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1TB External Hard Drive for Time Machine Back up?
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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1844949" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Hi <strong>Randy</strong> - thanks for the excellent summary above (which I've abbreviated to save some space) - I'm retired so not much of importance on my 3 Mac computers (except wife's iMac w/ some of our financial stuff etc; own 2 laptops plus an iMac) - my current BU plan uses 5 external drives per computer, a total of 15 (none are attached for continuous use, so I do BUs once a week or so) - each includes duplicate TM and CCC backups + a single external device for 'personal' files/folders (just as a triplicate assurance).</p><p></p><p>Four of my HDs are OWC spinners (pic below), Mercury On-The-Go Pro which use different HDs (Seagate, WD, & HGST in the ones I own) - I had one fail and was easy to replace the HD w/ their enclosure - your links did not include this OWC offering - recommended or not?</p><p></p><p>My other 'spinners' are less expensive older WD, Seagate, Buffalo small models that I will likely replace w/ more reliable brands/models - I do have one Glyph (shown below) which I bought a year ago based on your recommendation - is this one of your suggested EHDs? If so, I will likely replace my older ones w/ this brand (and the price is more which may impact on many who use duplicate BUs like myself).</p><p></p><p>Finally, I now have about 3 SSDs among my BU drives and plan to increase that number as replacements are needed - as the prices drop on this technology, especially for those that need the 1 TB or so sizes, as me - what are your thoughts regarding solid state vs. spinners (and I know that both can fail about equally - had a LaCie SSD die on my last year). Thanks for any comments. Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]31204[/ATTACH]</p><p>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]31205[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1844949, member: 234411"] Hi [B]Randy[/B] - thanks for the excellent summary above (which I've abbreviated to save some space) - I'm retired so not much of importance on my 3 Mac computers (except wife's iMac w/ some of our financial stuff etc; own 2 laptops plus an iMac) - my current BU plan uses 5 external drives per computer, a total of 15 (none are attached for continuous use, so I do BUs once a week or so) - each includes duplicate TM and CCC backups + a single external device for 'personal' files/folders (just as a triplicate assurance). Four of my HDs are OWC spinners (pic below), Mercury On-The-Go Pro which use different HDs (Seagate, WD, & HGST in the ones I own) - I had one fail and was easy to replace the HD w/ their enclosure - your links did not include this OWC offering - recommended or not? My other 'spinners' are less expensive older WD, Seagate, Buffalo small models that I will likely replace w/ more reliable brands/models - I do have one Glyph (shown below) which I bought a year ago based on your recommendation - is this one of your suggested EHDs? If so, I will likely replace my older ones w/ this brand (and the price is more which may impact on many who use duplicate BUs like myself). Finally, I now have about 3 SSDs among my BU drives and plan to increase that number as replacements are needed - as the prices drop on this technology, especially for those that need the 1 TB or so sizes, as me - what are your thoughts regarding solid state vs. spinners (and I know that both can fail about equally - had a LaCie SSD die on my last year). Thanks for any comments. Dave :) . [ATTACH=FULL]31204[/ATTACH] . [ATTACH=FULL]31205[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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