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How to extend ssd in a mac mini
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1813964" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>It is possible to move your home directory, or at least most of it, to an external drive, but then that drive has to stay attached to the Mini all the time. I tried that for a while, found that some applications (just a few) required the Home directory to be on the internal drive, so I had to leave a placeholder there. This article has some information: <a href="https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/343601/move-macos-user-home-folders-on-external-drive" target="_blank">https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/343601/move-macos-user-home-folders-on-external-drive</a></p><p></p><p>Ian's suggestion about using Office 365 subscription really doesn't save space. The applications are still installed on the drive when you are subscribed to Office365. It is a misconception that somehow you are running a net version of the products. Nope, same exact software, installed to the drive, just a difference license. You DO get the 1TB of OneDrive, which could be part of a solution by letting you offload some of the office files you create, but generally they don't take up much space anyway.</p><p></p><p>And I fully agree with Ian about the Win10. That's a lot of space on a small drive. If you were to run Win10 as a virtual machine using Parallels or VMWare or even VirtualBox, you could store the virtual machine image on an external drive and get that space back. Virtual systems are pretty good for work machines, but not so good for gaming, if that is what you are using the Win10 to do.</p><p></p><p>Finally, you didn't say which Mini you have, but you might look at ifixit.com to find your exact mini and see what it would take to replace that small SSD with a larger one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1813964, member: 396914"] It is possible to move your home directory, or at least most of it, to an external drive, but then that drive has to stay attached to the Mini all the time. I tried that for a while, found that some applications (just a few) required the Home directory to be on the internal drive, so I had to leave a placeholder there. This article has some information: [url]https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/343601/move-macos-user-home-folders-on-external-drive[/url] Ian's suggestion about using Office 365 subscription really doesn't save space. The applications are still installed on the drive when you are subscribed to Office365. It is a misconception that somehow you are running a net version of the products. Nope, same exact software, installed to the drive, just a difference license. You DO get the 1TB of OneDrive, which could be part of a solution by letting you offload some of the office files you create, but generally they don't take up much space anyway. And I fully agree with Ian about the Win10. That's a lot of space on a small drive. If you were to run Win10 as a virtual machine using Parallels or VMWare or even VirtualBox, you could store the virtual machine image on an external drive and get that space back. Virtual systems are pretty good for work machines, but not so good for gaming, if that is what you are using the Win10 to do. Finally, you didn't say which Mini you have, but you might look at ifixit.com to find your exact mini and see what it would take to replace that small SSD with a larger one. [/QUOTE]
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