Guidelines for Setting up App Store applications on Solid State Drives using macOS Sequoia

How to operate a Mac application from an external drive

It’s important to mention that you necessitate linking the drive where your application is saved to your Mac for utilizing the application housed there. Following this step, the process is fairly smooth — the application will be visible in your Applications directory, launches with a double-tap, and can be operated just like any other application. (The only thing it won’t do is show up in Launchpad.)

What is the significance of this?

The main reason this holds importance is the cost factor. Additional storage on Macs does not come cheap; you would have to spend an extra $600 to incorporate 2TB of storage in the baseline MacBook Pro, whereas a reliable and rapid external SSD should cost roughly two-thirds of that price, or even less if there’s some room for flexibility. The expenditure rises when setting up for multiple users, hence, in certain scenarios, this aspect could help in making the most out of your procurement budgets. Casual users can also leverage this to delve deeper into and get acquainted with professional applications without being concerned about running low on space on their Mac.

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