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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1923889" data-attributes="member: 67742">I currently have been running the 2012 Mac Mini with Mojave using an external 1 TB SSD as the boot drive.The original plan was to install the SSD inside the Mini; as a short term temporay measure (I as pressed for time), I instead installed that SSD into a USB 3 enclosure to use it instead of te internal 500GB spinner in the Mini and then just move the 1 TB SSD inside the Mini when I had more time.Well, that was over a year ago and I never found the time to install the 1 TB SSD inside the Mini.So I have been running like this ever since using the external as my main boot drive.Turns out there is also a benefit in doing this, when I visit my kids who are also on Macs, I can just unplug my external 1 TB external, plug it into one of their MacBooks and I'm good to go during the visit.Now thinking about moving to an Apple Silicon Mini in 2023, I wonder if I can do the same thing or if Apple prevents me from doing this because of their silicon integration.Plan is to get an external 2 TB SSD wth a high speed connection to the new Mini (with the smallest SSD), install Ventura (or the next macOS) on it and then use that as my main boot drive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="krs, post: 1923889, member: 67742"] I currently have been running the 2012 Mac Mini with Mojave using an external 1 TB SSD as the boot drive. The original plan was to install the SSD inside the Mini; as a short term temporay measure (I as pressed for time), I instead installed that SSD into a USB 3 enclosure to use it instead of te internal 500GB spinner in the Mini and then just move the 1 TB SSD inside the Mini when I had more time. Well, that was over a year ago and I never found the time to install the 1 TB SSD inside the Mini. So I have been running like this ever since using the external as my main boot drive. Turns out there is also a benefit in doing this, when I visit my kids who are also on Macs, I can just unplug my external 1 TB external, plug it into one of their MacBooks and I'm good to go during the visit. Now thinking about moving to an Apple Silicon Mini in 2023, I wonder if I can do the same thing or if Apple prevents me from doing this because of their silicon integration. Plan is to get an external 2 TB SSD wth a high speed connection to the new Mini (with the smallest SSD), install Ventura (or the next macOS) on it and then use that as my main boot drive. [/QUOTE]

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