The external Kingston XS2000 SSD works well enough, but doesn’t quite reach its full speed potential on Mac because of Apple’s design choices.
Kingston XS2000 External SSD
With the massive bandwidth available for USB 4 and Thunderbolt connections, external SSDs are generally the best way to get more storage on a Mac. Typically compact, they can work at about the same speed as Apple’s own internal drives.
That is, assuming you get a Thunderbolt one. The Kingston XS2000 is not that.
