External USB/Thunderbolt SSDs and/or hard drives (aka direct-attached storage, or DAS) are a super-convenient way to add storage capacity to your system as well as back it up. External drives are also ...

Glyph's rugged, handsome Atom EX20 external 3.2x2 USB SSD proved very fast -- but only after I switched to a higher-quality cable.

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