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my new MBP retina
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<blockquote data-quote="IvanLasston" data-source="post: 1418666" data-attributes="member: 145676"><p>1 - What is your budget? I personally like the Seagate Goflex Drives. They come with USB 3.0 but you can buy connectors to convert them to anything. I bought a firewire connector. I also bought a thunderbolt connector - but that wasn't cheap. The thunderbolt adapater is $99 plus you need to buy a thunderbolt cable which is $50 from Apple. I bought a shorter one for $60 (go figure) from elgato</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003BLQHN4/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">Amazon.com: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500 GB USB 2.0 Ultra-Portable External Hard Drive STAA500100 (Black): Electronics</a></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007TSKPJM/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007TSKPJM/?tag=macforums0e4-20</a></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006P1QWOQ/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006P1QWOQ/?tag=macforums0e4-20</a></p><p></p><p>2 - There are some 3rd party usb adapters but I don't know if they are any cheaper</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=usb+ethernet+mac?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=electronics&field-keywords=usb+ethernet+mac?tag=macforums0e4-20</a></p><p></p><p>3 - are you talking a time machine drive with time capsule? You don't need time capsule and to be honest you could use the seagate goflex drives for backup as well. You generally want a dedicated drive if you can afford it as it will fill up quickly with backups.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IvanLasston, post: 1418666, member: 145676"] 1 - What is your budget? I personally like the Seagate Goflex Drives. They come with USB 3.0 but you can buy connectors to convert them to anything. I bought a firewire connector. I also bought a thunderbolt connector - but that wasn't cheap. The thunderbolt adapater is $99 plus you need to buy a thunderbolt cable which is $50 from Apple. I bought a shorter one for $60 (go figure) from elgato [URL='http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003BLQHN4/?tag=macforums0e4-20']Amazon.com: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500 GB USB 2.0 Ultra-Portable External Hard Drive STAA500100 (Black): Electronics[/url] [URL]http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007TSKPJM/?tag=macforums0e4-20[/URL] [URL]http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006P1QWOQ/?tag=macforums0e4-20[/URL] 2 - There are some 3rd party usb adapters but I don't know if they are any cheaper [URL]http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=usb+ethernet+mac?tag=macforums0e4-20[/URL] 3 - are you talking a time machine drive with time capsule? You don't need time capsule and to be honest you could use the seagate goflex drives for backup as well. You generally want a dedicated drive if you can afford it as it will fill up quickly with backups. [/QUOTE]
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