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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1923909" data-attributes="member: 396914">Not really. The target Mac will have to be booted at least twice to get going and twice to get back to as it was before you started. So not 10 seconds, but maybe a couple of minutes on each end. Again, it's more than &quot;plug it in and boot.&quot; You have to boot from the internal drive first, then set the external as the boot drive and reboot from it to be &quot;exactly where I was at the end of my visit.&quot; A lot has changed in AS/Ventura that makes the use of external drives much more tricky. Don't underestimate the work required to make it happen. It CAN be done, but it's a lot more than plug'n'play.And although fast, externals drives are much slower than the internal storage, particularly on Apple Silicon. Have a look at this:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://eclecticlight.co/2019/07/03/should-you-pay-the-high-price-of-a-high-speed-external-ssd/[/URL]and[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://eclecticlight.co/2022/04/22/what-performance-to-expect-from-ssds/[/URL]In that last article you will see that internal storage speeds are over twice the speed of the fastest external drive. So, maybe the price is worth it for the performance?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1923909, member: 396914"] Not really. The target Mac will have to be booted at least twice to get going and twice to get back to as it was before you started. So not 10 seconds, but maybe a couple of minutes on each end. Again, it's more than "plug it in and boot." You have to boot from the internal drive first, then set the external as the boot drive and reboot from it to be "exactly where I was at the end of my visit." A lot has changed in AS/Ventura that makes the use of external drives much more tricky. Don't underestimate the work required to make it happen. It CAN be done, but it's a lot more than plug'n'play. And although fast, externals drives are much slower than the internal storage, particularly on Apple Silicon. Have a look at this: [URL unfurl="true"]https://eclecticlight.co/2019/07/03/should-you-pay-the-high-price-of-a-high-speed-external-ssd/[/URL] and [URL unfurl="true"]https://eclecticlight.co/2022/04/22/what-performance-to-expect-from-ssds/[/URL] In that last article you will see that internal storage speeds are over twice the speed of the fastest external drive. So, maybe the price is worth it for the performance? [/QUOTE]

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