How To INSTALL Mac Apps and Games to an EXTERNAL Drive!

Will the game performance differ if i used sandisk slower ssd?

Can you play fortnite normally like you would on windows on mac air m2 if its through external ssd

Does this work with ipad mini 6 ?

its possible play games via usb flash drive stick? or not enough?

how to instal PlayCover games to External SSD?

Yes, but can I install aps on external drive by default?

My question is can I move the app Origin or Steam into the hard drive ?

Mac M1 is a beast

Do u know if i need to make a partition to it if i have a lightroom catalog that i wanna move and other files like photos that are connected to the lightroom catalog and so on?
Also if i have the ssd hooked up on a usb hub will that slow down the ssd speeds?

did you just remove a shortcut

Did the external Drive have to plugged all time,or is it okay to remove when not using it?

is possible to getting update from appstore then?

I use contacts journal crm and it has 250gb on an internal folder that’s updated through iCloud.
How do info about moving this iCloud folder to external hdd

Thank you so much for explaining this. Now I can play on my mac again. 🙏

I have a 2017 MBA with 128 GB internal ssd so will I be able to do this same for my machine?

Thank you

One Question, i can open my app in another Mac? Ou not?

What about just a small expandable storage stick. Will they work as well??

what about ram swap when I play a game or use any app from an external drive is it on internal or external?

how about Final Cut Pro? can you côpy it to external usb and install on other mac device?

is anyone experiencing slow ssd points on blackmagic disk on ventura? im using kingston ssd 3500-2100 read write but blackmagic disk speed test only shows 30-45mb/s

What about using origin for sims 4?

Has anyone been able to install and save Wechat on external storage device instead of internal storage device? I have Wechat app on my MacBook Pro and it is using about 100gb of internal storage space but want this transferred to my external storage device. Who can help?

Does this work on Adobe CCS Family?

Is it possible without formatting external ssd drive ?

I can't format it but will it still work?

Very nice video, but how can I install App Store games into the SSD? If I just drag it, it will not open, since the game will be corrupted. I think that I should be able to change the library folder, as you did on Steam, but I don't know how to do that.

@created tech How about a SSD with ExFat formatting? Would it work?

I have one doubt ,if i run apps on external SSD .the data of the application cant be written in internal SSD

Hi, What would be the solution if I want to use the same drive to edit videos across both my Mac and Windows PC. WIll I be able to use it to store data and clips for both?

Amazing video, media, 3d and games is my exact use case, so I was looking for this. Thanks for sharing!

Any idea how to get around the error message:

The volume "X" on disk3s2 couldn't be unmounted because it is use by process 78 (fseventsd)
Couldn't unmount disk. : (-69888)

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So umm...What should I select if APFS isn't an option?

is it important to set the format type to APFS or it can work with exFAT also?

What if the format APFS isn't available on my Mac? Did I do something wrong? The only ones available are 
Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)

MS-DOS(FAT)
ExFat

Hi just a question, do you need a cable to actually connect it to the mac? Thanks

The apps installed on the external ssd will be updated also?

Ok what happens if unplug external drive and plug it back in will it still work fine

800 is fast I only get 415 mb write speed and 426 the most for read speed, after that it dips to the 300's; is this good ?

Hi I'm looking for a method of how to essentially have 2 independent working computers from my Mac mini. I need a 2nd for trading sports events so there can't be any sort of delay as split second timing is essential. I would need this to be anonymous from my Mac mini and my IP. Can you or anyone advise please? Thank you.

Hi! Do you know if there's a way to install Origin into the external drive? Thanks!

Hello,good content

Anytime I try to open app on external hardrive…mac keeps verifying before opening it

It's simple and it is working. Nice tutorial :)

can you make a video on how to install apps from orgins to the hard drive?

Does somebody a way to fix the not enough storage on disk message from steam? I get this on a Samsung T7 and it won’t let me download games from steam on it

Bro i used all of my 512 storage for my MacBook pro 🤦🏽‍♂️