Help & advice needed on my mac mini

my main pc’s are running linux
but these mac’s 1 of 2 i already own
are for separate workstations an task


ie


1
is for media streaming hub & media trans-code/converter
&
the other is for use as cad designing an 3d printer station


my mac mini is the 2018 version
with OS Sequoia & i7 six core , 32gb ram , 128gb storage

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i plan to upgrade the ram to 64gb later but for now
im use the one i got new not referbed off amazon as

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my light auto cad fusion/3d printer station with my
Longer LK5 Pro 3 3D Printer an also for use as my infuse media hub
with my nas

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i do plan to get 1 more mac with the same specs an add more ram an use
to replace my current nas with it an use the 4 x Thunderbolt 3 for a small server storage farm but thats later for now what i want an need

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info an advice on is this

i dont what the swap memory to disc enabled just the ram
compression as i dont have the extra ram yet an have little main storge will following this step by step guide work with this mac an os

GitHub

GitHub - Leo-YiLuan/Disable-Swap-Memory-macOS14: Guide to disable swap memory…

Guide to disable swap memory on macOS 14.1.2. Contribute to Leo-YiLuan/Disable-Swap-Memory-macOS14 development by creating an account on GitHub.

with hardware , apps , an custom setup

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can i use an upgrade the ram from the 32GB 2666 MHz DDR4

to 64gb with another brands 2 x 32gb set or does it have to be this

eshop.macsales.com

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or alts like

amazon.com

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or

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are these app still compatible on my 2018 i7 mac mini

(edit update mac sequoia 15.0)

current os version -

drmare M4V Converter

m4vconverterplus

avs4mac

what are the best alts to photoshop & krita & Flowblade

either free or lifetime fee are prefered

how do i force set mounted drives (exturnal usb & netwok) & apps to stay after reboot

an auto mount after login

can i set a exturnal nvme ssd to be use a temp storage/cache an as scratch disk , meaning can i have two thundebolt 3 exturnal nvme drives 1 for system caching & 1 for temp files iv got 3 of these nvme’s


so i can use 2 on 1 mac (the one with mem compress & disc swap enable)
that for workstation use an the 3rd nvme on the

(the one with mem compress & disc swap disabled)
that for use as a nas storage server

can you recommand some good 40Gbps thunderbolt 3 NVMe SSD Enclosures & 1ft thunderbolt cables that will work with this mac


is ther a way to set a custom sysctl setting file like this

sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=133

sudo sysctl vm.page-cluster=4

sudo sysctl vm.dirty_background_ratio=5

sudo sysctl vm.dirty_ratio=50

sudo sysctl vm.watermark_scale_factor=10

sudo sysctl vm.vfs_cache_pressure=400

sudo sysctl vm.dirty_expire_centisecs=1000

sudo sysctl vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs=0

sudo sysctl vm.dirtytime_expire_seconds=1800

(my custom linux config) but for mac

as i dont need a lot of caching that often , is ther

a mac version of the command string if so how does the go , whats the file to edit

an is nano edit a thing on mac