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External drive solutions can either be used manually or softwares configured to automate tasks such as backing up. They can provide the answer for people who find their machines filling up with photos and music.
Most people find backing up to a CD or DVD to slow, and memory sticks [aka pen drives] don't hold enough and are also slow.
We don't supply plastic case external hard disks as they don't dissipate heat effectively and usually only offer one slow port. All models below come with a year long warranty on the case relevant to NZ, and feature ample connection ports and cables to suit all needs.
Enterprise quality hard disks...
Some manufacturers produce hard disks built to finer tolerances for critical applications in servers etc. MacAssist can price and supply these.
All is relative in terms of capacity...
MegaBytes, GigaBytes and TerraBytes...
- 1000 Mb = 1 Gb
- 1000 Gb = 1 Tb
A CD holds about 640 Mbs, and an old floppy disk 1.2 Mb. A photo from a point-and-click digital camera, about 2 Mb and from a high quality digital camera up to 50 Mb
A question of connectivity and speed ...
descending = faster
- USB [slow but OK for printing etc.]
- FireWire 400 [useful speed and the staple for Macs for a number of years. Now slowly vanishing. Allows Mac's to boot off ext. drives]
- USB 2
- FireWire 800 [not necessairily twice the speed of 400, and available on most modern Macs]
- eSATA [seriously fast and can be used with some Macs via the small SD card slot].
Tiime Machine...
Apple's answer to easy backing up is now acknowledged as being a boon to lite users through to power user designers [with nothing similar for Window's users]. However it is not an archiving system, and for some users this means a comprehensive backup plan needs to be thought through in depth.
Small in size only, 2.5 inch hard disk options for the traveller [Windows and Mac]...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
The perfect external drive for backing up on the road...
Featuring a 2.5 inch hard disk just like the one in your laptop, this range of drives can handle all needs on the road, at home or in the office...
Not only does the small size make life easier while traveling, but usually the unit can draw enough current from the computer's port, so a wall plug and cumbersome adaptor are not necessary [note some models have one inc. just in case it's needed, or two USB cables - the theory being the one that does not carry data can carry power].
The drive inside is mounted on neoprene washers, and all is in an alloy case which helps heat dissipate.
Firewire 400 and USB 2.0 as illustrated - 320 Gb: $NZ 244 inc GST
... through to a 500 Gb option, with Firewire 800, 400 and USB 2.0. Please email for a price
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Hard Disk Tip :
If your Mac starts going slower than normal don't assume like many do, that you've got too much data on board. If it is getting chock-a-block it'll give you a message at some point saying your Start Up Disk is full.
You can easily ascertain how much free space you have by looking at the figure at the bottom of every folder window e.g.
Always having no less than about 1 Gb available seems to be OK for most users. This figure will be the same for any window belonging to the same drive.
As well as the capacity left it tells you the number of items in the folder, or failing this how many items you have selected in it.