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Originally Posted by seanmccoy
Due to a listing error, the seller ended up sending me a more recent 2012 model with a large SSD system drive, but without the Superdrive swapped out. I've always been most comfortable recording to an internal drive, but this MBP has FW 800 and USB 3.0 ports, so I'm tempted to go external as I know countless folks do this all the time without issue. Any performance advantage/disadvantage recording externally with these systems?
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If thereīs still a Superdrive built in you quite easily can swap it out yourself. Thatīs really no big deal.
This is the installation video.
https://eshop.macsales.com/installvi...body_mid12_dd/
These are the tools and parts you will need to get it done.
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/DDMBSSD500/
Even if 3G SSDs/drives will not be that fast like 6G SSDs/drives you may use a 3G SSD/drive for the optical bay as these will
work more reliably with that controller. It will be a bit slower (about 250mb/s) in comparison to the 6G SSDs (about 400mb/s)
but still a lot faster than any 7200rpm HDD (about 90mb/s) which still is the standard PT requirement.
You would not have to worry about speed even with the 3G SSD at all.
If you rather would not prefer to do the DIY replacement of your optical drive you still can use any external SSD/7200rpm HDD
via FW800 or USB3. This definitely should work out too with Pro Tools.
The most affordable yet very fast solution will be to put such a SSD
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MZ-75...+850+Evo&psc=1
into such an external enclosure
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KYF1LLI?psc=1
and connect it to your USB 3 port.
If you are on a tight budget or you tend to trust more in mechanical drives than in SSDs for your Pro Tools audio in general, this
would be a very affordable yet reliable and useable external drive solution as well.
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Lacie/301983/
(500GB 7200rpm HDD, Firewire 800 and USB 3 connection)
And, yes, of course you can try to record to your internal SSD as well but I highly recommend to do some test drives before recording
serious, important stuff and even live concerts just to see how the system will behave under stress. Basically this is no recommended
way to work with Pro Tools. Except you are using PCie based SSDs like Apple Flash drives etc.
The best of success to you whichever route you decide to go finally.
Cheers.