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Re: Looking for a new 500GB external hard drive - Any advice?

Alex — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:47:19 GMT

Glenn Wolsey posted about this on his blog recently. Linky

Re: Looking for a new 500GB external hard drive - Any advice?

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:08:20 GMT

I bought one of these today.

Lacie Porsche

Amazon £66.29

500GB

7200RPM

Firewire

& willl match my new iMac hopefully.

Re: Looking for a new 500GB external hard drive - Any advice?

Alex — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:08:38 GMT

True, I didn't understand that and the mods kinda hushed it up a bit.

What was your username there?

edit: found it

Re: Looking for a new 500GB external hard drive - Any advice?

Flappo The Grate — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:24:29 GMT

i'm banned at macrumors , it's not so much the mods as certain posters there are so lame they report you when you humiliate them in front of everyone

the rotten killjoys :)

mind you , multimedia got banned from the mac pro forum and nobody can quite figure out why as he was arguably one of the most helpful and intelligent posters on the site

weird

Re: Looking for a new 500GB external hard drive - Any advice?

Alex — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:48:51 GMT

Yep, I do indeed, although not as much as I used to. There was a time when I was averaging 40 posts a day, but now it's closer to five or six.

Re: Looking for a new 500GB external hard drive - Any advice?

Flappo The Grate — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:15:31 GMT

do you post at macrumors too ?

good site that , macnn and appleinsider are exc as well

ars technica is supposed to be the ultimate but they spend all day chatting about the vagaries of cpu optimization , not exactly my cup of tea

Re: Looking for a new 500GB external hard drive - Any advice?

Alex — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:11:53 GMT

MacRumors is better as there's no 'company restrictions' like on the Apple forum, and it's actually kinda like a larger version of BeoWorld (except there are quite often issues with flamers and trolls but the mods do a pretty good job).

I've got one of the Lacie Porsche design ones, portable 100 gb drive with Firewire and USB. Runs without any extra cables - very useful!

I've also got a massive (and ugly) 750 gb Maxtor drive. £120, Firewire 400 (and chaining connection), 7200 rpm and pretty darn quiet. Sits under my desk so I never see it.

I ALSO have an older 250 gb WD MyBook (original black one), USB only and a bit slow/noisy at times.

Last but not least, my 250 gb Lacie drive, from when 250 gb was the absolute most you could get! Very very noisy, very big, very heavy and very, very slow.

Re: Looking for a new 500GB external hard drive - Any advice?

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:31:13 GMT

OT, but for years the Apple forum has helped me. Just wondered if you or any new Mac users have tried it?

Re: Looking for a new 500GB external hard drive - Any advice?

PeterG — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:05:17 GMT

Now I have managed to successfuly transfer my iPhoto library to the external hard drive and iPhoto now looks to this drive for my photos BUT, now when I try and sync my iPod it cannot locate the photos. I have been into the iPod options / photos and searched for them. Using this method I can locate my external hard drive and the files on it but the iPhoto Library, whilst visible is not highlighted as an option to select. How can I make this change so that it will update the photos on the iPod.

Thanks

Peter G

Re: Looking for a new 500GB external hard drive - Any advice?

PeterG — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:29:01 GMT

Marcus,

Thanks for the encouragement, I do love my Mac Mini, it is my first mac and within minutes of using it I knew there would never be a way back to window and after two and a half years I still feel the same. It is so nice to use and everything that I connect to it just works also the software like iPhoto and iDVD are fantastic.

Now that I have re-routed iPhoto to my 'My Book' hard drive it is working just fine but I will wait a week or two until I am completely comfortable with it before I remove the original library from my ERW (I have backed up my photos onto dvd to keep at work just as a routine precaution anyway)

Britpops,

My keyboard also does not have an option key but now I know I can use the 'ALT' key. The bluetooth keyboard and mouse are great, only very occationally do they loose connection with the Mac. I have also found that if I keep the batteries reasonably new (every 3 or 4 months) then the signal is pretty strong so it reduces the risk of loss of contact, I also like the solid feel of the whole keyboard and nice spring in the keys. The mouse is just a joy to hold, perfectly shaped to my palm and as I use the mouse with my left hand it eliminates the problems I sometimes experience with other PC mice at work.

All in all it has been an absolute joy being a mac owner and the Mac Mini has been perfect for the uses I put it too.

I recently updated to ILife 08 aswell and am now in the process of organising my 'Events' which with around 7000 photos is taking a little time but the events feature is great as is the keywords facility, again it is taking a little time and thought to work out any future search criteria that I may use and incorporate all the right keywords but after a while (about 3000 pics) when I now try and search and get exactly the photos I am looking for and also in the correct events it is so rewarding. I will keep plugging on, only a few thousand more!

Once again thank you so much for your help, it is alway heart warming to pose a question on the Beoworld forums and see how helpful people are no matter if you are asking about a Beocenter 9500, an apple mac or what type of table lamp one should put in the lounge, fantastic.

Peter G

Re: Looking for a new 500GB external hard drive - Any advice?

Tom — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:02:16 GMT

Britpop:
The new keyboards had the word "option" on. I've had Mac's for many years and still never use the option key.

The standard (not wireless) new keybord does not have this key, it simply is the "alt"-key, as on any other keyboard. I did chose the wireless keyboard, because it does not have the numbers-pad. Do you like the wireless one?

Re: Looking for a new 500GB external hard drive - Any advice?

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:02:30 GMT

PeterG:
I know I will kick myself but what is the option key on the key board.

The new keyboards has the word "option" on. I've had Mac's for many years and still never use the option key.

Re: Looking for a new 500GB external hard drive - Any advice?

marcus — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:47:14 GMT

Britops has provided a link that describes in detail what should happen. You are right in thinking that you have copied your iPhoto library and thus you must delete the old one once you are happy that the new library is both complete and in your preferred location.

Do not be concerned about your lack of knowledge. Time and experience will solve that for you. You should also feel free to post questions to Beoworld and other forums. We all come here to learn and help each other.

Enjoy your Mac Mini and your new MyBook hard drive. See how long it takes for you to fill it!

Re: Looking for a new 500GB external hard drive - Any advice?

PeterG — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:59:49 GMT

Problem solved, I just renamed the IPhoto library on my ERW as iPhoto library original and then opened iPhoto this produced the dialogue box to seach for the library on my external hard drive. I still have no idea what the option key is?

Thanks for all you help with my hard drive problems

PeterG

Re: Looking for a new 500GB external hard drive - Any advice?

PeterG — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:27:55 GMT

Thanks Britpop this looks exactly what I was looking for, just one more question.....

I know I will kick myself but what is the option key on the key board. I have an apple bluetooth key board?

Thanks again

PeterG