Which external 2.5” SSD enclosure for M1?

[Banan911]

I’m getting the new 24” M1 iMac (with 4 ports) very soon, and I thought of using the 2.5” SSD from my old MacBook Pro in an external enclosure. But I’m not really up to date with USB and Thunderbolt specifications and I’ve also read that there are some issues with certain controller chipsets of some enclosures together with M1.

What are your recommendations for me? I’ve been looking at these 2 enclosures:

UGREEN Hard Drive Enclosure for 2.5" SATA SSD HDD Aluminum USB C to SATA Adapter USB 3.1 Gen 2 Support UASP SATA III Compatible with WD Seagate Toshiba Samsung Hitachi PS4 Xbox PC Tool Free

USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 & UASP Enhanced The Hard Drive Enclosure features latest USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 port which support 10Gbps data transfer speed. (7+15)Pin SATA III supports max 6Gbps data transfer. Enhanced with accelerated transmission protocols-UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol) and TRIM, the hard drive ...

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Cable Matters Premium Aluminum 10Gbps Gen 2 USB C Hard Drive Enclosure for 2.5" SSD/HDD with USB-C and USB-A Cables - Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 / Thunderbolt 3 Port Compatible with MacBook Pro, MacBook Air

Cable Matters Premium Aluminum 10Gbps Gen 2 USB C Hard Drive Enclosure for 2.5" SSD/HDD with USB-C and USB-A Cables - Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 / Thunderbolt 3 Port Compatible with MacBook Pro, MacBook Air

www.amazon.com

Are these enclosures good options and do they have controller chipsets that work okay with the M1?

 

[guzhogi]

What model/year MacBook Pro? That'll determine which case to get.

 

[Banan911]

What model/year MacBook Pro? That'll determine which case to get.

Ah it’s very old. It’s a MacBook Pro 15” late 2008 haha. So it’s a 2.5” SSD

 

[guzhogi]

Ah it’s very old. It’s a MacBook Pro 15” late 2008 haha. So it’s a 2.5” SSD

Yeah, I want to say in 2012 or so, they moved the the blade-style SSDs, so I wanted to make sure. Glad to see that yours lasted this long.

 

[Stephen.R]

If the MBP works otherwise, why not just sell it, with the working SSD?

 

[guzhogi]

I haven't worked with any such SATA enclosures in a while, so I don't know what's good. You will want one with a USB-C connector as that's what the iMac has.

 

[guzhogi]

If the MBP works otherwise, why not just sell it, with the working SSD?

Probably to keep the data?

 

[Stephen.R]

Probably to keep the data?

I mean why pull it apart and throw away the rest of the laptop: why not just transfer the data to a new external, and sell the laptop.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I agree with Stephen. Buy an external drive and sell your old Mac, unless you can use it as a server. If you used Carbon Copy Cloner for backups, you could have CCC backup your new iMac to the drive on your old Mac. I do that kind of backup and it works flawlessly.

 

[Stephen.R]

Or give the Mac to a family member or whatever - my point is that unless the rest of the laptop is literally unusable (like a fried component or whatever) it has value, and a separate external drive is cheap.

 

[Banan911]

The old Mac is so old and so used that it really can’t go on for much longer. It does not have any resell value. It’s actually worth more taken apart and sold in pieces at eBay.

Remember it’s 13 years old and can’t even run the last many versions of MacOS

But thx for your suggestions in that direction 🙂

 

[HoiPiet]

The old Mac is so old and so used that it really can’t go on for much longer. It does not have any resell value. It’s actually worth more taken apart and sold in pieces at eBay.

oyendigital.com has a couple possible solutions. Although I don't have a camera that outputs usb-c, I have been thinking about getting this enclosure: https://oyendigital.com/lync-ssd-to-usb-c-camera-drive-dock-adapter.html

Or https://oyendigital.com/hard-drives/store/U31M-C25.html