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DJ RANN
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Registered: May 2001
Location: Hollywood....

External Drives For a Mac.....

So I bought a really cheap seagate drive when I first got my imac, and it turns out YGWYPF.

The damn thing sleeps every time you're not actively using making logic stop until the drives spins back up. There's no fix for it unless you're a PCer, so time to get a new drive and retire it as a back up disk.

I've always used LaCie at work, and even though they're great, they're a tad expensive for me - was wondering if anyone can advise/tell about less expensive but relaible drives they use for an Imac. Preferably firwire but can also do usb.

Thanks!!!

Apr-17-2009 00:20

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orTofønChiLd
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Registered: Feb 2008
Location: Miami

I use a western digital 320gb external hardrive which was bought for 109 at apple and its really good

Apr-17-2009 00:41

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DJ RANN
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Registered: May 2001
Location: Hollywood....

quote:
Originally posted by orTofï¿½nChiLd
I use a western digital 320gb external hardrive which was bought for 109 at apple and its really good

Great, that's well cheap. Thanks!!!! Have you had any issues? (like it sleeping, reliability etc.).

Apr-17-2009 00:50

orTofønChiLd
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Registered: Feb 2008
Location: Miami

quote:
Originally posted by DJ RANN
Great, that's well cheap. Thanks!!!! Have you had any issues? (like it sleeping, reliability etc.).

nope it works like a charm

Apr-17-2009 00:53

DigiNut
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Registered: Dec 2002
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Why waste money on a special drive when you can just get a bog-standard hard drive and a Firewire/USB enclosure? I've never had one of those spin down either - they're subject to whatever power management rules you already have set up on the system.

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Apr-17-2009 02:52 Canada

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http://www.lacie.com/

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Subtle
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I have a Lacie too, its great.. except it does not turn itself off along with the computer, and there is no off button.

Prolly just the one i have though.

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atxbigballer1
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quote:
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I have a Lacie too, its great.. except it does not turn itself off along with the computer, and there is no off button.

Prolly just the one i have though.

Mine has off, on and auto, got it last year!

Apr-17-2009 03:42 United States

Subtle
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Mine has off, on and auto, got it last year!
Yeah there you go

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Apr-17-2009 04:16 Norway

echosystm
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Re: External Drives For a Mac.....

quote:
Originally posted by DJ RANN
The damn thing sleeps every time you're not actively using

I have the same problem with my Western Digital drive. Absolute piece of shit. There's no way to disable it either. I would just get an external case and put a HDD in it.

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Lolo
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Registered: Dec 2002
Location: Brussels, Belgium

Western Digital here. Their usb models tend to sleep a lot, but I'd rather have that than 5 lacie drives crashed with defective sectors in the last 2 years. No more lacie, no more maxtor for me. Performance isn't what matters the most. Data safety is.

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Theran
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I guess nobody really payed attention to the post from Diginut, but he is right. The problem lies in power management. You can setup USB in a way, that when not used active, it will cut the power till you use it again (I believe this is the default setting).

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