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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 ...

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All your files, apps, and settings are on your old computer. Here’s how to move them to your new Windows PC, from either Windows or macOS. It’s great to get a new computer, but it’s not so great to ...