Anyone here add 1TB/2TB via external enclosure to their new 256GB Mac Mini M4?

[Furioso]

If so, which enclosure and NVME did you buy? 

 

I'm looking at buying the 256GB and adding 2TB but I've heard some enclosures use different controllers and I don't want to buy bad NVME that craps out on me. 

[KhunLA]

I have the SanDisk 1TB version for my ASUS (Win10) laptop, and they do make a 2TB, also for Apple.  Thinking is should be compatible.   Fan of SanDisk and they've yet to fail, owning about 8 of their drives.

 

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HRQ12ZM/A/sandisk-extreme-portable-ssd-2tb#:~:text=With the SanDisk Extreme Portable,your iPhone%2C iPad and MacBook.

 

Bought mine from Advice Dist.  the past year, on sale, about ฿3000, I think off sale, about ฿3500, for 1TB.

[Furioso]

30 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I have the SanDisk 1TB version for my ASUS (Win10) laptop, and they do make a 2TB, also for Apple.  Thinking is should be compatible.   Fan of SanDisk and they've yet to fail, owning about 8 of their drives.

 

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HRQ12ZM/A/sandisk-extreme-portable-ssd-2tb#:~:text=With the SanDisk Extreme Portable,your iPhone%2C iPad and MacBook.

 

Bought mine from Advice Dist.  the past year, on sale, about ฿3000, I think off sale, about ฿3500, for 1TB.

Thanks you make me realize to buy name brand there are cheaper NVME's out there with names like KingSpot lol.

Also, I've seen videos where they buy the base 256GB Mac Mini M4 and make it a Super Mac Mini by moving their home folder to the external 2TB drive and the read/write speeds are way faster than the external 256GB NMVE. Obviously Apple will take measures to fight this though. Still, this is the primary reason I'm buying the 21,000 baht 256GB Mac Mini M4.

[KhunLA]

43 minutes ago, Furioso said:

Thanks you make me realize to buy name brand there are cheaper NVME's out there with names like KingSpot lol.

Also, I've seen videos where they buy the base 256GB Mac Mini M4 and make it a Super Mac Mini by moving their home folder to the external 2TB drive and the read/write speeds are way faster than the external 256GB NMVE. Obviously Apple will take measures to fight this though. Still, this is the primary reason I'm buying the 21,000 baht 256GB Mac Mini M4.

I take a lot of photos & vids, so my laptop's SSD was getting full.  Now ~50% free, and ext SSD storing the prior few year of media.   Ext SDD stay conx, so fast access to anything shot previously.