Adding RAM with a USB Flash drive on m1 2020 mbp?

RAM is memory and the M1 Macs cannot be upgraded with more of that after purchase. A USB flash drive is just regular storage, and these are far slower than the new crop of external SSD storage devices which could provide you with additional mountable storage capacity separate from the internal Mac storage and startup drive.

yonito123 wrote:

Hello community

I'd like to know if is possible to use an usb flash drive as an external ram for the 2020 m1 mbp? and if possible, how could you do that?

tnx.

What exactly is the issue with your state of the art <2020 m1 mbp> making you think you have a RAM problem that more is needed?

I would first verify your software is up to date—The current stable release of Monterey including bug fixes, is macOS 12.4

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/get-macos-updates-mchlpx1065/mac

ref: MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) - Technical Specifications

https://support.apple.com/kb/SP824?locale=en_US

The feature the user ( you ) have described does exist in Microsoft Windows and does not exit in Apple macOS and has never existed AFAIK

The last RAM disk support was in Classic MacOS 9.x using Connectix's RAM doubler software. MacOS is not based on Windows and has no RAM Disk support.

This article may shed some light: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM_drive