All of these things are related to the hard drive, of course—and as my MacBook Pro already has a 200GB 7200rpm hard drive in it, it seemed the only path to a faster Mac involved an expensive (and labor-intensive) replacement of the hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD). Unfor...
Mac Pro :: SSD On Optical Drive Bay Or Hard Disk Drive Bay - Difference In Performance? Sep 19, 2010 I just bought a new Mac Pro 6-core and an OWC 120Gb SSD drive. My question is putting the SSD on optical drive bay or Hard disk drive bay, is there any difference in performance?
If you want to be able to plug your MacBook into a large display, a backup hard drive, a mouse and keyboard, and charge it at the same time, you have a challenge on your hands. But luckily it is possible to add extra ports to your Mac laptop and well show you how. What ports ...
Today I finally bought my first Mac - a Macbook Pro - after being a PC user since forever. I have nearly 300GB of music (sourced from various places) on my PC which I manage in folders - I don't like iTunes. I need to move the music to my new Macbook but I don't want to...
Time machine backup in built in SSD drive? Just purchased a new M1 MacBook Pro. WHAT AN UPGRADE from my 2010 MacBook Pro 😅 can I setup TimeMachine to save files to the existing SSD drive that comes with the Mac. This is temporary until I purchase an external drive solely used for...
3. Is it safe to remove the Macintosh HD icon from my desktop? Yes, it is safe to remove the "Macintosh HD" icon from your Mac desktop. Removing the icon from the desktop does not delete any data on your hard drive, which simply hides the icon. You can still access the drive via...
The Transcend JetDrive Lite is as close as you can get to upgrading the internal storage on your modern MacBook Pro, but hard drive-like speeds limit its uses.
Among the various upgrade options that the company offers is a lineup of "Pro Caddy V" internal drive solutions for the Mac Pro that takes advantage of "open space" within the computer's case. The top tier of the lineup is aninternal drive solutionthat allows users to add up ...
The computer allocates space on the hard drive as adjacent groups of sectors or clusters. When you create a new file, the operating system finds available space and allocates that space to the file. The unallocated space, also referred to as "free space", is the area on a hard drive ...
Bottom line:An external hard drive is a slow but cost-effective way to add a large amount of storage to your MacBook. But you have to carry it with you, and it's fragile. You might want to keep your external drive only for backups, archives, and home use. For faster storage, cons...