![]() ![]() ![]() Depends on what you are working on/tolerance for risk, but if doing a clean macOS install on the external drive you might want to do a clean Ventura install. ![]() Since you are already on Monterey you can only clone boot drives using Apple’s APFS Replicator. There are different mounts and clips out there that might be usable. Securing the T7 and USB Type-C connections so the do not get accidentally disconnected is worth worrying about. The T7 can make use of that extra speed as it is not SATA, but it is also not Thunderbolt, so does not deliver high-end Thunderbolt 3 SSD performance. If you want to keep the iMac for a while that might be worth it.įor your USB 3.2 Gen 2 (in stupid USB-IF naming) aka 10 Gbit USB I suspect you should be using the USB Type-C ports on your iMac not the Type-A ports that may be only USB 3.0 aka 5 Gbps. Including for high speed PCIe/NVMe SSD upgrades for Apple’s proprietary slots. OWC is probably the place to start for options there. You can also upgrade the internal drive(s) which while more work can still be a great option. 24”? 27”? 5K? Model code? EMC ?Īnd what current drive(s). You could make it easy for folks, I am not going to pick through CPU offerings to guess exactly what you have. All that is not specific to Pro Tools and is well discussed on the interwebs. T2 and Apple Silicon equipped Mac's complicate doing external booting, and recent macOS complicate clone Mac boot drives to an external drive, often easier to do a clean install. Starting with what exact mac do you have now? What drive(s)? Is the internal boot drive upgradeable? You don't give much useful info for others to give you much advice. But especially if a laptop I'd want my primary boot drive to be internal. I boot a MBP from fast external SSD all the time, to work with multiple boot OS images. Just curious here if anyone has any issues with doing that. life would probably be a lot easier installing larger plug-ins and just managing day-to-day files like my iTunes library, iMovie projects and others if my boot up drive was larger. My work drive, sample drives, backups, etc. Does anyone here regularly boot off of an external drive with their Mac for day to day use and ProTools? I’m finding that I’m running out of room on a regular basis with my internal iMac 512 drive. ![]()
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