MacBook - External hard....which one too buy

griffinhall · griffinhall #1 (**permalink**)

08-09-2009, 11:58 AM

hi everyone, i am looking to buy an external hard drive to back up all my stuff with time machine. can anyone tell me which Hard drive to get and how much it would be. im looking for a cheap one.

osxx · osxx #2 (**permalink**)

08-10-2009, 03:20 PM

I like Western Digital Studio ll and the price varies for amount of space you need and sales are going on all the time and if you need portability over speed Passport from them is great also.

D3v1L80Y · D3v1L80Y #3 (**permalink**)

08-10-2009, 03:36 PM

Sticky thread: Which External Hard Drive should I buy/Do you suggest?

therichad · therichad #4 (**permalink**)

08-10-2009, 10:06 PM

I really like the look of the time capsule harddrive. If you're looking to go all out go with the 1TB time capsule because that does not only backup your files but you could also share those file with the other Macs/ PCs on your network (if you have any). But if your looking for just external harddrives without the network sharing go with seagate harddrives, they are the most reputable.

Collin Bl · Collin Bl #5 (**permalink**)

08-10-2009, 11:09 PM

Time Capsule is great but generally is on site and not bootable without doing a work round. My solution is to have FW800 Ext Hd as an 'off site' backup using Superduper which gives protection against fire and theft and the ability to copy or use you system exactly as it was when u did you last back up, either by booting thru another computer or doing a bootable copy to a new computer/HD

therichad #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 09, 2009 Location: Seymour Posts: 155 Mac Specs: 2011 15" MacBook Pro 2.0GHZ Intel Quad-Core i7 iPhone 5 16GB, iPad 3 16GB	08-10-2009, 10:06 PM I really like the look of the time capsule harddrive. If you're looking to go all out go with the 1TB time capsule because that does not only backup your files but you could also share those file with the other Macs/ PCs on your network (if you have any). But if your looking for just external harddrives without the network sharing go with seagate harddrives, they are the most reputable. Once you go Mac you never go back (to PC) Android sucks!!
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griffinhall #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Zionsville, IN Posts: 10 Mac Specs: 13.3 inch Macbook(Late 2006) /Intel Core Duo 2 / 1.83 Ghz / 160 GB HDD / 1 GB RAM	08-09-2009, 11:58 AM hi everyone, i am looking to buy an external hard drive to back up all my stuff with time machine. can anyone tell me which Hard drive to get and how much it would be. im looking for a cheap one.
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osxx #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 19, 2008 Location: houston texas Posts: 3,935 Mac Specs: 15 MacBook Pro 2009 32GB iPad 4 32GB iPhone 5 Apple TV 3 AEBS/AE	08-10-2009, 03:20 PM I like Western Digital Studio ll and the price varies for amount of space you need and sales are going on all the time and if you need portability over speed Passport from them is great also.
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Collin Bl #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 07, 2009 Location: Napier NZ Posts: 3,273 Mac Specs: 27 iMac i5, 2.4 C2D MBP & iMac 20, 1TB dual TC, AppleTV, iPh4	08-10-2009, 11:09 PM Time Capsule is great but generally is on site and not bootable without doing a work round. My solution is to have FW800 Ext Hd as an 'off site' backup using Superduper which gives protection against fire and theft and the ability to copy or use you system exactly as it was when u did you last back up, either by booting thru another computer or doing a bootable copy to a new computer/HD
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