I bought two Anker PowerPoint III chargers, and one died in a couple of years with minimal usage. One day it just stopped working. I guess that's better than burning up I suppose.
If you have a failure like this give Anker a call. I did when one of My Anker chargers quit. It was out of warranty but they sent me a 20% off coupon to get its replacement.
A Western Digital 8TB bare drive (platter drive) consumes a maximum of 6.4 Watts (0.7 W idle), which is less than the 15/7.5 Watts provided by a MacBook Pro’s Thunderbolt ports… so it should be doable. I don’t know who makes the enclosure though.
Yes, that will work, and it’s far faster than a platter drive, but probably 2-3x the cost. If that’s what he wants, it’ll fit the bill for sure.
Looks good. It’s just so expensive. I use a 4TB external drive now, so part of me wants to just keep using that until I need more space and hopefully they release an 8tb non-SSS one by the time I need it. But I'll lose any time machine snapshots I have if I switch.
Here I was thinking most people use an2-button mouse. I still have the very first thinner one-button mouse but no longer use it. Find a 2-button Logitech one so much better. From a feel perspective, I prefer the older one-button mouse compared to the slimmer Magic Mouse though. Felt more full in the hand.
I'm not sure what a meant to type when I typed "bad". Maybe new? Anyway thanks for the advice!"bad iMac mini" ... what does that refer to?
Get a TB NVMe SSD enclosure and purchase a compatible NVMe SSD. This provides an upgrade path when you want to increase your storage by simply replacing the NVMe SSD. I think there is one company selling a TB5 version now. Pricey but the performance is insane.
Sabrent's Thunderbolt 5 external SSD hits over 6 GB/s — Rocket XTRM 5 brings NVMe-class speeds to portable storage
The prototype external drive achieves speeds comparable to internal NVMe Gen 4 drives, which cap out around ~7.3 GB/s— and there could still be room for improvement.www.tomshardware.com
If you go the TB5 route you need to purchase the Pro version of the Mini that has TB5 ports.
A TB3/4 enclosure would likely have sufficient performance for what you are doing and they can be purchased these days for less than $50.
Thx. Yep, it works with my non-Thunderbolt 2017 MacBook 12", which is why I was wondering.
"bad iMac mini" ... what does that refer to?
Get a TB NVMe SSD enclosure and purchase a compatible NVMe SSD. This provides an upgrade path when you want to increase your storage by simply replacing the NVMe SSD. I think there is one company selling a TB5 version now. Pricey but the performance is insane.
Sabrent's Thunderbolt 5 external SSD hits over 6 GB/s — Rocket XTRM 5 brings NVMe-class speeds to portable storage
The prototype external drive achieves speeds comparable to internal NVMe Gen 4 drives, which cap out around ~7.3 GB/s— and there could still be room for improvement.
If you go the TB5 route you need to purchase the Pro version of the Mini that has TB5 ports.
A TB3/4 enclosure would likely have sufficient performance for what you are doing and they can be purchased these days for less than $50.
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