I have an old Apple laptop that suits my usage but has a small (for today's standards) hard drive of 160gb.
My HD is over 75% full so my basic performance is suffering (only doing web browsing, bit of music and photos).
I've cleared off some large files which has improved things so I was thinking that if I bought a large USB external drive I could try getting well below 50% used on my drive.
Looking on Ebay there are so many of various capacities for under £30.
Any recommendations?
Should I go for a brand name or buy unbranded?
I'm thinking of a SSD rather than chance a failure of a traditional HD.
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SSD's can fail! However, yeah a USB SSD is the way to go, Branded
Samsung, Lenovo, Seagate, etc etc
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I know nothing about Apple but on a Windows laptop I'd just swap the internal drive for a slightly larger SSD. Maybe it's not so easy on an Apple.
If you are talking about moving off 40Gb of data a 64gb flash drive might do it more conveniently and cheaply. Here's one for less than £6.
www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-DT100G3-64GB-DataTraveler-Flash/dp/B00C5K8CQ2/ref=sr_1_4?crid=232RPMVAPZLEC&keywords=64gb+usb+drive&qid=1643542670&sprefix=64gb+usb+drive%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-4
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>> I know nothing about Apple but on a Windows laptop I'd just swap the internal
>> drive for a slightly larger SSD. Maybe it's not so easy on an Apple.
Strange physical size, sometimes not compatible, hence expensive compared to PC.
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Extending old laptop storage - Zero
