External USB/Thunderbolt drives (aka direct-attached storage, or DAS) are a super-convenient way to quickly back up your important files, as well as store any data that you don’t need on your ...

It’s never been easy to upgrade the storage in Macs, so it’s always a good idea to buy an external ... basic desktop hard drive with a USB interface (drives with high-speed Thunderbolt ports ...

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A host of manufacturers demoed USB 4 portable drives at CES 2025, giving us a tantalizing glimpse at a future without ...

The high speed of Thunderbolt 3 allows for external GPU's to be connected, like the housing from Black Magic, and act as if they were native GPUs. External drives can take advantage of these ...

The industry is transitioning away from Thunderbolt 3 and embracing Thunderbolt 4 ... connect PC peripherals like mice, printers, external hard drives, and more. A Thunderbolt dock has ...

most external hard drives use a flavor of USB or, in rare cases, Thunderbolt. Right now, the fastest connection type in wide use on hard drives is Thunderbolt 3, which is handy assuming you have a ...