Best External Hard Drive Brand(s) For Mini M1?

I have nothing but problems with my current external (Seagate) on my Mini. From freezing to crashing my Finder, to locking me out and whatever else.


So either it's my Mini/OS or it's the external. I want to believe it is the external.


Any suggestions on hard drives would be appreciated

Posted on May 11, 2021 11:15 AM

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May 11, 2021 2:05 PM in response to stylus1274

Here are two good places to look.They have good prices and support their offerings:

macsales.com

crucial.com

Apple does not recommend, they allow "approved" vendors to list on their sites. There is a difference. These days, external drives are reasonably priced, compact, easy to install with provided USB cables and most do not require any external power. You may have to first reformat the disk, though. Finally, although a SSD drive may cost a bit more than an older technology spinning hard drive, they are a great deal faster. I have two and haven't had a moments problems with either one.

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