Still no way to increase internal storage?

[coolbreeze2]

I'm just checking to be sure although I'm pretty sure of the answer. There is no way to increase the storage in my MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) without violating my AppleCare? I seriously misjudged which size SSD I needed when I purchased the machine. I'm already carrying around a 500GB external SSD and it's getting full! 4K video files are killing me!

 

[gnasher729]

You could try an external 2TB hard drive, and only use the first 1TB. The reason: That way, you only use the outer tracks of the drive, which have a higher transfer rate. And 4K video files are pure bandwidth, that is where the advantage of an SSD drive is smallest. A good hard drive will write 120-150GB per second that way. Then put nothing on the external drive except those videos. The money you save can be used toward more RAM.

 

[coolbreeze2]

You could try an external 2TB hard drive, and only use the first 1TB. The reason: That way, you only use the outer tracks of the drive, which have a higher transfer rate. And 4K video files are pure bandwidth, that is where the advantage of an SSD drive is smallest. A good hard drive will write 120-150GB per second that way. Then put nothing on the external drive except those videos. The money you save can be used toward more RAM.

Ok that sounds worth exploring. I wished I had gotten a 1TB internal storage.