The Best External SSDs for Mac Computers in Mid 2024

The Best External SSDs for Mac Computers in Mid 2024

Over the last few months a few new external SSDs have come out that have changed the game for buying SSDS on MAc.In this video we talk about the different specs to look into with SSDS, real world speed tests, and my personal favorite SSDS whether you are a consumer, prosumer, or professional.

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25 Comments

  1. @MadelnMachines on January 8, 2025 at 6:51 pm

    I’m looking for an 8TB bus powered drive. I can only really see WD 850X black + external enclosure . Any better or cheaper options? A 2x4tb in a dual external enclosure would be good apart from they all seem to require a psu

  2. @DigiDriftZone on January 8, 2025 at 6:54 pm

    What kind of workloads benefit from above 950MB/s? – I mean even working with multi cam 4k streams and dealing terabytes of data, I’ve not felt limited by my Samsung T7. Unless you’re doing multi-cam 8k raw or something, doesn’t seem that necessary? – things like latency for random access/write are similar even on cheaper drives.

  3. @danieli.9252 on January 8, 2025 at 6:56 pm

    Hey Adam, an issue I encounter with external drives (mostly with SSDs — an Oyen, and a Samsung), is my MacBook Pro doesn’t want to eject them. I get a message saying the drive is in use, even when I know there are no applications accessing content on the drive. Usually logging out of my user account and logging back in enables me to eject the drive. I’ve seen some discussions about this on Apple’s support site, as well as on Reddit, so I know it isn’t just me. One suggestion was to exclude the drive from Spotlight, and I have done that and still run into this problem. It isn’t every single time, but it’s enough to be annoying. Have you encountered this, or do you have any thoughts about remedies?

  4. @project_hollow6627 on January 8, 2025 at 6:56 pm

    FYI – T7’s have an issue with Macbook’s not detecting them via the required "PortableSSD" Samsung software. You would have to find a work around for that.

  5. @manthanpatel2024 on January 8, 2025 at 6:58 pm

    can you do a video about seagate ssd for macs?

  6. @SharpSh00terMedia on January 8, 2025 at 6:58 pm

    I’m concerned about the sandisk g40… I’ve seen too many bad reviews on Amazon

  7. @JonathanKreisbergOfficial on January 8, 2025 at 7:03 pm

    Are the seagate, Lacie and WD not even worth mentioning?

  8. @philipperostin on January 8, 2025 at 7:07 pm

    SSD’s are not made specifically for "macs" or PCs, so this tittle is pure bullshit of an apple sheep.

  9. @ibizaamigos on January 8, 2025 at 7:07 pm

    Great video and thank you for staking the time to put this together. I’m thinking of purchasing the oyen but I’m worried that I’ll be wasting my money regarding speeds as I have a mid-2015 retina MacBook Pro. I plan on using this drive whilst running Final Cut Pro and editing from the drive. Can I convert the oyen cable to either of these ports…thunderbolt 2 OR usb 3? And if so will I reduce the speed of the oyen drive resulting in the purchase being pointless regarding speed?

  10. @Wannes_ on January 8, 2025 at 7:13 pm

    For anyone running the Satechi USB4 Pro enclosure: remove the clear cover, it makes the drive run hotter

  11. @BelfastBiker on January 8, 2025 at 7:15 pm

    doing so well until you failed to recommend the enclosure drives….

  12. @cesarsalinas5513 on January 8, 2025 at 7:20 pm

    Does this change with the new MacBook Pro?

  13. @indioink on January 8, 2025 at 7:26 pm

    Do these work with older power books? MB pro 2012 High Sierra

  14. @AnonYmous-yu6hv on January 8, 2025 at 7:27 pm

    Is the crucial x9 good enough to torrent on and watch videos from it?

  15. @pilaronares on January 8, 2025 at 7:33 pm

    what about OWC thunderblade, isnt it faster than those? I wonder

  16. @TomLee-qj9qn on January 8, 2025 at 7:35 pm

    Would be nice if you could talk a little bit slower and you have a lot of run-on sentences. Other that, great video!😁

  17. @MaC.Istanaz on January 8, 2025 at 7:36 pm

    There is kingston xs1000 and 2000 , so tiny and read very good comments about it. Should i prefer?

  18. @cesarsalinas5513 on January 8, 2025 at 7:37 pm

    Going with the cheaper ones do you run the risk of losing files?

  19. @Dk-km1fl on January 8, 2025 at 7:38 pm

    Seagate firecuda twb and transfer speeds are off the roof. Just get an encasing with thermal pads and they are better than any ssds. Ssds are ridiculously expensive these days

  20. @Wannes_ on January 8, 2025 at 7:42 pm

    My suggestion is buy a good, fast SSD and USB4 enclosure separately
    It’ll be cheaper than the Sandisk or Oyen ready-made external drives, and easily on par or cheaper than say the Samsung T7
    If either component fails, you can replace just that

    A 5 to 7000 MB/s SSD will be fast now, and be even fast in a TB5 / USB 4.2 enclosure when they become affordable

  21. @beku73 on January 8, 2025 at 7:44 pm

    8 years ago I bought one crucial ssd internal and one samsung ssd also internal. The Crucial lasted only 4 months. Samsung is still in use and I bought second one and are working great. I will never buy Crucial ssd again

  22. @marclattoni1959 on January 8, 2025 at 7:45 pm

    Interesting but links are missing.

  23. @shorttwaves6970 on January 8, 2025 at 7:46 pm

    Question about the Professional drives. Can they handle the operation of programs that use a fair amount of CPU processing, I am an Audio Tech working in a DAW and planning to use the External hard drive as my new Mac Home Directory. So the program will be running form the External drive. Would a SanDisk Professional drive be suitable for that kind of operation?

  24. @Joshsmii on January 8, 2025 at 7:46 pm

    I lost my data from a crucial. It has to be the heat. Lesson learned and im investing into something better. Happened 2 hours ago

  25. @ooksters-yf4oh on January 8, 2025 at 7:48 pm

    Hi, I bought a 2015 iMac and want to boot the OS from an external SSD using one of its USB 3.0 ports. Naturally, I’d like the fastest option but wonder if there’d be any real difference between SATA or NVME drives? Will the USB 3.0 port be the bottleneck in whatever drive I buy? Thanks.

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