my external SSD, which can keep my eGPU connected and Windows does not crash when booting, because it does not get the power management. Windows I got on it according to this video...
  5. samumhango

    Can I use Samsung X5 SSD as external bootable drive, iMac 2019?

    Hi All I have just bought a new 2019 iMac. I have an internal fusion drive. I bought a Samsung X5 SSD external drive. I wanted to install a copy of mojave on this and use this as a second bootable drive and place my graphics programs like After Effects and Premiere on it. I couldn't get it to...
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    Slow Boot Even w/ Thunderbolt 3/NVMe APFS Drives?

    It's a pretty common issue to have slow boot times now with external ssds connected with USB 3 or USB-C, but does this problem still exist with TB3 NVMe external drives (such as a Samsung X5)?