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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1809970" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p><strong>Al</strong> - as others have stated, you'll get much more storage/cost going w/ a spinning HD, which will also allow you to buy more devices for different backup strategies and redundancy, e.g. I back up an iMac and two Mac laptops on about a dozen external HDs - my strategies are TM (Time Machine) and Cloning software (used CCC, Carbon Copy Cloner) and I make 2 BUs of each, so 4 HDs/computer. I have a variety of brands (Seagate, WD, Toshiba, Buffalo, and a lot of OWC drives which use the HD technology of the first 3 companies in that list) - in the last 5 years, I've had just one drive fail (an OWC w/ a WD HD), but others will eventually, hence the redundancy.</p><p></p><p>As to which external HD(s) to purchase, just do some googling, e.g. 'external hard drives reliability' will bring up a LOT of hits - reviews may vary widely on their recommendations - also keep in mind that out of the dozens of HD makers in the past, there are now just 3 manufacturers of these devices, as the quote and pic show, i.e. Seagate, WD, & Toshiba - thus, a HD by another name will likely have one of those brand's drive (as in my OWC external HDs). Good luck w/ your choice(s) - 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>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]29029[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1809970, member: 234411"] [B]Al[/B] - as others have stated, you'll get much more storage/cost going w/ a spinning HD, which will also allow you to buy more devices for different backup strategies and redundancy, e.g. I back up an iMac and two Mac laptops on about a dozen external HDs - my strategies are TM (Time Machine) and Cloning software (used CCC, Carbon Copy Cloner) and I make 2 BUs of each, so 4 HDs/computer. I have a variety of brands (Seagate, WD, Toshiba, Buffalo, and a lot of OWC drives which use the HD technology of the first 3 companies in that list) - in the last 5 years, I've had just one drive fail (an OWC w/ a WD HD), but others will eventually, hence the redundancy. As to which external HD(s) to purchase, just do some googling, e.g. 'external hard drives reliability' will bring up a LOT of hits - reviews may vary widely on their recommendations - also keep in mind that out of the dozens of HD makers in the past, there are now just 3 manufacturers of these devices, as the quote and pic show, i.e. Seagate, WD, & Toshiba - thus, a HD by another name will likely have one of those brand's drive (as in my OWC external HDs). Good luck w/ your choice(s) - Dave :) . [ATTACH=FULL]29029[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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