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[–] fourish 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Apple decided they want memory modules that only contain memory because the storage controller is on their own silicon and they have direct low level access to the storage chips if they do it themselves. Probably cheaper (for them) without redundant controller parts they don’t need too.

Surprised nobody has reverse engineered this yet to make compatible upgrade modules. Probably not enough money in it. Edit: there’s a kickstarter for some homebrew modules which seem to work but they’re still pretty expensive.

I just got mine with 1TB. I added a second external SSD for a bit more space. Good enough for me. The only issue is that I can’t point the Dropbox app at the external drive. The new one has to point to the user home folder (guess I could move all of that to the external drive).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You could create a symbolic link, that would work.

[–] fourish 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’ve heard it doesn’t due to Apple restrictions on the new operating systems for Apple silicon but I’ve never tried it myself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Symbolic links work just fine.

In fact, there is very little that works differently between Intel and Apple silicon on macOS.

From what people told me macOS shouldn’t even work AT ALL on Apple silicon. Don’t believe everything you read online ;)