SanDisk Extreme VS Extreme PRO Exclusively for Mac I wish I knew this before!

This is the ultimate proof that the portable SSD SanDisk Extreme PRO and Extreme are too fast for M1 Macs, you won't get the advertised speed on Macs, you need a computer that has compatible hardware to get the advertised speed. Macs with M2 chips won't get the advertised speed as well.
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[@user-rn2ck4oy7m]

@NumberDZ Thanks for the explanation. Why is it that the USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 of the SanDisk is not compatible with the Thunderbolt 4 port on the mac but the ORICO USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 is? Is the ORICO just Thunderbolt 4 compatible and not listed this way on Amazon or am I missing something?

[@TheFandangovideoguy]

I have been editing video with my m1pro macbook pro 2021 which has thunderbolt 4 ports (USBC) and the speeds are fine...but the new generation of SSDs use a dual channel 3.2 (I dunno technical terms but read about it and discover that macs cannot use the new faster SSDs!) and so the only option for mac users is to get thunderbolt 3/4 SSDs such as the Sandisk professional pro G40 which is significantly more expensive than the regular USBC...have you tested this drive? Will it make a significant difference for video editing or are the Samsung T7 or Sandisk extreme as fast as required for video editing? No point in getting a thunderbolt SSD if I won't see a major improvement...thanks for the video

[@ivantham3009]

What about the MacBook Air 2022 M2 version? Can get the advertised speed ? Thanks

[@seorat]

hi. i need help. im confuse as to why i cant get such high speed like yours. im using the same sandisk extreme 500gb, using usb c connected to my macbook pro 14 thunderbolt polt. im only getting 40-50mbps write speed.

[@OK-Computer]

This video is misleading. Any Mac with an M1 or M2 chip has a Thunderbolt 4 Port that supports speeds up to 40Gb/s which is a whopping 5GB/s. That's 2.5 times faster than Extreme Pro SSD. The question is HOW can you get that speed on your Mac? 1) macOS update to latest Sonoma version 2) Format the SSD to APFS format 3) Connect the SSD directly to MacBook (no hubs) 4) IS THE MOST IMPORTANT: The USB-C cable that comes with Extreme Pro SSD does NOT support speeds higher than 10Gb/s! You need to buy an EXTRA (expensive) Thunderbolt 4 cable that supports speeds of up to 40Gb/s which is 5GB/s. Once you've done all 4 above, you'll get the advertised 2 Gigabytes per second speed.

[@peacela]

Thanks do you know what do I need to do to get 2000 mbps read write speed on windows? I am getting around 1000mbps speed on thunderbolt 3 port

[@LewackiOnanista]

@@peacelayou have no thunder mr

[@etherlords88]

So the bottom line is, go for the extreme with 1050mb/s for $60-$80 cheaper than useless extreme pro! Thanks for the hint, I almost forgot about the HW limitation part.

[@gutar5675]

Is there a reason to get the 20 gb usb c enclosure instead of a 40 gb thunderbolt 3 one?

[@pkerry12]

I have a thunderbolt dock for my macbook thay has a 3.2 gen 2 usb c port, and it goes at 1000mbs. Never tired directly pluging into mac

[@MegaMaro1991]

is the new macbook pro m3 support usb c 3.2 ?

[@leyfchristian7059]

How about if using windows? How to make the extreme(not pro) faster?

[@arildoncarvalho]

That's sad. But it's been 1 year since you published this video. Has there been a solution or update for these 2000 MB/s SCANDISK e81 SSDs to run at the promised speed?

[@BlendingWithHenry]

Extremely helpful video!!!

[@NumberDZ]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sbramble01]

clear and to the point, ME ENCANTA

[@NumberDZ]

Mucho good 🫡, thanks for watching.

[@JuanLopezmusica]

How can you bring this back to Exfat? I format my ssd extreme pro to APFS

[@NumberDZ]

Once you go to disk utility click on "format" and you will see multiple formats to choose from, including Exfat.

[@LetThemKnowWhoYouAre]

hey man! brilliant video, thank you. can you help me, please!? I want to buy new samsung 990 pro for my macbook and use it as an external but what type of box I need to buy for it to make it work fast? what would you recommend me?

[@NumberDZ]

In my opinion the ACASIS 40Gbps NVMe enclosure is one of the best options out there, It's a bit pricey, but if you need blazing fast speeds, it's totally worth it. you can check it out on Amazon here is the link amzn.to/3xB8h3S

[@Livingindecibels]

Hello, I’m trying to decide between getting an internal ssd harddrive for my 2015 macbook and getting this. Please what would you advise? Also thank you for this informative video!

[@NumberDZ]

Depends on your usage, if you install an internal SSD your computer will run faster and will improve the performance of the whole system. If you choose the external SSD, you will have the convenience of having your data on the go and work with it with multiple computers easily. I personally would choose to install the internal SSD because the speed and performance on the computer are a big priority for me, later, once you are ready, you can buy the external SSD to have more storage space.

[@Livingindecibels]

@@NumberDZ thank you so much for responding!❤️ I’ll take your advice and go with the internal ssd.

[@cristianperaltafoto]

What about if we choice the 40gb MVMe? It would be faster than 20gb?

[@NumberDZ]

It should be as long as you use a faster SSD, and make sure the port on the NVMe is USB3.2 Gen2x2

[@aegraphy]

Since the SSD is fast, I was using Adobe Premiere with the videos on the drive without transferring the files to my computer. At that time, some videos were distorted, pixelization and distortion occurred in the image like in old damaged movie CDs. 1-2 seconds. Other than that, excellent product.

[@ZONATHEDIVISION]

I bout the sandisk extreme portable ssd v2 two days ago. And it get hot when using it. It get do so hot that I’m worry something happens. Is this normal? That never happened to me with previous ssd external

[@NumberDZ]

It is normal to be warm, mine gets warm as well but it shouldn’t get too hot.

[@ZONATHEDIVISION]

@@NumberDZ thanks 🙏 for answering!!

[@jimjones3287]

mine gets hot when doing sustained data transfers over more than 5 or so minutes.

[@vineethhari]

Hi brother, I was planned to buy sandisk extreme pro 1tb for my macbook air m2. Is this good

[@NumberDZ]

The speed is limited but so far I have had no problems with it, I mainly use it to edit with Final Cut Pro and the performance is very good.

[@fernandogarcia5965]

thank you great video

[@NumberDZ]

Thanks for watching

[@Bopplise]

How about compatibility with macOS ventura? Mine got inactivated and disconnected permanently 😮

[@NumberDZ]

It is compatible, why did that happen?

[@Bopplise]

@@NumberDZ Ventura just decided to, three times. And many people report the same issue, online in forums. (13.2 and 13.3)

[@spartanrasul2260]

There was a trouble with macOS firmware, you can check if you want. I've updated recently and have both Extreme Pro and Extreme. Extreme Pro gives me 900+ MB/s, where Extreme gives around 600 MB/s. Just update your macOS to the latest and enjoy bigger speed bro edit: typo

[@NumberDZ]

I will do it thanks for the info.

[@Pyndle]

@@NumberDZ Did it work?

[@jimjones3287]

10Gb/s is equal to 1.25GB/s so 900MB/s isn't too far off from 1250MB/s. I can get around 700 MB/s on my Extreme. This video is falsely referring to gigabits per second as gigabytes per second.

[@mikhaildankidoteodoro3002]

I'm having heating problem in The Extreme Pro. The Extreme works smoothly for me.

[@kendrickjarias]

isn't SandDisk being sued big time for their Pro versions losing files after a few days?

[@AngelxXxDarken]

What about with the MacBook 2019 models?

[@NumberDZ]

The results should be similar to the video.

[@annijoshle-th8kp]

Buy Thunderbolt 4.0 enclosure if you need more than USB3.2 speeds

[@dan.mcclellan]

If I buy the Extreme Pro, would I be able to get the max advertised speed on a new Mac Mini M2 Pro? Thanks.

[@NumberDZ]

No unfortunately.

[@ChesterGingrich]

Made this mistake already! One month ago I got 2 extreme pros for backup and extra storage for M1 air. There’s no way to get the advertised speed on the Mac m1 with those drives 😢. There is a drive that works very fast for the Mac m1, but it’s only 1TB and expensive. I want to learn how to build my own that can get better xfer rates! Do you have a video (or can you make a video) on that topic? Thanks!

[@NumberDZ]

Sorry to hear that, you can build your own NVMe it is actually pretty simple to build, the NVMe SSD Enclosure that I showed on the video is very good and inexpensive (compared to other enclosures), that enclosure combined with the SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus will give you the full speed, you can put it together in a couple of minutes and the price will be around $144 dollars, not too bad. (The links are in the video description)

[@Sidiann]

@@NumberDZ your results are confusing me because the m1 imac should be able to keep up with the speed since it has thunderbolt 3..

[@NumberDZ]

Doesn’t matter if the iMac has the fastest port in the world, the speed is dictated by the port of your external drive.

[@Sidiann]

@@NumberDZ so you’re saying the port on the drive doesn’t support it’s speeds?

[@NumberDZ]

The drive supports its own speed and produces the advertised speeds only with computers that have compatible hardware (ports), in other words the ports on this iMac are fast but are not compatible to unlock full speeds with the port on these SSDs.

[@timmytson1]

im only really using to store gopro footage and maybe edit with it

[@NumberDZ]

I edit my videos on my SanDisk extreme and I have not had any problems.

[@bk24708]

You saved me money !!!! ❤

[@NumberDZ]

Thanks for watching.

[@raul3450]

Brilliant 👍

[@NumberDZ]

Thanks for watching.

[@cjstars]

What about APFS format

[@Bopplise]

There can be issues with Ventura: my connection/disk activation got lost after few days, so now all data is lost and the ssd is useless for my macbook M2 pro 😢

[@IDfilmai]

Hey! What about newest Macbook M2 Pro laptops?

[@NumberDZ]

You will get the same speed as shown in the video, I have a 2021 MacBook Pro 14 inch and I get the same speed, the new M2 laptops are not different from the M1s.

[@snaporama]

should be way better: because they have: Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40 Gbit/s) USB 4 (up to 40 Gbit/s)

[@NumberDZ]

The MacBook pro M1 and M2 have the same exact 40Gb ports, I have the M1 did the test and I get the same speed shown in the video. You won’t get any extra speed with the M2 models, it is exactly the same.

[@romitjethwaney]

@@NumberDZ SO which SSD do you recommend for the Macbook M1 Pro?

[@NumberDZ]

As shown in the video you can build your own NVMe SSD that’s the only way of getting extremely fast speeds with an external drive.

[@raghavendramaiyabc]

The data loss issues of Sandisk Extreme portable SSD is not addressed here

[@NumberDZ]

I haven't had that issue.

[@tomlewis4748]

That is likely bc this video was made before anyone was aware of that problem. I bought an extreme 1 TB a month before this video was made, and researched it thoroughly. That problem was not yet out in the ecosystem. The good news for me is 1) it seems to manifest only on the 2 T and 4 T models, so far. 2) You can get a firmware update by plugging the serial # into the WD website, and it told me mine was not among those affected. Get the update if you need it, but the bad news is it apparently did not fix the problem for the others. WD may be spoofing us with an 'update' that is nothing but hot air, out of desperation. WD is tap-dancing like crazy and selling the drives at bargain-basement prices (likely with little guarantee), and lying their asses off. I will never get a drive from them ever again for that reason. But I have not had an issue with the 1 TB Extreme. YET. I also don't like that the drive gets way too warm when plugged in and not even mounted. No data transfer either way, yet it's way too hot to the touch. Thermals are not that difficult to engineer, so to me, that shows incompetence in the design. The cable is way too short, too. People who work with 4K video say it gets so hot you can fry an egg on it. Heat is the enemy of electronics, and maybe that has something to do with the entire issue. IOW, maybe those who are losing data are pushing the drive hard, which may cause the heat which may be the reason it loses data. Any way you look at it, it's a clusterfutz. What we need is a class action suit. This is big enough to take WD down, and they know it. And BTW, formatting a SSD to APFS for Mac should be a no-brainer. Of course you should do that as the very first thing. If you are using it for a Time Machine backup, the program will urge you to do that. Exfat works on PC and Mac, APFS only on Mac, so every vendor formats to Exfat, and every drive you get for a Mac should be reformatted immediately.

[@micci9865]

Which means that future proof are these SSDs.

[@NumberDZ]

That is correct.

[@adriangabrielgramada1016]

100 percent faster or 2x :) Just a small correction :)

[@NumberDZ]

👍

[@HybridMusicians]

Man I am so disappointed with these drives! The 2TB crashes so often it is not funny!

[@NumberDZ]

Try to update your Mac software, another user commented that he had issues with the OS X version he was running.

[@furiousfann]

Thank you for your review. You save me $80.00 Live a lik and sub

[@NumberDZ]

You’re welcome

[@The.Man.WithAPlan]

I will stick to windows.

[@NumberDZ]

Ok 👍

[@peacela]

I don't get 2000 mbps on windows with thunderbolt 3 port. I only get 1000 mbps speed