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Bootable External SSD Drive for macOS

  • 18-05-2020 09:34AM
    #1
    tom23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,

    I'm working of an older iMAC from work. Its about 5 years old with an old spinner HD. Its painfully slow, even with 16gb of Ram and and an i5 processor. I don want to take off the screen but was thinking of making a bootable SSD drive for the OS and software.

    Any advice on what sort of Caddy I should go for so that I can maximise the speed. Should it be USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt?

    Cheers Folks


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  • #2
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,061 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Thunderbolt (USB 3.1) as it has a higher data throughput than USB 3.0.


  • #3
    tom23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭tom23


    K.O.Kiki wrote: »
    Thunderbolt (USB 3.1) as it has a higher data throughput than USB 3.0.

    cheers


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