Second last line. I can post lots of more of these, if you need.OP:
I've never heard of what you're reporting. I have a 2018 Mini as well.
Take a cell phone pic with this "alert" (or whatever it is) on screen so the rest of us can see it.
I'd wish there would be cheap TB cases for 3,5" and 2,5".A Thunderbolt drive should work correctly, and possibly USB enclosures that support UASP.
Smart is a different issue.I didn't think SMART worked on external disks? I have a 2018 Mini with a bunch of USB external SSDs, three are always connected, they are properly identified. Here's what I get with a 2tb Samsung T7 USB SSD.
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This is a 2tb WD Black USB SSD
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I've tested 3 different Orico cases, OWC Mercury OTGpro, Xoro Hud300, Orico's dock, OWC's adapter, Delock's adapter, Seagate's adapter and StarTech's case.I assume this comes down to the controller chip in the USB enclosure.
It does not even support the S.M.A.R.T status - have you tried a different adapter?
I tried to create external Fusion drive with Catalina install usb.OP:
Forget about "smart", "solid state", all the rest of that stuff.
When you connect the drive, does it mount on the desktop (as it should)?
Can you erase it?
Can you read files from it?
Can you write files TO it?
Can you run a speed test utility on it?
If so, what kind of read and write speeds do you get?
If all these things seem to work...
... I'd just use the drive and (again) forget about "the small stuff".
(Fishrrman thinks, like the neanderthal troglodyte that he IS)
Pretty much same with any desktop mac: power outage might be the end of your installed OS and its homedirs.If by some chance there's a "cable disruption", that could be the end of the fusion drive.
Does tb enclosure also need to support UASP?A Thunderbolt drive should work correctly, and possibly USB enclosures that support UASP.
You would need to experiment. The twin drives (limited to 1.5GB/s each) has me wondering over a TB3 connection. I assume it works out of the box with macOS - the manual only describes use with Windows with no indication of details of the functionality.If it needs, does anybody know if this support it:
I'm not sure, but maybe IOPS is more important to run OS asn snappy as possible?You would need to experiment. The twin drives (limited to 1.5GB/s each) has me wondering over a TB3 connection. I assume it works out of the box with macOS - the manual only describes use with Windows with no indication of details of the functionality.