External HD

Kenny48 · Kenny48 #1 (**permalink**)

02-27-2010, 07:18 PM

I am currently moving from my Vista PC to a 21" imac. I have 1000s of photos on a external HD, will this work if I plug it into the USB of the imac. I am frightened of trying in case I lose or corrupt the photos of the family I have taken over many years. Thanks in advance

ZorroAMG · ZorroAMG #2 (**permalink**)

02-27-2010, 07:58 PM

I just took some videos off of a friend's PC formatted external HD to my older MBP via USB and it was not an issue.

Enjoy!

chscag · chscag #3 (**permalink**)

02-27-2010, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenny48

I am currently moving from my Vista PC to a 21" imac. I have 1000s of photos on a external HD, will this work if I plug it into the USB of the imac. I am frightened of trying in case I lose or corrupt the photos of the family I have taken over many years. Thanks in advance

No, it'll work fine. I routinely display photos from an external on my PC as well as my Mac.

But a word of caution here: Storing family photos that you can't afford to lose on a hard drive is asking for trouble. Hard drives fail - it's not a matter of if they'll fail, it a matter of when they'll fail.

Be sure to backup your photos on to DVD media (I know, you'll need lots of DVDs) or another hard drive. What would be ideal is if you have a Blue Ray drive. Blue Ray disks have a very large capacity.

Regards.

ZorroAMG · ZorroAMG #4 (**permalink**)

02-27-2010, 09:36 PM

Yeah I have my DVD collection on my HD for my AppleTV and I have the discs in storage in case...

EndlessMac · EndlessMac #5 (**permalink**)

02-27-2010, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chscag

Be sure to backup your photos on to DVD media (I know, you'll need lots of DVDs) or another hard drive. What would be ideal is if you have a Blue Ray drive. Blue Ray disks have a very large capacity.

I agree. A backup would be a good idea. If the pictures are that important to you then you shouldn't have just one copy.

osxx · osxx #6 (**permalink**)

02-28-2010, 09:27 PM

I always back up with TM and on things that can't be reloaded or replaced easily they
are put on a DVD or two.

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Kenny48 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 21, 2010 Posts: 4 Mac Specs: Macbook 13", imac 21", iphone 16gb	02-27-2010, 07:18 PM I am currently moving from my Vista PC to a 21" imac. I have 1000s of photos on a external HD, will this work if I plug it into the USB of the imac. I am frightened of trying in case I lose or corrupt the photos of the family I have taken over many years. Thanks in advance
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ZorroAMG #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 23, 2005 Location: Vancouver Canada Posts: 522 Mac Specs: \| '09 24" iMac 3.06 8GB \| '09 iPhone 3GS 32GB \| '09 ATV 1.16TB \| '07 23" ACD \| '06 15" MBP \|	02-27-2010, 07:58 PM I just took some videos off of a friend's PC formatted external HD to my older MBP via USB and it was not an issue. Enjoy!
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ZorroAMG #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 23, 2005 Location: Vancouver Canada Posts: 522 Mac Specs: \| '09 24" iMac 3.06 8GB \| '09 iPhone 3GS 32GB \| '09 ATV 1.16TB \| '07 23" ACD \| '06 15" MBP \|	02-27-2010, 09:36 PM Yeah I have my DVD collection on my HD for my AppleTV and I have the discs in storage in case...
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Member Since: Jan 19, 2008 Location: houston texas Posts: 3,926 Mac Specs: 15 MacBook Pro 2009 32GB iPad 4 32GB iPhone 5 Apple TV 3 AEBS/AE	02-28-2010, 09:27 PM I always back up with TM and on things that can't be reloaded or replaced easily they are put on a DVD or two.
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