My mid-2011 Mac mini had slowed down. Way down. Starting with Mavericks, the mini would eventually bog down after a number of days between restarts, and require a force restart or manual one. It took ...

My iMac is limited to USB 2.0 or Firewire 800. I don't particularly want to open it up, so I'm considering adding an external SSD. in a basic USB 3 enclosure make any sense, or is USB 2 just too slow ...

There are numerous benefits to buying an external SSD for your Mac. Not only does it provide extra space for storing files, photos, and videos, but it also enables it to boot up much faster. This goes ...

It’s been quiet on the This Old iMac front lately, because I don't have much more I can do with the tools at my disposal. I've sped up Photos and gotten rid of a lot of the dead weight that was ...

Get more storage for your Mac by adding an external drive. These are your best choices for adding capacity to your Mac desktop in 2024. The performance of the Mac is probably the most important aspect ...

The Satechi USB-C Aluminum Tool-Free Enclosure allows M.2 PCIe NVMe and SATA solid state drives to be easily added to a Mac. Place the SSD in the rugged enclosure and it’s ready to plug into a laptop ...

My Mac is now silent. After installing a solid state drive (SSD) with no moving parts, the drone of my iMac’s hard drive and fans has given way to such an absence of sound that I only hear the ...

I currently rely on inexpensive external SSDs for Time Machine and Super Duper backups because they’re silent, and I’m willing to trade a lower price for more-than-adequate performance. But those in ...

Apple's new Mac mini with the M4 Pro chip and MacBook Pro models with M4 Pro and M4 Max chips feature support for the faster Thunderbolt 5 specification, and reputable accessory maker OWC is ready ...

★★★★☆ Add up to 2TB of storage to your Mac or iPad with this pocket-size SSD. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac The Kingston XS1000 External SSD is about the size of pack of gum but holds up to 2 terabytes ...

There are plenty of external hard drives, including solid-state drives, that promise Mac-compatibility, but reviews often point out that some of these promises fall short. I have scoured multiple ...

Following this morning’s refresh of the iMac – you can read more about it here – a few technical tidbits have started popping up on the Internet causing some interest and speculation from Apple fans ...