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Hello friends. Is it possible to install Mac system applications on external memory?

Hello friends. Is it possible to install Mac system applications on external memory?

Posted on Jul 2, 2021 12:27 PM

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Jul 2, 2021 1:08 PM in response to ehsanh

Also, some apps simply will not run well unless they are on the startup volume. And, by the way, an external drive is not "memory" - it is an SSD or spinning drive that has a certain amount of space to use either as a backup or, if compatible, as a startup drive. Memory is your built in RAM chips.

Hello friends. Is it possible to install Mac system applications on external memory?

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