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<blockquote data-quote="jpdemers" data-source="post: 1891074" data-attributes="member: 117810"><p>I've had the same issue with a couple of external drives, hub or no hub, iMac or Mac Mini - I think it has to do with the firmware behind Apple's USB-A ports not playing nicely with certain drives' firmware. I've had zero trouble with the USB-C ports.</p><p></p><p>Re your original post, have you considered an M1 Mini? The money saved could go to a nice 27" or 32" monitor, and the Mini has a decent number of ports for external drives, card readers, etc. Any drive that dismounts repeatedly can be attached to one of the USB-C ports via a hub or adapter. That's how I replaced my 27" iMac, and I'm really happy with the result - the M1 is really quick. I solved the storage problem by replacing many of the folders in my home folder with aliases pointing to folders on an external drive, so things look pretty much as they did before the switch. (The USB-C connection is as fast, if not faster, than the internal SATA was on the old iMac.) A second external drive holds TM backups of everything. </p><p>Thanks to onboard memory, the M1 doesn't need as much RAM as the Intel processors, and the 8GB I got is rarely stressed, even with half a dozen apps open. I've gone from 1.0TB/16GB to 256G/8GB with no difficulty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jpdemers, post: 1891074, member: 117810"] I've had the same issue with a couple of external drives, hub or no hub, iMac or Mac Mini - I think it has to do with the firmware behind Apple's USB-A ports not playing nicely with certain drives' firmware. I've had zero trouble with the USB-C ports. Re your original post, have you considered an M1 Mini? The money saved could go to a nice 27" or 32" monitor, and the Mini has a decent number of ports for external drives, card readers, etc. Any drive that dismounts repeatedly can be attached to one of the USB-C ports via a hub or adapter. That's how I replaced my 27" iMac, and I'm really happy with the result - the M1 is really quick. I solved the storage problem by replacing many of the folders in my home folder with aliases pointing to folders on an external drive, so things look pretty much as they did before the switch. (The USB-C connection is as fast, if not faster, than the internal SATA was on the old iMac.) A second external drive holds TM backups of everything. Thanks to onboard memory, the M1 doesn't need as much RAM as the Intel processors, and the 8GB I got is rarely stressed, even with half a dozen apps open. I've gone from 1.0TB/16GB to 256G/8GB with no difficulty. [/QUOTE]
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