Mac Storage Solutions

Running out of space is becoming a common problem in the day of high speed internet and HD downloads. 10 movies puts you back 40GBs if you’re into the High Def scene. That combined with all of your apps and music can fill up your hard drive fast. Have no worries though. I have compiled a list of the highest rated /and best performing external hard drives for your Mac.

  1. Western Digital MyBook Studio Edition – Coming in at $105 for 500GBs. It’s not really your value hard drive. This drive is specifically designed and marketed for Apple computers. It features a quad-interface consisting of Firewire 800, Firewire 400, eSATA, and USB 2.0. The LED capacity gauge and the smart power auto off are two features which make this drive even more irresistible. More Details. Buy Here.
  2. Lacie’s Neil Poulton External Hard Drive – If simplistic elegant style is your thing, this is the drive for you. eSATA, USB 2.0, and Firewire 400 make for a better then average port list. The price has recently fallen making this drive a feasible option for all users. You can pick up a 500GB one for $89.99. Buy Here. More Details Here.
  3. Western Digital My Book World Edition – Networked Attached Storage devices such as this one from Western Digital bring you hard to the world. Included software allows you to remotely access your hard drive where ever you have an internet connection. You can also plug the drive directly into a home router to give all other computers on your network access to the the drive. $219 for 1TB. Get one here.

Portable Drives:

  1. Toshiba Portable External – This drive offers up decent style at a decent price. $89.99 for 160GBs. Like most portable drives it gets all of its power from the USB port. No need for extra power adpaters. You are however going to be stuck with USB 2.0.
  2. Apricorn Portable Firewire Drive – If you are looking for above average performance from a portable drive, Firewire is the way to go. This drive is powered by the Firewire port. Get one here.

Coming in at $349 the Drobo was a little bit more then I really wanted to deal with. However, I am going to say it is worth it. I have seen it in action and it is flawless. Check it out here: Data Robitocs

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5 Responses to “Mac Storage Solutions”

  1. Brady - Mac Got Me Says:
    October 25th, 2008 at 3:43 pm

    Can the Western Digital My Book be used with the Time Machine Software on OS X? Or does it require you to buy an Apple Time Capsule (or whatever they call their external hard drive).

  2. Luke Says:
    October 25th, 2008 at 4:02 pm

    Time Machine supports all plug and play drives. Time Capsule is pretty fancy though.

  3. jrabbit Says:
    October 25th, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    http://www.lacie.com/imgstore/product_large/hd_poultondesktop_triple_2.jpg
    http://images.tigerdirect.com/itemdetails/L18-301302U-CA/L18-301302U-CA-out3-wg.jpg
    not the same. spec different too.
    tiger direct has a sneaky way of dropping features.

  4. Luke Says:
    October 25th, 2008 at 4:56 pm

    Thanks for the heads up jrabbit

  5. Murphy Mac Says:
    October 26th, 2008 at 9:31 am

    I’m always out of space. Looking at Drobo. Saves me from a single disk failure, but makes me wonder how likely a total-Drobo-failure is and the odds of losing everything. I don’t think it’s been out long enough for anyone to really know what those odds are. Naturally critical stuff won’t reside exclusively on the Drobo.

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