Why You Should Use an External SSD for Your Mac to Avoid These 2 Things.

Why Every MacBook and Mac Mini User Should Consider External Storage and Errors to Avoid to Affect Your Workflow.

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You need to install your applications on an external SSD rather than your Mac’s internal SSD, and here’s why:

1. Outrageous Pricing: The cost of SSD upgrades for Macs is excessive. You need to pay nearly €550 for 1TB of SSD and €920 for 2TB. That’s just too much.
2. Insufficient Base Storage: Base versions of Macs, like the Mac Mini M4, come with only 256GB of SSD. This can be insufficient, especially if you install large games like Baldur’s Gate, which takes up 100GB.
3. Non-Removable SSDs: Macs typically solder their internal SSDs to the motherboard, preventing removal. Even if the SSD is removable, like in the Mac Mini M4, it’s in a proprietary format, meaning you can’t replace it with an SSD from another manufacturer — you’d need to go through Apple.
4. Subpar SSD Performance: The 256GB SSD in the base Mac Mini M4 offers a write speed of 1.5GB per second, slower than any NVMe SSD on the market.