MacBook - portable / external hard drives on a Mac

brandyyyyyyyyyn · brandyyyyyyyyyn #1 (**permalink**)

06-02-2009, 01:23 AM

Hi, I just ordered my first mac today, the new macbook white. I want to just keep programs on the internal drive and have two external drives for the same file storage, one backing up the other. I already have a portable 160gb.

So in that case I want to leave the drives connected all the time while im at home atleast. My question is will the portable drives damage the power supply even if the mac book is plugged in? Should I get external drives with their own power supply instead to be safe, or am I over reacting? Thanks, I look forward to switching to mac.

CrimsonRequiem · CrimsonRequiem #2 (**permalink**)

06-02-2009, 01:23 AM

I think you are being overly cautious.

brandyyyyyyyyyn · brandyyyyyyyyyn #3 (**permalink**)

06-02-2009, 01:27 AM

I hope so but I don't like suprises.

Jakew903 · Jakew903 #4 (**permalink**)

06-02-2009, 01:52 AM

You're being to cautious. I do my own radio show through LiveVideo, and I run the two drives, and it's s'all good.

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Inactive Staff Member Since: Jul 24, 2008 Posts: 5,958 Mac Specs: MBP 2.3 Ghz 4GB RAM 860 GB SSD, iMac 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 32GB RAM, Fusion Drive 1TB	06-02-2009, 01:23 AM I think you are being overly cautious. 死神はリンゴしか食べない。
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Jakew903 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: May 03, 2009 Location: Bensalem, PA Posts: 17	06-02-2009, 01:52 AM You're being to cautious. I do my own radio show through LiveVideo, and I run the two drives, and it's s'all good. 1. Dell XPS M1530: 250GB HD, 4GB's Ram. 2. Macintosh Macbook: 320 GB HD, 4 GB's Ram. 3. Macintosh Black Macbook: 250 GB HD, 4 GB's Ram. 4. Macintosh Macbook Pro 15": 320 GB HD, 8 GB's Ram. Last edited by Jakew903; 06-02-2009 at 01:53 AM. Reason: Broken link
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Member Since: Jun 02, 2009 Posts: 2	06-02-2009, 01:23 AM Hi, I just ordered my first mac today, the new macbook white. I want to just keep programs on the internal drive and have two external drives for the same file storage, one backing up the other. I already have a portable 160gb. So in that case I want to leave the drives connected all the time while im at home atleast. My question is will the portable drives damage the power supply even if the mac book is plugged in? Should I get external drives with their own power supply instead to be safe, or am I over reacting? Thanks, I look forward to switching to mac.
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