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Transfer speed

What is the transfer maximum speed on a Mac Air (M1) to a external hard drive ?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Dec 6, 2021 5:14 PM

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Posted on Dec 6, 2021 8:15 PM

Per Apple specs:

Expansion

Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for:

  • Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s)
  • USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
  • USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s)


Search on your "Mac Air (M1)": https://support.apple.com/kb/SP825?locale=en_US

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Dec 6, 2021 6:03 PM in response to Sxrock

A bit difficult to answer: depends on the external maximum speeds, the cable(s) used, etc. Here are a couple of articles


https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/news/m1-air-benchmark/


https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/10/introducing-m1-pro-and-m1-max-the-most-powerful-chips-apple-has-ever-built/


Apple makes no mention in their specs page


https://www.apple.com/macbook-air/specs/



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