“Does the macbook air support external hard drives for memory expansion?”

This question is for: Apple - MacBook Air 13.3" Laptop with Touch ID - Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 512GB Solid State Drive - Silver

Asked by sunny 6 years ago

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External hard drives and external Solid State Drives only increase storage by backup, such as 512GB (effective 499.7GB this machine) up to 3TB. They cannot increase memory such as 8GB to 16GB under any circumstances.
Answered by Unclejerry 5 years ago
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Memory and storage are two different things. A 512GB model has internal storage of that amount and may be augmented by an external drive, often for lower prices than adding built-in. The MBA will support external drives. A 16GB memory model will improve multitasking and game playing speeds especially if you have more programs open at the same time. Formerly called RAM, here is an old discussion on memory: https://whatismyipaddress.com/more-memory
Answered by OrangeAid 5 years ago
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Yes. Thunderbolt 3 allows that to happen.
Answered by Beatrice 5 years ago
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