A 5,400 revolutions per minute (rpm) hard drive might be fine for Time Machine or other high-capacity purposes in which transfer speeds aren’t a key issue. For instance, the late 2014 model Mac mini has four USB ports that support 5Gbps the 2020 M1 Mac mini has two Type-A ports that also support 5Gbps (3.1 Gen 1), but the USB-C ports handle USB 3.1 Gen (10Gbps) and USB 4 plus Thunderbolt 3 and 4 (20Gbps).Ĭonsider this when looking at drive performance. (We reviewed Mactracker as a Mac Gem.) Note the speed listed for various ports. You can use the free Mactracker to look up your model of Mac, focusing on the Connections tab. How far away can your drive live from your Mac?.
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