Cool! I am glad you liked my video :) BTW I am using this SD card for a few months now and I am really satisfied with this solution. Probably the easiest and the cheapest way to upgrade your Mac storage :) Subscribe!
I picked up a 512 GB SanDisk MicroSDXC for $30 on sale, and it's been working for 8. months now as my near-term storage in my SD card slot to keep my internal SSD free of files I don't use often. Nothing I keep there is without a secondary backup, but I've not suffered any losses and it's worked as a fabulous solution for my needs that I've been very happy with.
Sd cards shouldn’t be used for long term storage. Only for temporary. One day you’re gonna find your data simply disappear. You didn’t discover a cheat code there’s a reason it’s the last thing people use for long term storage
you know I have been using this card for 2 years. Never had any issues with it. But I always have a time machine backup so in case something happens I have a copy of my data ;) Technically, any drive can fail at any time, so if the data is important, you need to have a second backup somewhere, whether it's an internal SSD or an SD card. Anyway, I found this card a nice solution to boost my storage at a low price without carrying an external SSD.
@@ArthurBrassart 2 years is not a long time . any drive should be fine in that time frame. any drive can fail that's true, that's why it is a known fact that SD cards are unreliable. I don't have problem with you using it. But people watching this video might get the idea to use the sd card as their long term storage solution as if they had discovered the cheat code to circumvent apple's ridiculous price and they'll find out
that also crossed my mind. I was thinking in board backup TBH. I have a Samsung TS7 that I keep at my desk connected to a CalDigit TS3+, but I travel a bit and sometimes don't carry it.
Do you know if it's possible to store the iMessage cache/files on there? My iMessage takes up 30GB on it's own due to attachments@@ArthurBrassart By the way I bought the card based on your recommendation, but only the 512GB since the 1TB model costs the same as a 1TB SSD nearly, but the 512GB seemed like a good deal and worth taking a chance on for some extra space to offload some files
This is the first video I watched just when I installed a 4tb NVMe m.2 SSD on my ROG Ally. Just imagine my satisfaction when I show this to my friends who own macbooks
It's really dumb that Apple designed it where a regular SD card sticks out like that compared to how everyone else designs it so it clicks in almost flush. And is actually secure as it locks in. Whereas Apple is the cheaper version where you just press it in as far as it will go and it's held in place by friction.
I think they made it with one purpose - to discourage users to use SD cards to expand the storage of their MacBooks Pro and purchase it from apple 5 times more expensive :D Its a business. Every small detail count for making profit ;)
@@ArthurBrassart Exactly, they made it stick out otherwise the upsell for insane Expensive SSD upgrades would suffer. The same as the base 512GB which is a Joke for 2023 so called PRO devices, it's an upsell strategy and to advertise it at a lower point. Car brands have been doing this for decades as nearly nobody on this planet ever buys a car as a totally base model.
It's really slow and I don't think this kind of storage is optimized to actually be used as a work drive. But yeah for cold storage it'd work. I'd still get an external ssd if you're gonna do video editing or want to run apps directly of it
Yes, its always cold 😄i never experienced any battery drain or something like that 🙈 I am still using this SE card to store some large files and it’s totally ok for me to
The problem that the Application can be only installed on the main SSD, so external hub, sd , ssd will only have photos, videos etc, but not installed apps.
no problem with playing videos. Read speed is around 100 mbps which is ok! I have been using this SD card for 2 years and it still works fine. I keep there my photos, music, films, and large files.
I do not have the SD card reader in my Mac M2 Air what do you think is better to purchase the USB-C SD reader and the SD card or just purchase an external SSD
@@mishari_alsrhani the samsung T5 is a stapler (good perf/price ratio). there are also faster ones but gaming should work fine on the T5 (there's also the T7 which is faster, and then you have thunderbolt drives but that's overkill)
Technically if you are a trained electrical technician and can source Apple chips you can unsolder your memory chips and re-solder on higher capacity chips. There is a software barrier atm but someone will eventually crack it.
yes, technically you can but there is a high risk of damaging the motherboard and all internal components. The only solution for an average user is this little SD card
@@ArthurBrassart Technicians have been doing soldered RAM upgrades for a year or so now but like you said it us not something you can do yourself at home.
@@ArthurBrassart I bought an HUB with SD Card slot and tested this one. So I can confirm: it fits very well. No factory slot is required! NOTE: I got a M2 MacBook Air
No :) when you are installing it for the first time it stays there like a normal external drive. When you are rebooting your computer, it connects automatically. No need to eject it ;)
@@ArthurBrassart Hi Arthur, i just got it. It is great, but.... every time i turn on the computer again it doesn´t appear automatically. I did install the JetDrive toolbox and follow the faq instructions, and i still have to reconnect it manually. Any ideas? Thanks for the video.
can you explain the differences between the different disk formats please? (i didnt quite understand what you meant by that) i downgraded to macOS mojave since its the latest version that still supports 32 bit softwares, but id also like to have a separate disk that uses the latest version of macOS since mojave is pretty outdated (and i personally like the new UI) so i thought maybe i should get a ssd card for that but im not sure if it would work
Great idea! Do you know if this JetDrive supports iCloud? Specifically, can one store their Apple Photos Library there as their main library connected to iCloud? That would be how I would use this drive. I know some (all?) external SSDs cannot support Photos Library unless formatted in an acceptable Apple format, and my concern with this product is whether or not it can be formatted for use with Photos Library, and secondly, is it fast enough to make that practicable. Thanks for your review.
Hi, this SD is the highest class that exists. So it’s the fastest one. SD cards are slower then SSD of course but it’s faster then classic HDD external drive. I use it for a month now and i am very happy. Finally i can store all my “useless files and apps” on this card and i have plenty of space on my internal SSD. I even play games form this SD card. I am positively surprised. And i don’t have carry and external drive will me. 😇😇😇😇😇😇
hi, good question! yes you can password protect it. i will be making a new video soon about encryption of data on SD cards and External Drives - Subscribe ! ;)
You cannot replace the SSD because its glued inside your computer. Technically you can do it but it will make your device ineligible for the warranty replacement or repair. Alternatively you can use this SD card to extend your storage.
@Arthur Brassart I have used exFat. It seems like a full wipe with all zeros write should help. As initially, I've formatted into apfs encrypted and immediately got disappointed with the speeds. May be that encryption left some signs in memory. I will reply after full format with writing all 0.
Ok, it seems like it shows 75MB/s only when the writing process ongoing on cells, that are are set to 0 (I mean memory cells, that are clean). If it overwrites existing data, speed drops down to 25MB/s. I hoped that I can store VMs on this card, but such slow write speeds makes it impossible
Thanks a lot to the aliens who taught us their tech and made it possible to make something that is so compact which used to take a space of a warehouse even for 1/1000th of its data :)
I’m pissed I have the 1TB card and it recently died and disappeared of my MacBook Pro M1 with all my music I use to dj with I don’t know what went wrong it worked for a wow now nothing only had it a few months I don’t know if it was because I formatted it to APFS or what but I’m so pissed I was really hoping that this as card would be reliable for me
I am using this SD card for 1 year now. I never had issues. I put it inside my Mac and it stays there forever 😀 Any disk or SSD can randomly have issues. You never know. I am doing Time Machine backup’s every week just in case. Data located on the SD card is backing up to time machine as well 😀
@@kingdomliving5868 when I first got it I formatted it to work with my M1 Mac and it was working fine for a while then one day disappeared I had to reformat it again now it’s working again like nothing ever happened so I’ll probably watch what I decide to put on this sd card
@@kingdomliving5868 I had to format it for my M1 when I first got it after it stoped working I reformatted it again now it back working like nothing happen I’m going to make sure I don’t put nothing super important on it because you never know when these things want to act up
Bought a Transcend 1 TB SD card drive about a year ago. Very slow access. Not good for any current files or where speed is required. Even to load the directory takes a 5-7 seconds. Regular hard drives are 1-2 seconds. I was using it to store inactive files. About a month ago, I started getting errors. I can still read from the drive, but can't copy anything new to it. Disappointing.
Yeah, it may happen unfortunately with any storage 🥲 I am using mine for almost 3 years. Never had any issues (of course i am not sponsored by the brand).
@@ArthurBrassart with my card reader, the SD card is flush, but I guess Apple doesn't want you to use cheap storage, they would like you to pay them hundreds of dollars
Yes, speed is ok for watching movies or open files etc. btw i made speed test video: Mac Internal SSD vs T7 SSD vs HDD vs SD Card - Speed Test. How to Choose External Storage ruclips.net/video/wpRfStIuUMQ/видео.html
it's such a shame ssd pricing at apple are 12 times higher (per GB) than an ssd for desktop pc on amazon and people use an sd card because they can't afford the super expensive option when you buy the macbook
storage doesn't need to be so close to the cpu, so you can make it user replaceable. there a benefit in having soldered DDR5 7000mhz+ RAM but no benefit to soldered storage apart from saving space maybe. macos use this storage as storage, I haven't got the IT degree at walmart. apple separated the memory controller from the rest of the NAND, so the "SSD" chips you see are just storage and the information about the data location are elsewhere in the CPU package. this is an intentional apple decision to make things worse for the user alongside soldering storage in the first place.@AlphaF28
@AlphaF28 yeh I agree completely with this. I think this thing is a gimmick and obviously overpriced for what it is. It just happens to have become known for 'being sleek', for people who are OCD about that stuff or couldn't think of their own way to make the SD card feel nicer
I'm sure that SD Card won't last longer, because the manufacturer typically don't show the how much the TBW (TeraBytes Written), and it's because they knew that SD Card has low TBW that they ashamed to put on their website or datasheet.
That depends on controller quality, and how many random I/O you do. (I would use Samsung or Sandisk variant of that if it is available, since their controllers are most likely to last longer. e.g. "High-endurance" SD cards or SD cards for "Dashcams") If you are just copying photos/videos time to time, (i.e. storage used rarely) this might be ok.
I purchased this Transcend JetDrive 330 1TB. It works fine. But, I need to remount the drive by taking out the card and plug it in again to mount it. Is there anyway that it will automatic remount, like after computer reboot? Thanks
Normally it shout automatically remount after every computer reboot ✌️I never had to remove it and remount manually since i installed in in my Mac 🤨 Try to erase the drive and start from zero.
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Good video!
This is the only video that I can find which you explained very well about SD card and how to use it.
Cool! I am glad you liked my video :) BTW I am using this SD card for a few months now and I am really satisfied with this solution. Probably the easiest and the cheapest way to upgrade your Mac storage :) Subscribe!
@@ArthurBrassart Done it now.
I picked up a 512 GB SanDisk MicroSDXC for $30 on sale, and it's been working for 8. months now as my near-term storage in my SD card slot to keep my internal SSD free of files I don't use often. Nothing I keep there is without a secondary backup, but I've not suffered any losses and it's worked as a fabulous solution for my needs that I've been very happy with.
You deserve support …great video helped a lot. Now I just need to start shopping
Thanks bro 😎 Subscribe
Sd cards shouldn’t be used for long term storage. Only for temporary. One day you’re gonna find your data simply disappear. You didn’t discover a cheat code there’s a reason it’s the last thing people use for long term storage
you know I have been using this card for 2 years. Never had any issues with it. But I always have a time machine backup so in case something happens I have a copy of my data ;) Technically, any drive can fail at any time, so if the data is important, you need to have a second backup somewhere, whether it's an internal SSD or an SD card. Anyway, I found this card a nice solution to boost my storage at a low price without carrying an external SSD.
@@ArthurBrassart 2 years is not a long time . any drive should be fine in that time frame. any drive can fail that's true, that's why it is a known fact that SD cards are unreliable. I don't have problem with you using it. But people watching this video might get the idea to use the sd card as their long term storage solution as if they had discovered the cheat code to circumvent apple's ridiculous price and they'll find out
They offer 5 years of guarantee
@@Dann_BS so? It still is the most unreliable storage option. Use it if you want but facts are facts and physics is physics
@@Dann_BS that's a guarantee that card will continue working, not a data safety guarantee.
Damn, Arthur your channel is a hardware-tech resource gold mine! 🎉
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This is an awesome suggestion. Thanks. 1tb extra would do nicely
But be aware that this SD card is slower than Mac SSD. Anyway, it’s perfect to just store your large documents and files 😇
These flash cards don’t do well with repeated writes, they slow down massively
that also crossed my mind. I was thinking in board backup TBH. I have a Samsung TS7 that I keep at my desk connected to a CalDigit TS3+, but I travel a bit and sometimes don't carry it.
Running a parallels VM is pretty impressive. Even if it’s slow it must still be OK
Now I moved it to a faster Samsung T7 SSD and it runs even faster. I use this SD card as a storage place for my photo library and large files
Do you know if it's possible to store the iMessage cache/files on there? My iMessage takes up 30GB on it's own due to attachments@@ArthurBrassart
By the way I bought the card based on your recommendation, but only the 512GB since the 1TB model costs the same as a 1TB SSD nearly, but the 512GB seemed like a good deal and worth taking a chance on for some extra space to offload some files
This is the first video I watched just when I installed a 4tb NVMe m.2 SSD on my ROG Ally. Just imagine my satisfaction when I show this to my friends who own macbooks
Enjoy your Windows 11 bro!
Good video thanks
thats a very clever product congrats
Apple MBP 2025 :- No more Card readers!
really? TIL! good to know.
@@henrihelvetica5835 it's a joke; they just added it back in the last macbook pro redesign along with other ports.
My MacBook Pro M4 has a card reader?
It should make a good place to store the database for a local perforce server.
It's really dumb that Apple designed it where a regular SD card sticks out like that compared to how everyone else designs it so it clicks in almost flush. And is actually secure as it locks in. Whereas Apple is the cheaper version where you just press it in as far as it will go and it's held in place by friction.
I think they made it with one purpose - to discourage users to use SD cards to expand the storage of their MacBooks Pro and purchase it from apple 5 times more expensive :D Its a business. Every small detail count for making profit ;)
@@ArthurBrassart Exactly, they made it stick out otherwise the upsell for insane Expensive SSD upgrades would suffer.
The same as the base 512GB which is a Joke for 2023 so called PRO devices, it's an upsell strategy and to advertise it at a lower point.
Car brands have been doing this for decades as nearly nobody on this planet ever buys a car as a totally base model.
In Canada it’s $193 from Amazon wouldn’t it be more feasible to buy San disk extreme pro? You could buy 2G
This is useful video, nice )
Thanks 🙏
macbook air 2017?
is there a no way to use a micro sd card to do the same thing ?
Do you have anything faster than 95mb sec? That’s freaky not fast at all.
This is SD card limitation :( I am using it mostly to keep large files like photo libraries or videos.
Very nice thanks. Wish there was a 2TB solution available.
Does it work for mac book air too?
MacBook Air does not have SD card reader :(
It's really slow and I don't think this kind of storage is optimized to actually be used as a work drive. But yeah for cold storage it'd work. I'd still get an external ssd if you're gonna do video editing or want to run apps directly of it
Yes it’s slow but enough to store files. The advantage of this SD card is that it’s constantly inside your Mac. You can forget or lost SSD drive :)
Is it suitable for iMac?
Hey Arther, Would you know if this card reader would fit/be compatible with the Macbook pro 14 M3 2023?
Yes 👍
Great review, thanks. This might been interesting years ago but today it's to damn slow unfortunately.
Is there a port for this product in macbook air m1? ??
only in Pro models
Was thinking about it. Any battery drain on idle? Is it stay cold?
Yes, its always cold 😄i never experienced any battery drain or something like that 🙈 I am still using this SE card to store some large files and it’s totally ok for me to
Hello ! This is working on the MacBook Pro m3 2023 ?
Yes, its working on all MacBook Pro Models with SD card reader 😀
What about macbook air?
Does Time Machine also back up the contents of the JetDrive?
yes!
But can you also put applications on it that you use?
Yes
Will this work same on M3 pro ?
yes
Can you use this for TIME MACHINE?
Yes
will this work on the new 2023 MBP 16 M2?
Yes 🙌
The problem that the Application can be only installed on the main SSD, so external hub, sd , ssd will only have photos, videos etc, but not installed apps.
We can install apps on SD card or external storage devices 😺
How fast and reliable are they? I just need to play videos
no problem with playing videos. Read speed is around 100 mbps which is ok! I have been using this SD card for 2 years and it still works fine. I keep there my photos, music, films, and large files.
Which case do u use on the Mac?
I do not have the SD card reader in my Mac M2 Air what do you think is better to purchase the USB-C SD reader and the SD card or just purchase an external SSD
External SSD ☺️ its faster
@@ArthurBrassart Thx do you have a good one for playing games
@@mishari_alsrhani the samsung T5 is a stapler (good perf/price ratio). there are also faster ones but gaming should work fine on the T5 (there's also the T7 which is faster, and then you have thunderbolt drives but that's overkill)
Merci beaucoup arthurr..
Can you make a video on installing parellel VM on the sd card.
How to Move Windows 11 Parallels VM to External Drive on Mac (SSD/HDD)
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@@ArthurBrassart thanks 🤗
Great . . . . My Mac book air don't have no sd card reader 😑
And for the MacBook Air m2 ???? How do you get more storage?
Only by purchasing an external SSD i guess :(
@@ArthurBrassart do you mean a Hard drive?
Because the Air m2 doesn’t have a SSD place!
@@behzadsarabi3725 What do you mean by 'place'?
Technically if you are a trained electrical technician and can source Apple chips you can unsolder your memory chips and re-solder on higher capacity chips.
There is a software barrier atm but someone will eventually crack it.
yes, technically you can but there is a high risk of damaging the motherboard and all internal components. The only solution for an average user is this little SD card
@@ArthurBrassart Technicians have been doing soldered RAM upgrades for a year or so now but like you said it us not something you can do yourself at home.
Impossible, unless your a skilled sweatshop Asian with all the right expensive gear.
This is impossible for 99.9% of the world population.
Nah, its actually pretty simple, im pretty sure someone in your city can do it@@Roomer645
There's no software barrier at all, its a common practice in some places
Is it perfect fits to a Macbook air HUB with SD CARD and Micro SD ports? Thanks for this video!
This SD card perfectly fits any MacBook Air or MacBook Pro SD slots ;)
you can use it also with a USB hub if you want
@@ArthurBrassart I bought an HUB with SD Card slot and tested this one. So I can confirm: it fits very well. No factory slot is required! NOTE: I got a M2 MacBook Air
@@GuMiranda07 was looking for a comment like this( i own a m1 macbook air) BIG THANK YOU.
@@quincydavaughn yeah, but I tried install macOS on it and no success. The system wont boot up via this SD Card. 😢
Can install on MacBook Pro 2011
You can easily swap out the internal drive on mbp 2011. Cheaper, faster, better. You don't want to use sd card if you don't have to.
hello,
I read some review about it in amazon the rated it 1 star, and they say it dead after few moths with no reason. Is that right?
Using it for over a year now and never had any issues :-)
Thank you for your help@@ArthurBrassart
could you please let me know that truck game name !!
Mud Runner
does it drain battery if we keep it inserted in the MacBook?
Nope, i never experienced any battery drain 😉
I don't have a card slot on my macbook, can I use an adapter? will it work?
buy better an external SSD
Yep 👍
Just like any SD Card. Do i need to eject it everytime?
No :) when you are installing it for the first time it stays there like a normal external drive. When you are rebooting your computer, it connects automatically. No need to eject it ;)
@@ArthurBrassart Hi Arthur, i just got it. It is great, but.... every time i turn on the computer again it doesn´t appear automatically. I did install the JetDrive toolbox and follow the faq instructions, and i still have to reconnect it manually. Any ideas? Thanks for the video.
can you explain the differences between the different disk formats please? (i didnt quite understand what you meant by that)
i downgraded to macOS mojave since its the latest version that still supports 32 bit softwares, but id also like to have a separate disk that uses the latest version of macOS since mojave is pretty outdated (and i personally like the new UI)
so i thought maybe i should get a ssd card for that but im not sure if it would work
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It s sweet deal now we can use it only for storage nothing else I m ordering this right after this video are done
is parallels installed locally, and its yust the parallels storage files that are located on the jet drive/ are games installed on the jet drive?
Curious if there are 4k glass files inside this SD, does the macbook open normally?
I can watch 4K videos - but the transfer speed is slow :D
How can I cheaply do this on say, 48 of them I found in a parked unmarked delivery truck?
This Transcend 1 TB JetDrive works
On macbook m3 pro 16?
Yes
what computer is that?
M series chips macbook pro (m1 pro, m1 max, m2 pro, m2 max, m3, m3 pro, m3 max)
do they come in 4tb?
No, 1 TB is the max size
Great idea! Do you know if this JetDrive supports iCloud? Specifically, can one store their Apple Photos Library there as their main library connected to iCloud? That would be how I would use this drive. I know some (all?) external SSDs cannot support Photos Library unless formatted in an acceptable Apple format, and my concern with this product is whether or not it can be formatted for use with Photos Library, and secondly, is it fast enough to make that practicable. Thanks for your review.
Would this work with Mac pro m2 13inch
It will work on any MacBook that has an SD card slot. The 13 inch does not have it :(
That’s why they got rid of those smh
But then they brought it back anyway, so I guess it wasn't such a big loss of revenue haha
That's why I got rid of MacBook
yeah, the price of SSD update at Apple is really sky rocking...
@@golumolu5334 What do you have instead? Hoping to do the same.
A MacBook.
is there a sd card like this but faster read and write speeds? R.I.P Tardisk lol
Hi, this SD is the highest class that exists. So it’s the fastest one. SD cards are slower then SSD of course but it’s faster then classic HDD external drive. I use it for a month now and i am very happy. Finally i can store all my “useless files and apps” on this card and i have plenty of space on my internal SSD. I even play games form this SD card. I am positively surprised. And i don’t have carry and external drive will me. 😇😇😇😇😇😇
@@ArthurBrassart if i have to add something on the laptop using another SD card if i eject the Transcend will it corrupt?
@@DJShellingz .. No as long as you eject it properly you should be fine it works like an external hard drive
I was looking into a 1TB Macbook Pro to host my music collection. This is a way cheaper solution.
Nice 👍
Any security tips to protect the data, just incase someone else eject it.
Thanks for sharing.
hi, good question! yes you can password protect it. i will be making a new video soon about encryption of data on SD cards and External Drives - Subscribe ! ;)
I don’t have a card to test this on my Mac, but on my PC I use Bitlocker To Go. I think Mac should be able to encrypt with FileVault in a similar way
@@ArthurBrassartcan you make password for sd security?
can i know what the app are you use to open windows 11 on m2?
How to Install Windows 11 on M1-M2 MacBook using Parallels Desktop. Performance Test on M1 Pro 16 !
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CAN I increase storage on my macbook m3 pro 16 zoll??? Or does it already come with soldered storage?
You cannot replace the SSD because its glued inside your computer. Technically you can do it but it will make your device ineligible for the warranty replacement or repair. Alternatively you can use this SD card to extend your storage.
Hi,
Is it possible to load MacOS apps to this expansion card?
Hi friend, yes of course ☺️ you can use it for everything 🤓 i am using it for about a week now and i am really happy 😃 best purchase ever 😇
@@ArthurBrassart awesome. I have 1TB, I don’t think I’ll ever have to get it. But it’s an awesome alternative to heavy SSDs
Bought 1tb today for my mbp 16 2023. Sometimes, reading and writing speeds are dropping as low as 15 mbytes per second
What disk format are you using for this SD card ? macOS Journaled or APFS?
@Arthur Brassart I have used exFat. It seems like a full wipe with all zeros write should help. As initially, I've formatted into apfs encrypted and immediately got disappointed with the speeds. May be that encryption left some signs in memory. I will reply after full format with writing all 0.
Ok, it seems like it shows 75MB/s only when the writing process ongoing on cells, that are are set to 0 (I mean memory cells, that are clean). If it overwrites existing data, speed drops down to 25MB/s.
I hoped that I can store VMs on this card, but such slow write speeds makes it impossible
thank you! (Y)
😇👍🙏
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Thanks a lot to the aliens who taught us their tech and made it possible to make something that is so compact which used to take a space of a warehouse even for 1/1000th of its data :)
👽🛸
It is a very slow SD card
I’m pissed I have the 1TB card and it recently died and disappeared of my MacBook Pro M1 with all my music I use to dj with I don’t know what went wrong it worked for a wow now nothing only had it a few months I don’t know if it was because I formatted it to APFS or what but I’m so pissed I was really hoping that this as card would be reliable for me
I am using this SD card for 1 year now. I never had issues. I put it inside my Mac and it stays there forever 😀 Any disk or SSD can randomly have issues. You never know. I am doing Time Machine backup’s every week just in case. Data located on the SD card is backing up to time machine as well 😀
you formatted it. That’s why it was erased
@@kingdomliving5868 when I first got it I formatted it to work with my M1 Mac and it was working fine for a while then one day disappeared I had to reformat it again now it’s working again like nothing ever happened so I’ll probably watch what I decide to put on this sd card
@@kingdomliving5868 I had to format it for my M1 when I first got it after it stoped working I reformatted it again now it back working like nothing happen I’m going to make sure I don’t put nothing super important on it because you never know when these things want to act up
damn! I already purchased mine due to the same intention (DJing). Good thing I am planning to do back ups periodically.
Bought a Transcend 1 TB SD card drive about a year ago. Very slow access. Not good for any current files or where speed is required. Even to load the directory takes a 5-7 seconds. Regular hard drives are 1-2 seconds. I was using it to store inactive files. About a month ago, I started getting errors. I can still read from the drive, but can't copy anything new to it. Disappointing.
Yeah, it may happen unfortunately with any storage 🥲 I am using mine for almost 3 years. Never had any issues (of course i am not sponsored by the brand).
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Does it work with m3 mackbook pro?
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Why can't you use an SD card, much cheaper?
The SD card will take out from the case of the MacBook. the idea of this one is that it stays flush and almost invisible
@@ArthurBrassart with my card reader, the SD card is flush, but I guess Apple doesn't want you to use cheap storage, they would like you to pay them hundreds of dollars
Yeah i dont have a slot for that ok my macbook pro 2019
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Low read and write speeds...
low compared to internal SSD but ok to keep and store large files like photo libraries :)
that is. super slow speed
yes, it's slow but fast enough for opening photos, watching videos, or just keeping large files :)
Is it a similar speed when playing back movies or music to a spinning HDD?
Yes, speed is ok for watching movies or open files etc. btw i made speed test video: Mac Internal SSD vs T7 SSD vs HDD vs SD Card - Speed Test. How to Choose External Storage
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imagine a 2tb version of this...
it's such a shame ssd pricing at apple are 12 times higher (per GB) than an ssd for desktop pc on amazon and people use an sd card because they can't afford the super expensive option when you buy the macbook
Apple is making a lot of margin with the SSD upgrade :) That's their business model :D
storage doesn't need to be so close to the cpu, so you can make it user replaceable. there a benefit in having soldered DDR5 7000mhz+ RAM but no benefit to soldered storage apart from saving space maybe. macos use this storage as storage, I haven't got the IT degree at walmart. apple separated the memory controller from the rest of the NAND, so the "SSD" chips you see are just storage and the information about the data location are elsewhere in the CPU package. this is an intentional apple decision to make things worse for the user alongside soldering storage in the first place.@AlphaF28
@AlphaF28 yeh I agree completely with this. I think this thing is a gimmick and obviously overpriced for what it is. It just happens to have become known for 'being sleek', for people who are OCD about that stuff or couldn't think of their own way to make the SD card feel nicer
Thanks, it’s really helpful. Now I can add more storage 😅
Cool!
Its too slow speed solution. 75bm/s
Have a better one that's alluminum
So it’s an SD card
Yea a really slow sd card
Chaz Lodge
pretty slow though
I'm sure that SD Card won't last longer, because the manufacturer typically don't show the how much the TBW (TeraBytes Written), and it's because they knew that SD Card has low TBW that they ashamed to put on their website or datasheet.
Using it for 2 years now 🤠Never had any issue
That depends on controller quality, and how many random I/O you do. (I would use Samsung or Sandisk variant of that if it is available, since their controllers are most likely to last longer. e.g. "High-endurance" SD cards or SD cards for "Dashcams")
If you are just copying photos/videos time to time, (i.e. storage used rarely) this might be ok.
Chyna Haven
it is a m3 pro
Brekke Island
I purchased this Transcend JetDrive 330 1TB. It works fine. But, I need to remount the drive by taking out the card and plug it in again to mount it. Is there anyway that it will automatic remount, like after computer reboot? Thanks
Normally it shout automatically remount after every computer reboot ✌️I never had to remove it and remount manually since i installed in in my Mac 🤨
Try to erase the drive and start from zero.
I want to buy the current 15" $1500 mac book pro but it only has 8GB internal memory. WTF.. 😠
that 8gb is memory (ram) not storage
can i use this external ssd using an adapter for my macbook air m2