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Should you pay the high price of a high-speed external SSD?

With a shiny new high-speed Samsung X5 SSD to test, I was looking forward to some real speed. Did it deliver good value for its high price, though?

July 3, 2019 Macs, Technology

How much is that external SSD cable?

Should you buy a cheap cable to connect your external SSD to a Thunderbolt port, or pay over $/€/£50 for high performance? Here are some test results.

June 21, 2018 Macs, Technology

Which disks can you install in an external RAID drive such as a Promise Pegasus?

Replacing a failed drive, or upgrading the whole array? Your choice may be wider than you think.

November 4, 2016 Macs, Technology

Building a cheap external SSD: USB 3 or Thunderbolt? 3 – Performance

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Does the £120 Thunderbolt case outperform the £15 USB 3 one? And if you had both, which would you choose to use?

July 22, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Building a cheap external SSD: USB 3 or Thunderbolt? 2 – USB 3

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Could a £15 case really let my bargain 750 GB SSD perform at its best?

July 21, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Building a cheap external SSD: USB 3 or Thunderbolt? 1 – Thunderbolt

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A sale offer brought me a 750 GB SSD for only £110. But should I mount it in a Thunderbolt or USB 3 case?

July 20, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Missing devices from Finder

My new iMac does not show my LG phone, DVDs, or an external hard disk. How can I fix them?

November 26, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Disk not ejected properly

Why do I keep getting alerts that my three external drives are not ejected properly?

November 8, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Removable storage still in use

Whenever I try to eject removable storage media, I am warned that an application might still be using them. Why?

August 1, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Storing libraries off the boot disk

How can I make Photos, iTunes, and Mail save their files to an external hard drive?

July 16, 2015 Macs, Technology

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