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External Hard Drive Recommendation
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Samsung has the T5 (540 MB/sec) and X5 (2,800 MB/sec) (TB3 only so MBP 15 2016 or later) series of external SSDs. Price is based on how fast you want to transfer data.
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I love my 1TB LaCie Mobile SSD I bought on Amazon. It looks more like a big cookie than a hard drive.
1tb external USB3 SSDs have come down in price.
2tb may be available, but of course will cost more.
You can either buy an "all-built and ready-to-go" drive like the Samsung t5 or Sandisk Extreme (there are others as well),
or
You could buy a "bare" 2.5" SSD and the enclosure of your choice, and make your own (which is what I do).
If money is no object, there are also external thunderbolt3 SSDs, such as the Samsung X5, but they are PRICEY for the larger sizes.
2tb may be available, but of course will cost more.
You can either buy an "all-built and ready-to-go" drive like the Samsung t5 or Sandisk Extreme (there are others as well),
or
You could buy a "bare" 2.5" SSD and the enclosure of your choice, and make your own (which is what I do).
If money is no object, there are also external thunderbolt3 SSDs, such as the Samsung X5, but they are PRICEY for the larger sizes.
It's a beast. They literally don't break. I had the Rugged, and it fell down the side of a rock shelf, like 120 feet, and I thought there was no way the data was still on there. That was 4 years ago, and I'm still using it to this day.