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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: keeping files on an external drive
Date: 8 Nov 2018 16:08:46 GMT
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On 2018-11-08, J Burns <burns@nospam.com> wrote:
> Internal storage is very expensive on the new minis. Reviewers point out 
> that the Thunderbolt/USB C ports could make external disks very quick.

I keep my entire home folder on an external FileVault-encrypted SSD
connected to my 2013 Mac Pro with USB3. I just erased/formatted it with
Disk Utility, copied my home folder contents to the drive, then set
System Preferences > Users & Groups > Advanced Options > Home directory
to the copied home folder. No problems to report - works fine.

> Since Classic, I don't recall working with personal files outside my 
> user folder. How would that work? Would they be accessible to all, as in 
> Classic?

Storing arbitrary files on an external drive is not a problem for macOS.
I recommend encrypting it if you care about the data on it.

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