Best external hard drive of programs?
Hello
I am a Mac user and I am currently using:
MacBook Pro (retina, 13 inches, end of 2013)
2.4 GHz Intel Core i5
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Iris 1536 MB Intel
OS X El Capitan
250 GB of storage.
My Mac storage is almost full, and I am considering buying an external hard drive to free up space on my internal hard drive. However, I wanted to know if you can put programs on an external hard drive and if so, which is the best external hard drive for programs, for the cheapest price.
I really don't want to pay more than 100 GBP.
Between 50 and 70 GBP is my ideal price range, however, if there is an external hard drive that is absolutely amazing for a bit before, I can consider buying.
If you cannot put programs on an external hard drive, which external hard drive is the best for a Mac?
Furthermore, is it possible to add storage space for my internal drives?
Thank you and I hope you can help me.
Most of the programs broadcast their parts through several system directories. A few programs I've seen work completely in a single directory. Loading programs on "external" is delicate at best... unless the outside is a complete external operational system in-itself.
With regard to external hard drives... people give me grief for continue to recommend, but...
A single hard drive with a single disc is, in my experience, a compromise. Mediocre quality disks combined with poor quality map interface and this card can do the contents of the drive not except through this controller... re-use of the disk outside this House requires reformat and loss of content.
I use this external box http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MSTG800U3K/ that allows Exchange in all 2.5 in SATA drive. The enclosure is of good quality, and you can get better quality discs to be inserted. So when doen with one disk, exchange for another. I use mine for player data and images, several clones/backups and test for the new OSXes drives and can use it to any number of other disks.
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