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05-30-2012, 09:32 PM | #2 |
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Is this what you're after? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136469
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05-30-2012, 09:53 PM | #3 |
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Might be. What does it mean when it says, "can be easily reformatted for use with Macs." It's not just a plug-and-go kind of thing for Macs? What does it mean to reformat the hard drive for Mac?
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05-30-2012, 11:02 PM | #4 |
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There's tons of 1TB mybooks out there for $100
Walmart http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hard-Drive...sures/15222296
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05-30-2012, 11:47 PM | #5 |
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My passport. With USB 3.0, and powered by usb, no extra power source needed.
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05-31-2012, 07:36 AM | #6 |
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With your Macbook, I'd really recommend one that has Firewire. It's much faster than normal USB. We have really good luck with LaCie externals at work. I'd recommend this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822154570 It has Firewire 400 and 800, eSATA, and USB. Remember that externals by their very nature are not as dependable as normal drives. Just having them jostle around during transportation, even when you're careful, is enough to reduce the life of the drive. So the more you transport it, the less you should trust it long term. Also, regarding your question about the drive that "can be easily reformatted for use with Macs." Any hard drive can be easily reformatted for use with Macs. Macs and Windows machines use the exact same types/brands of hard drives. But they format the drives in different ways. Windows machines use NTFS formatted drives. Mac machines use Mac OS Extended formatted drives. And without additional installation of third party software, the OSes can't read and write to the other format. So if you attach a Mac OS formatted drive to a Windows machine, it won't recognize it. But both Windows and OS X have very simple methods of formatting the drive for use with the OS. And you can also split the drive in to 2 partitions, and format one partition with Mac OS and the other with NTFS. Then you'd have one drive that could be read by both. There's also another older format that can be read by both Windows and Mac, called FAT32. Both OSes can read and write to that. But there's a limitation on individual file size in OS X though. You can't copy/save/access a file >4GB in OS X with a FAT32 formatted drive.
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05-31-2012, 07:53 AM | #7 |
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I've got two of these SeaGate Goflex drives and have been extremely pleased -- USB 3.0 speeds are fantastic..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148653 With your macbook being 3 years old, I don't think that Apple had integrated intel's Ivy Bridge platform yet (I believe you're still stuck with USB 2.0).. Firewire 800 will be your best option for right now. I'd honestly pick up one that has Firewire and USB 3.0 support.
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