Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: TaliesinSoft Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: External HD Recommendation Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:19:07 -0600 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <281220130921464151%otto@bogus.address.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Y4MGlfgC9yiggmaG3RqmJAgRxyBWpHJFlB7ppdGsGekSZKy3rf Cancel-Lock: sha1:AeEOAAC6sNFXICMLGRGcYMfl4hI= User-Agent: Unison/2.1.10 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:54022 On 2013-12-29 22:01:25 +0000, Jolly Roger said: > On 2013-12-29, TaliesinSoft 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!" -- James Leo Ryan - Austin, Texas