Thanks, that's a good question, I'm not sure if it has a thunderbolt connector, I think it's only USB 3. I will need to check that. I will look into the SanDisk solid state flash drive, didn't know this was a thing, thanks.
LoL, thanks for the info! I'm not stealing anything, I swear! 👀. The files are on a very expensive inspection/measurement tool and this can't be sitting for 20/30 mins while everyone waits for the files to transfer. I think an external SSD is the way to go, thanks.