Re: External HD Recommendation

Subject	Re: External HD Recommendation
Date	2013-12-29 14:45 -0800
From	Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Message-ID	<291220131445470030%otto@bogus.address.com> (permalink)
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In article <biblerFsugjU1@mid.individual.net>, TaliesinSoft
<taliesinsoft@me.com> wrote:

> On 2013-12-29 22:01:25 +0000, Jolly Roger said:
> 
> > On 2013-12-29, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> wrote:
> >> On 2013-12-28 17:21:46 +0000, Otto Pylot said:
> >> 
> >>> Ok, it's a new subject related to my previous question about backing up
> >>> to a bootable external. With the exception of the WD My Passport Slim,
> >>> what would you all recommend for an external HD? Needs are simple, just
> >>> backing up my HD before installation of Mavericks, probably backed up
> >>> with CCC, and then the occasional  back up. The drive needs to be
> >>> bootable and the capacity could be as low as 500GB. I'd also like to
> >>> keep the cost at $100 or lower. The primary laptop is a mid-2011
> >>> MacBook Air. Thanks.
> >> 
> >> I've had extremely good lluck with SuperDuper! backing up to a LaCie
> >> Porsche Design hard drive. As an amusing aside, on those occasions
> >> where I've saught advice from the Genius Bar at the Apple store I've
> >> taken the LaCie drive instead of my iMac, booting onto an iMac already
> >> in the store. If any changes are made it is easy to boot from the LaCie
> >> drive when I'm home, using SuperDuper! to update the internal drive on
> >> my iMac.
> > 
> > I'm surprised they allow that! Cool.
> 
> Actually I've received remarks from a Genius such as "That's certainly 
> the way to let us address a problem!"

Thanks again everyone for the input. My bro-in-law just dropped off a
500GB WD (model WD500H1U-00) USB2.0 Bookend drive. He gave it to me so
that should get me where I want to go at zero cost, for now. It uses a
power adapter but that's not a big deal. I'll just reformat it with
Disk Utility now and then use CCC to clone the Air tomorrow.

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External HD Recommendation Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-28 09:21 -0800
  Re: External HD Recommendation William Hanna <whanna@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-28 09:44 -0800
    Re: External HD Recommendation Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2013-12-29 09:37 -0800
      Re: External HD Recommendation Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-29 10:08 -0800
        Re: External HD Recommendation android <here@there.was> - 2013-12-29 19:15 +0100
  Re: External HD Recommendation billy@MIX.COM - 2013-12-28 20:21 +0000
    Re: External HD Recommendation Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-12-28 14:59 -0800
      Re: External HD Recommendation Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-28 15:28 -0800
        Re: External HD Recommendation nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-28 20:17 -0500
        Re: External HD Recommendation Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-12-28 17:34 -0800
          Re: External HD Recommendation nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-28 21:06 -0500
      Re: External HD Recommendation Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-29 04:18 +0000
      Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-30 04:38 +0000
        Re: External HD Recommendation Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-29 21:36 -0800
          Re: External HD Recommendation Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-12-30 01:58 -0800
          Re: External HD Recommendation J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-30 10:20 -0500
            Re: External HD Recommendation Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2013-12-31 07:32 -0800
              Re: External HD Recommendation J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-31 11:46 -0500
          Re: External HD Recommendation Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2013-12-30 09:37 -0800
            Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-30 18:07 +0000
              Re: External HD Recommendation nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-30 13:13 -0500
              Re: External HD Recommendation Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2013-12-30 10:27 -0800
                Re: External HD Recommendation J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-30 14:15 -0500
                Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-30 22:43 +0000
                Re: External HD Recommendation nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-30 18:09 -0500
                Re: External HD Recommendation J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-30 22:34 -0500
            Re: External HD Recommendation TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2013-12-30 13:54 -0600
              Re: External HD Recommendation Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-30 13:14 -0800
              Re: External HD Recommendation Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2013-12-30 14:49 -0800
          Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-30 18:01 +0000
    Re: External HD Recommendation Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-29 03:59 +0000
      Re: External HD Recommendation George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-29 07:47 -0600
  Re: External HD Recommendation J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-28 17:52 -0500
  Re: External HD Recommendation Earl Grey <earl@t.net> - 2013-12-29 10:06 -0500
    Re: External HD Recommendation yellow label <here@there.was> - 2013-12-29 17:01 +0100
  Re: External HD Recommendation John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2013-12-29 16:27 -0500
    Re: External HD Recommendation J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-29 21:29 -0500
      Re: External HD Recommendation claudel@sonic.net (Claude V. Lucas) - 2013-12-30 12:36 +0000
        Re: External HD Recommendation TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2013-12-30 08:55 -0600
      Re: External HD Recommendation John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2013-12-30 10:29 -0500
        Re: External HD Recommendation Martin Frost me at invalid stanford daht edu <nospam@stanford.edu.invalid> - 2013-12-30 19:56 -0800
          Re: External HD Recommendation Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2013-12-31 19:18 +1100
            Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-31 15:30 +0000
              Re: External HD Recommendation Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2013-12-31 07:34 -0800
                Re: External HD Recommendation Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-01-01 17:51 +1100
                Re: External HD Recommendation TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2014-01-01 10:14 -0600
                Re: External HD Recommendation Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-01 17:39 +0000
                Re: External HD Recommendation Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-01-02 11:54 +1100
                Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-02 01:09 +0000
                Re: External HD Recommendation Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-01 20:38 -0700
                Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-02 16:47 +0000
                Re: External HD Recommendation Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-01-09 08:13 +1100
                Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-08 21:19 +0000
                Re: External HD Recommendation Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-02 02:35 +0000
              Re: External HD Recommendation Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-01-01 17:47 +1100
                Re: External HD Recommendation nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-01 02:24 -0500
                Re: External HD Recommendation Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-01-02 02:38 +1100
                Re: External HD Recommendation nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-01 11:55 -0500
                Re: External HD Recommendation J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-01 13:34 -0500
                Re: External HD Recommendation Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-01-01 19:01 -0800
                Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-01 09:45 +0000
                Re: External HD Recommendation Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-01-02 02:28 +1100
                Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-01 15:36 +0000
                Re: External HD Recommendation nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-01 11:55 -0500
  Re: External HD Recommendation TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2013-12-29 16:00 -0600
    Re: External HD Recommendation Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-29 22:01 +0000
      Re: External HD Recommendation TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2013-12-29 16:19 -0600
        Re: External HD Recommendation Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-29 14:45 -0800

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