MacBook Pro: programs on external harddisk

I want to move some programs, in particular LogicPro X to an external hard disk and start them from there. Is this possible at all and, if yes, what would be the steps?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 21, 2020 7:35 AM

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Sep 21, 2020 7:41 AM in response to eddieKL

Best to store data on the external drive, not applications. Particularly if the external drive is a spinning disk (HDD), access is slow and your application performance will suffer...badly.

If you really want to do it, just drag the application to the external drive and double-click it there.

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