Apple's storage prices can be rough. Why spend that kind of money for less, when you can get more by making your own high-speed external SSD. Here's everything you need
Apple's storage prices can be rough. Why spend that kind of money for less, when you can get more by making your own high-speed external SSD. Here's everything you need to know about SSDs and the enclosures you need to buy.

A transparent external SSD connected to a laptop with a wooden surface in the background.
Orico ClearLink M.2, an example of a DIY SSD enclosure

One of the frequent criticisms Apple faces with its Mac and MacBook lineups is the sheer cost of storage. Adding more capacity for data can quickly turn a premium product into something that is too highly priced for the average person to consider.

Even worse, outside of rare exceptions such as the Mac Pro or adventurous users upgrading the internal storage on a M4 Mac mini, you're not going to get a way to add more storage while still being reasonably possible to actually do.


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