Review on 💽 256GB JetDrive Lite 350 Storage Expansion Card for 15-Inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display – Transcend (TS256GJDL350) by Kevin Hawkins

So far, after four weeks of use, everything is working very well. When I got my Retina Macbook Pro I was disappointed with the choice of SSD capacity and have always resented the work required to maintain at least 10GB of free space needed to hibernate a RAM image to write to storage (especially when Apple is so generous in using large amounts of storage space for data libraries, portable backups, photo streams, and the like). Having an extra 128GB on hand is a lifesaver. You need to make a formatting decision immediately: the default ExFAT format is better for transferring large files, however, may slow down when reading or writing folders. filled with tons of files. . You'll probably want to use the HFS+ (Mac OS Extended - Journaled) file system, which generally offers the best performance for Mac computers. (Open Disk Utility installed on your Mac from Applications > Utilities folder, left click Transcend card icon, right click Erase tab, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled )", leave the disk name of your choice and click "Erase".) Of course, it is better to choose the format right away than to save the files somewhere else on the card and then reload them. You can experiment with both formats and see the transfer speed you get by trying large files and folders full of small files before switching to one or the other. However, don't expect this card to be as fast as your SSD in any format, or even as fast as a USB3 external hard drive. That's it. I'm worried how long this will take. I've had a lot of SD cards over the years. Will this last at least a few years? The time will show. If something untoward happens, I will come back and change it. Edit: A year later and it still works like it did when I first got it. Very good! like when I first got it. Very good! like when I first got it. Very good! However, don't expect this card to be as fast as your SSD in any format, or even as fast as a USB3 external hard drive. That's it. I'm worried how long this will take. I've had a lot of SD cards over the years. Will this last at least a few years? The time will show. If something untoward happens, I will come back and change it. Edit: A year later and it still works like it did when I first got it. Very good! like when I first got it. Very good! like when I first got it. Very good! However, don't expect this card to be as fast as your SSD in any format, or even as fast as a USB3 external hard drive. That's it. I'm worried how long this will take. I've had a lot of SD cards over the years. Will this last at least a few years? The time will show. If something untoward happens, I will come back and change it. Edit: A year later and it still works like it did when I first got it. Very good! like when I first got it. Very good! like when I first got it. Very good! If something untoward happens, I will come back and change it. Edit: A year later and it still works like it did when I first got it. Very good! like when I first got it. Very good! like when I first got it. Very good! If something untoward happens, I will come back and change it. Edit: A year later and it still works like it did when I first got it. Very good! like when I first got it. Very good! like when I first got it. Very good!