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You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Hi, I know Apple Intelligence requires MacOS to be installed on the main internal drive. If I don't care about Apple Intelligence and install the entire MacOS on an external drive and run from it, what problems would I encounter besides the need to have an external drive attached to the Mini M4 all the time? Is it approach better than running MacOS from the internal 256GB drive and have some files stored in an external drive? I mean the possibility of less troublesome to do file management, worrying about swap.

Any noticeable drop in overall performance? Any trouble such as system broken whenever Apple updates the OS?