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External Drives For a Mac.....
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| DJ RANN |
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!!! |
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| orTof�nChiLd |
| I use a western digital 320gb external hardrive which was bought for 109 at apple and its really good |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by orTof�nChiLd
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.). |
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| orTof�nChiLd |
| 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 |
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| DigiNut |
| 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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| Subtle |
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 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Subtle
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! |
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| Subtle |
| quote: | Originally posted by atxbigballer1
Mine has off, on and auto, got it last year! |
Yeah there you go :) |
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| echosystm |
| 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 . 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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