Hi. Looking for a backup drive for my Mac and it is harder than I thought. Here are some questions i have:
1. What size should I get? My mac is 320 GB, and some research has has folks saying at least twice this size - Why? If it's backup, how can I backup what I don't have. Unless....see question 2:
2. Should I be buying this just for backup or for extra storage? Meaning, way bigger so I can have more storage than my Mac - and if so, then don't I need backup for that (backup for backup!). Is this possible? Can the drive be partitioned that many times (ie: one partition to backup my computer, then partitioned 2 more times - new storage and backup for that). Or is this getting too difficult - maybe i should just worry about the backup for now which brings me back to question 1!!!
3. USB plug in only? Or another power source? the latter seem to be much bigger.....
4. Brands? Iomega today, 1 TB was only 119 bucks (canadian)....much cheaper than any others.....
5. If you got this far, thanks for your help and reading all my rambling. Future shop was no help at all.....
Thanks
1. What size should I get? My mac is 320 GB, and some research has has folks saying at least twice this size - Why? If it's backup, how can I backup what I don't have. Unless....see question 2:
2. Should I be buying this just for backup or for extra storage? Meaning, way bigger so I can have more storage than my Mac - and if so, then don't I need backup for that (backup for backup!). Is this possible? Can the drive be partitioned that many times (ie: one partition to backup my computer, then partitioned 2 more times - new storage and backup for that). Or is this getting too difficult - maybe i should just worry about the backup for now which brings me back to question 1!!!
3. USB plug in only? Or another power source? the latter seem to be much bigger.....
4. Brands? Iomega today, 1 TB was only 119 bucks (canadian)....much cheaper than any others.....
5. If you got this far, thanks for your help and reading all my rambling. Future shop was no help at all.....
Thanks