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i purchased the LaCie Mobile Drive 4TB External Hard Drive USB-C USB 3.0 that i want to use with my MacBook Pro Retina 13-inch early2013 laptop.

will this hard drive work when i purchase a 16-inch MacBook Pro? what is the difference between SSD and HDD?

MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on Jun 17, 2021 6:38 AM

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Posted on Jun 17, 2021 7:10 AM

It will work. Use disk utility to format it (choose Mac OS journaled/extended). You don’t need to install any LaCie software.

The difference with an ssd drive:

an ssd is faster but more expensive
an ssd is more resistant to shocks (do you have to transport the external drive often?)
if you use an SSD and want to reformat it, choose APFS format

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