Installing X-Plane on an external HD

Question

I have a MacBook Pro with the 500gb drive.

I have very little available space, so can I make an install work well on an external drive without performance loss.

It will be a new install that I have not downloaded yet as I upgraded to the newest version.

Appreciate any tips before I try the install.

Dan

Answer 1

Hi Dan,

I am not with Laminar Research; just a flight simmer.

I read into your question you are already running X-Plane 11 on your Mac system.  Having read all of the questions asked in this forum I understand others run X-Plane on an external drive.

I would suggest you use a SSD drive rather than a standard external hard drive as they are faster.

In resetting X-Plane 11 on the new external drive you don't have to do a new or fresh installation.  Just copy the complete x-plane folder across onto the new drive provided you have followed the normal instructions of placing the installation on the desktop or in a dedicated directory.  All the files should be intact.

If you have a desktop icon you will need to reset the path to open up X-Plane.

Hope this helps.

Glenn