First, I ran the Black Magic Speed Test, an excellent application for running a stress test on a drive. I decided to purchase one and put it to the test. Many people were recording on drives like this for years without issue. Compared to the internal MacBook Pro drive it’s like comparing a bike with a Ferrari, however is this one of those moments when speed is relative and the speed is more than suitable for use in audio work? Let’s put this in context, a typical 7200 RPM HDD will deliver a read/write speed of 80-160MB/s, a 5400rpm drive had speeds of around 75MB/s.
This is not a SD card, it’s a custom designed card.īefore I investigated this option I wondered if the speeds would be troublesome for those of us working in audio. It’s a drive that fits snuggly in the SDXC card slot of your MacBook Pro and delivers read speeds of up to 95MB/s and write speeds of up to 75MB/s. The way to do it is with a Transcend 1TB Jetdrive Lite 330. Even better, it cost less than half what Apple charge you to get the same storage. However, there is a possible solution for those who want to increase drive space after the event.
What if you make a mistake and buy the wrong specification? One of the biggest complaints from those ordering Apple Macs is having to load the machine from purchase, because Apple do not offer the option to update things like hard drive and memory after the event.
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