HOT 270: Troubleshooting External Storage - Optimizing Your External Drive's Performance

About this episode

Mikah Sargent provides advice on optimizing the performance of an external SSD for a MacBook Pro.

On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, listener Lenny asks Mikah for advice on how to get the best performance out of an external SSD connected to his MacBook Pro. Don't forget to send in your questions for Mikah to answer during the show! hot@twit.tv Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord . Sponsor: NetSuite.com/hot

People in this episode

Host: Mikah Sargent

Topics covered

• external storage
• SSD performance
• MacBook Pro
• troubleshooting
• technology advice

Keywords

• external SSD
• MacBook Pro
• performance optimization
• troubleshooting
• Hands-On Tech

Sponsors

NetSuite

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TWiT, Club TWiT

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