SAVE Money With M4 Mac Mini Storage Use A SATA To USB-C Storage SSD Drive - Build Guide & Speed Test

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You bought the base M4 Mac Mini and now you want to add some external SSD storage. However, do you really need a super fast Thunderbolt 5 SSD or Thunderbolt 4 SSD or even a USB4 SSD? Maybe you don't need super fast speeds and all you need is as much external SSD storage that you can get for the lowest cost. In that case, a SATA SSD inside a USB-C to SATA enclosure may be all that you need. In this video I show you how put together the 4TB ORICO Y-20 SATA SSD with an ORICO USB-C enclosure. The video also shows how to format the SSD for your Apple Silicon Mac and I also do a number of speed tests. For these types of external SSDs, you only need a 5Gb/s USB-C to SATA enclosure. As 5Gb/s is faster than the speed of the SATA SSD. Here's a video showing video editing from a SATA SSD with am M4 Max MacBook Pro using DaVinci Resolve Studio: Is A SATA USB-C SSD Fast Enough For Video Editing On Your Mac With DaVinci Resolve Studio? https://youtu.be/aYG5EEmH8sY Video chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:36 How to build the SSD 08:10 Setup information 11:52 How to format your SSD 17:25 M4 Mac Mini synthetic disk speed test 19:56 M4 Mac Mini real world disk speed test 22:45 Results for M4 Mac Mini real world disk speed test 23:55 M4 Max MacBook Pro synthetic disk speed test 25:43 M4 Max MacBook Pro real world disk speed test 29:05 Results for M4 Max MacBook Pro real world disk speed test 30:39 End summary Here's some links to the stuff used in the video. If the ORICO enclosure is not available at your local Amazon, you can use the version that has the USB-C to USB-A cable if you are on a Mac with USB-A ports. If not, you can just any SATA to USB-C enclosure that comes with a USB-C to USB-C cable. IF USING MY AMAZON LINKS AND YOU LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE USA, MAKE SURE THAT THE LINK HAS SENT YOU TO THE CORRECT PRODUCT. MY LINKS ARE FOR AMAZON.COM AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO REDIRECT TO YOUR COUNTRY IF IT'S NOT THE USA BUT THE REDIRECTS ARE SOMETIMES WRONG, SO JUST MAKE SURE. I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THIS, THIS IS DOWN TO AMAZON. Try this code for the Orico SSD if ordering on Amazon.co.uk it might give you 5% off J8XJVXB9 Orico Y-20 SATA SSD 4TB ➡ https://amzn.to/4iUiiQ0 Orico Y-20 SATA SSD 2TB ➡ https://amzn.to/49WDyAg Orico Y-20 SATA SSD 1TB ➡ https://amzn.to/429Xle3 Orico USB-C to SATA enclosure ➡ https://geni.us/JuXXXXg M4 Max MacBook Pro 16" ➡ https://geni.us/70Xn M4 Max MacBook Pro 14" ➡ https://geni.us/57QzTfu M4 Pro MacBook Pro 16" ➡ https://geni.us/qSYR M4 Pro MacBook Pro 14" ➡ https://geni.us/4thf yu0 M4 MacBook Pro 14" ➡ https://geni.us/Y7TFR Mac Mini M4 ➡ https://geni.us/oibaLH Mac Mini M4 Pro ➡ https://geni.us/ImJto AMAZON ASSOCIATE DISCLOSURE: I am an Amazon Associate. My Amazon links are Amazon affiliate links. I earn money from qualifying purchases when you use my Amazon affiliate links. OTHER EARNINGS AND COMMISSIONS: I also earn money from other product links within my video description. For the sake of clarity and for the avoidance of any confusion, assume that I earn money from commissions from any and all links that I have within my video description. Amazon links to stuff used in this video: The gear that I use, have used or reviewed that I would recommend. Cameras: https://amzn.to/3PzC8mI Microphones: https://amzn.to/3tD6FaM Computers: https://amzn.to/3tuwHNr Phones: https://amzn.to/3ttqjWN iPads & Tablets: https://amzn.to/46t8wxG You can also send me a coffee donation via PayPal if you found my video super helpful: https://www.paypal.me/DavidHarry My Amazon pages with videos and product links: Amazon USA https://www.amazon.com/shop/davidharry Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/davidharry If you would like to help my channel please use my global Amazon Affiliate links. I will be paid a small commission for anything you buy from Amazon when using these links. These commissions don't cost you any extra but really do help me to buy gear for my productions and to review: Amazon USA: https://geni.us/Amazon-USA Amazon UK: https://geni.us/Amazon-UK Amazon Deutschland: https://geni.us/Amazon-Deutschland Amazon France: https://geni.us/Amazon-France Amazon España: https://geni.us/Amazon-Espana Amazon Italia: https://geni.us/Amazon-Italia Amazon Canada: https://geni.us/Amazon-Canada Contact for product reviews: [email protected] http://www.DavidHarry.com I’m David Harry. Thank you very much for watching this video, take care and goodbye now. Cheers, Dave. #DavidHarry#LiverpoolTV