Yes, this is something I've done a few times for people. I have a 2012
Mac mini very happily running via USB 2 with this set-up. I nearly
suggested it but didn't have time to look at enclosures for a
recommendation.
On 6 May 2020, at 8:08, 'Anthony Charles Crooks' via Sussex Mac User
Group wrote:
How about using an external SSD? I’m using one to run a 2014 Mac
mini plugged into a USB 3.0 socket. Amazingly better performance than
running from the very basic internal 5400rpm hard drives Apple puts in
laptops.
My external SSD is from Integral, is credit card sized, but there are
many alternatives on Amazon.
You can do it cheaper by buying an internal SSD from, say, Crucial
and putting it into an external drive case from Amazon - choose a case
that doesn’t require tools to fit the SSD into it - really simple to
do. Bigger but will work. Can always get the SSD put into the MacBook
later when normality restored.
Depends how urgently you need a quick fix.
Regards,
Tony
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On 5 May 2020, at 21:08, 'Jason Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group
<[email protected]> wrote:
in that case, freeing up as much space on the hard drive as possible
would make a difference.
On 5 May 2020, at 20:49, Tilly wrote:
Wow! Amazing. So many great ideas to try. I'll work through them with
him and tell you what seemed to work best. Thanks so much Stephen,
John, Jason and Tony!! (I would love to get him an SSD to put in but
not likely to be possible in the current situation, unfortunately)
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