Storage prices have gone crazy over the past year!
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Apple’s upgrade pricing has climbed sharply, portable SSDs cost multiples of what they did, and even spinning hard drives haven’t escaped it.
In this video I get into why it’s happening, walk through the options available right now — Apple’s built-in storage, external hard drives, ready-made portable SSDs, enclosures paired with your own NVMe, used OEM pulls, and cheaper lesser-known brands — and show the tools I use to figure out what’s actually inside a drive before committing money to it.
What I use daily (Thunderbolt 5):
Acasis Thunderbolt 5 Enclosure:
Samsung 990 Pro NVMe SSD:
Portable HDDs:
Seagate Portable 5TB:
Western Digital 5TB:
Portable SSDs:
Crucial X9 (my favourite out of these drives):
Samsung T7:
Great Thunderbolt 4 Enclosures:
UGREEN 40 Gbps Enclosure (fan does make very light noise if that bothers you:
Fanless option:
NVMe Drives:
Samsung 9100 Pro:
WD Black SN7100:
TeamGroup MP44:
Lexar NM790:
Prices are bonkers right now, so these will all be in constant flux! Be sure to shop around to make sure you’re getting the best deal possible.
Past videos talking about storage and USB versions:
Tools that can help you:
My favourite system monitoring tool that you see in this video:
My latest wallpaper:
MY SETUP GEAR:
Desky Dual Hardwood Standing Desk |
Desky Desk Shelf |
Desky Vanguard Chair |
Desky Heavy Duty Ultrawide Monitor Arm |
LG Ultrafine 6K Monitor |
Kanto ORA Speakers |
Samsung 980 Pro SSD |
Hyper Thunderbolt 5 Dock |
Lewitt RAY Condenser Mic |
Lewitt Connect 2 Interface |
Keychron M6 Mouse |
Bambu Lab P2S |
Harber London Desk Mat |
Kanto ORA Speakers |
Lamomo LED Neon Rope |
Govee Smart Ceiling Light |
Govee Glide Wall Lights:
Ceiling Acoustic Panels |
Grid Studio iPhone Classic Kit |
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00:00 | Start
01:08 | SSD Prices Are Getting Crazy
01:53 | Upgrading Storage With Apple
02:48 | Portable Hard Drives
04:15 | Portable SSDs
05:54 | Thunderbolt NVMe Enclosures
07:30 | NVMe Options
13:54 | Wrapping Up
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I used to work at a tech recycling warehouse and would throw ssd, harddrives, and things like that around. I wish I wouldve collected them or something
This is the second vidoe thats I’m watching and absolutely love your content. You got a new Sub❤.
The best oprion is to get an enclosure and a ssd. Its cheaper and gets you 2x or 3x more performance.
This is SO helpful!!!! Thank you!!! 🙏🏾
Also, don’t forget to clean up your archives. You’ll never know how many free space you’ll have by clearing out duplicate files on your drives.