It seems that external SSDs on an M1 only work with one USB lane, which limits the throughput to 5 Gbit/s.
M1 Macs do not support 40 Gbit/s USB4. Or do they?
The M1 Macs have USB4 ports. However, these are not yet suitable for 40 Gbit/s. Or are they?
Intel introduces Thunderbolt 4 – not faster, but more versatile
Intel has introduced Thunderbolt 4. The data rate remains at 40 Gb/s, as already with Thunderbolt 3. So nothing has changed in terms of speed. However, an improvement is taking...
