Use your 2.5" / 3.5" SATA I / II / III as an additional external hard drive.This USB3.0 to SATA adapter supports up to 18TB hard drive. High speed USB 3.0 specification and backward compatible ...

And, of course, you should always have an external drive available for making Time Machine backups in case anything ever goes ... get you a 4TB basic desktop hard drive with a USB interface ...

it’s always good to have an extra copy of your stuff in a local hard drive, just in case. Luckily, external hard drives are still pretty common and have only improved in the past few years.