You bought the base M4 Mac Mini and now you want to add some external SSD storage. However, do you really need a super fast Thunderbolt 5 SSD or Thunderbolt 4 SSD or even a USB4 SSD?
Maybe you don't need super fast speeds and all you need is as much external SSD storage that you can get for the lowest cost. In that case, a SATA SSD inside a USB-C to SATA enclosure may be all that you need.
In this video I show you how put together the 4TB ORICO Y-20 SATA SSD with an ORICO USB-C enclosure. The video also shows how to format the SSD for your Apple Silicon Mac and I also do a number of speed tests.
For these types of external SSDs, you only need a 5Gb/s USB-C to SATA enclosure. As 5Gb/s is faster than the speed of the SATA SSD.
Here's a video showing video editing from a SATA SSD with am M4 Max MacBook Pro using DaVinci Resolve Studio:
Is A SATA USB-C SSD Fast Enough For Video Editing On Your Mac With DaVinci Resolve Studio?
https://youtu.be/aYG5EEmH8sY
Video chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:36 How to build the SSD
08:10 Setup information
11:52 How to format your SSD
17:25 M4 Mac Mini synthetic disk speed test
19:56 M4 Mac Mini real world disk speed test
22:45 Results for M4 Mac Mini real world disk speed test
23:55 M4 Max MacBook Pro synthetic disk speed test
25:43 M4 Max MacBook Pro real world disk speed test
29:05 Results for M4 Max MacBook Pro real world disk speed test
30:39 End summary
Here's some links to the stuff used in the video. If the ORICO enclosure is not available at your local Amazon, you can use the version that has the USB-C to USB-A cable if you are on a Mac with USB-A ports. If not, you can just any SATA to USB-C enclosure that comes with a USB-C to USB-C cable.
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