Ok, first of all learn rsync or robocopy. But you being on Mac rsync should be your guy (My personal favourite). Those two will only copy the difference between A and B. Waay faster than copying back backup everytime and won’t consume the disk as much.
Now that you know, rsync stuff into the microsd card can now become a daily thing, depending on your usage and how much change you have between sessions.
By sessions I mean whenever you work the data and the progressive difference between backups.
Now, about the long game. I’ve been using on my phones and tablet for at least 2 years swapping movies and music on them every few months and they still work.
I have another one plugged into the work laptop and slapped a VM on it because it was unused and decided to test how long before it breaks. 6 months into the test, 100 or more boots and still holds it.
So in the end I agree with the other comments, it depends a lot on how many times you’ll replace ALL 1TBs on the microsd. That’s what damages it the most, if you edit a few GB every month with rsync or similar you can try.
Ok, first of all learn rsync or robocopy. But you being on Mac rsync should be your guy (My personal favourite). Those two will only copy the difference between A and B. Waay faster than copying back backup everytime and won’t consume the disk as much.
Now that you know, rsync stuff into the microsd card can now become a daily thing, depending on your usage and how much change you have between sessions.
By sessions I mean whenever you work the data and the progressive difference between backups.
Now, about the long game. I’ve been using on my phones and tablet for at least 2 years swapping movies and music on them every few months and they still work.
I have another one plugged into the work laptop and slapped a VM on it because it was unused and decided to test how long before it breaks. 6 months into the test, 100 or more boots and still holds it.
So in the end I agree with the other comments, it depends a lot on how many times you’ll replace ALL 1TBs on the microsd. That’s what damages it the most, if you edit a few GB every month with rsync or similar you can try.