I have a macbook air A2681 with usb 4.0 ports and a Thunderbolt port. I want to buy a cheap external hardrive (just for photo storage), 1 TB +, that's just plug and play i.e. formatted correctly and comes with compatible cables. Suggestions please.
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The MacBook Air A2681 or 2022 M2 MacBook Air, has 2 USB-C / Thunderbolt 3 ports and a Magsafe 3 port for charging.
Pretty much any external drive sold to day will work in either one of those USB-C ports.
Make sure you select an external drive with a USB-C cable. Some good quality brand sinlcude Samsung, Sandisk, Seagate, Crucial.
Some examples:
click here ➜ Sandisk 1TB Portable USB-C Ready - Amazon.com
click here ➜ Samsung P7 1TB Portable Drive - Amazon.com
click here ➜ Crucial 1TB portable USB-C -Amazon.com
Do note, some drives may come formatted fpr windows, but that can be easily resolved by reformating into a Mac compartible format such as HFS+ or APFS in Disk Utility.
click here ➜ Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support
The MacBook Air A2681 or 2022 M2 MacBook Air, has 2 USB-C / Thunderbolt 3 ports and a Magsafe 3 port for charging.
Pretty much any external drive sold to day will work in either one of those USB-C ports.
Make sure you select an external drive with a USB-C cable. Some good quality brand sinlcude Samsung, Sandisk, Seagate, Crucial.
Some examples:
click here ➜ Sandisk 1TB Portable USB-C Ready - Amazon.com
click here ➜ Samsung P7 1TB Portable Drive - Amazon.com
click here ➜ Crucial 1TB portable USB-C -Amazon.com
Do note, some drives may come formatted fpr windows, but that can be easily resolved by reformating into a Mac compartible format such as HFS+ or APFS in Disk Utility.
click here ➜ Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support
Seeking external hard drive for MacBook Air A2681 photo storage
