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    What USB-C / Thunderbolt / USB 3 or 4 external hard drives are you guys using?

    On my Mac mini I have an external USB 2 hard drive that I primarily use for my working files in Logic Pro.

    Are there any cheap 1TB USB 4 / Thunderbolt 3 drives out there? Seemed difficult to find them when I was searching yesterday.

    Connections and Expansion
    Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for:
    DisplayPort
    Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40 Gb/s)
    USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
    USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gb/s)
    Thunderbolt 2, HDMI, DVI, and VGA supported using adapters (sold separately)

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    • i don't think any drives can write that fast (even m2 etc), i could be wrong but you're not going to gain any speed over USB3kingsteven
    • with a single external drive that is... I think SATA3 is <6Gbps - I imagine there's some folks using TB3 RAIDkingsteven
    • Wow, i didn't realise external TB2 m2 raid enclosures exist https://www.tomshard…kingsteven
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