Hello. Is there a flash drive that already comes formatted for Apple? This is the flash drive I’ve been using and it is just about full so I need a new one. When I got it, I had to format it. But it was taking a super long time for a small amount of photos to be downloaded onto it and then I found out I had formatted it wrong. Apparently there are two different options to format for Apple and I had done the wrong one and I can’t remember which one was the right one. Are there any flash drives that are just plugged in and use ready? I just use this to back up photos and I also have an external hard drive which is my main source of storage. This is just an extra added level of security. Thank you.
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Use the included USB-C to USB-C cable to connect the T7 to the Thunderbolt (USB-C) port on your iMac.
You should format it to APFS, or APFS (encrypted) if you want to encrypt the drive.
avoid anything silver or metallic like sandisk as they gets hot to the touch with M1s
the sandisk is hit or miss as the blue 128GB is a charm while the black 265GB is hit or miss.
personally I have a Samsung 32GB usbC_A that works the best with iPad, early Intel and m1.
remember these are just small drives, not powered, heat sinked or large enough to cool.
the sandisk is hit or miss as the blue 128GB is a charm while the black 265GB is hit or miss.
personally I have a Samsung 32GB usbC_A that works the best with iPad, early Intel and m1.
remember these are just small drives, not powered, heat sinked or large enough to cool.
There's no reason to ever buy a drive of any kind (flash drive, SSD, mechanical hard drive) that's pre-formatted for Macs.
I mean, you can buy one and it'll work fine, but it's a waste of money because they are almost always more expensive than the same exact drive with a default PC format. It takes less than 5 minutes to plug in the drive, open Disk Utility, and change the formatting to, most likely, APFS.
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