Tag: bootable

Macally Aluminum USB 3.0 External 2.5″ SATA Hard Drive Enclosure – Review

Adapter, Hard Drive, Macintosh, Review, Windows 0

That would be the Macally Aluminum USB 3.0 External 2.5” SATA Hard Drive Enclosure. This tiny enclosure packs some serious speed. The enclosure comes as an empty shell. All it has in the box is the USB 3.0 cable and the lightweight aluminum shell. The enclosure is held together with four screws, two on each end. You can take off either end to insert your 2.5-inch drive, but the end with the pretty blue light has the control electronics, so it would be best to take off this end for ease of installation.

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OWC Express 2.5″ Portable USB 3.0 – Review

Mac, Mac mini, Mac OS X, OWC, Review 0

With USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt ports available on recent computers, using an external storage device is becoming a very attractive option for a bootable drive. In this review we explore the OWC Express 2.5″ Portable USB 3.0 external enclosure as an option to install a bootable SSD to a 2012 Mac mini.

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