Stop Paying the Apple Storage Tax — Do This Instead (2026 Mac Storage Guide)
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Free up your Mac’s internal storage the right way — move your Home folder to an external SSD.
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⏱ Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:40 Spotlight fixed & indexing the external SSD
02:09 Works on new Macs, migrations, and freeing internal storage
02:41 About the PDF guide
03:25 Recommended NVMe + enclosure setups
05:30 ⚠️ MUST have a backup before continuing
05:50 Step 1: Create a backup administrator account
09:07 Step 2: Format the external drive (APFS)
10:58 Step 3: Download and install Carbon Copy Cloner
11:48 Step 4: Clone your main user account
14:40 Step 5: Set the new user folder path to the external SSD
16:08 Step 6: Reboot and log into the external SSD user
18:54 Step 7: Delete the old internal user account
21:25 Security & encrypting the external SSD
24:03 Final notes
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