Looking for a wireless hard drive

[joeg679]

I'd like to know if there's a wireless SSD hard drive that will allow me to store documents, images and movies on it and be able to access it from my macbook pro. Ideally, I'd like to be able to connect to it wirelessly and play movies in VLC, Quicktime, view docs in Word, Adobe, etc.

I currently have a hard drive connected to a TC, but after updating to 10.12.2, I'm getting an error 36 and apple said that there may not be a way to fix it. Thanks

 

[harryb2448]

Try this no doubt there are larger capacity models for larger capacity pockets. Also Apple have abandoned TC:-


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M9B3XZM/?tag=macforums0e4-20

 

[joeg679]

Try this no doubt there are larger capacity models for larger capacity pockets. Also Apple have abandoned TC:-


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M9B3XZM/?tag=macforums0e4-20

Thanks! A few questions:

-Will this work with my macbook? It looks like it's for mobile devices.

-How's the transfer rate and playback? When it was working properly, the SSD connected to the TC allowed for a fast transfer and I could play movie files with no streaming issues.

 

[ferrarr]

When it was working properly, the SSD connected to the TC allowed for a fast transfer and I could play movie files with no streaming issues.

How was the drive connected to the TC? If USB 3, then you could buy an enclosure and a separate SSD drive and build your own.

 

[joeg679]

How was the drive connected to the TC? If USB 3, then you could buy an enclosure and a separate SSD drive and build your own.

That is what I currently have. it's a Samsung external SSD with an enclosure. For some reason, after I updated to 10.12.2, movies that are on the SSD no longer play and I get an error.

 

[ferrarr]

Have you tried to plug it directly into your MacBook Pro? Run Disk Utility > First Aid?

 

[joeg679]

Have you tried to plug it directly into your MacBook Pro? Run Disk Utility > First Aid?

If I plug the SSD into the macbook, the movie files play as normal. Should I still try to run disk utility on it?

 

[harryb2448]

When you said you wanted a wireless external drive that's what I googled for you. Sorry.

 

[joeg679]

When you said you wanted a wireless external drive that's what I googled for you. Sorry.

no problem, i appreciate the help.

 

[ferrarr]

If I plug the SSD into the macbook, the movie files play as normal. Should I still try to run disk utility on it?

I think, if you run Disk Utility on it, then try to plug it back in to the TC and test again.

 

[joeg679]

I think, if you run Disk Utility on it, then try to plug it back in to the TC and test again.

Tried that and still doesn't work. I've seen one other person on the apple forums with this exact problem and it seems like it started in the past week.

 

[harryb2448]

Give the TC a big miss. Apple has abandoned it and at the end of the day it was just another device, nothing special.

 

[joeg679]

Give the TC a big miss. Apple has abandoned it and at the end of the day it was just another device, nothing special.

I actually like it a lot. I don't want information on the cloud and it was nice to have a physical device that backs up my computer all the time. Is there another, non-cloud, alternative?

With regard to my issue. I reformatted a different hard drive and connected that to the TC and the movie files play, so I guess I have to do that to the main one. I'll see if that fixes the issue. Thanks

 

[Jonzjob]

Can someone tell me what a TC is please??

 

[joeg679]

Can someone tell me what a TC is please??

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