[Hidden-tech] External Drive ?

Giannina Granata Silverman gsilverman at rocketranchdesign.com
Fri Jun 3 11:09:07 EDT 2005


Hi Mitch,

Thanks for your email. I was literally about to buy the same drive, and 
now I am thinking twice about it.

Sadly no solutions from me, but I have heard (or rather read in Mac 
magazines, even last year) that alot of external FireWire drives seem 
to become problematic somehow with the last Mac OSX operating system 
releases. I have been unsure of whether or not to buy an external for 
fear of this problem. Alot of the other problems I have read about 
mentioned total loss of data from the drive, which is unsettling. I was 
hoping the latest OSX releases would help, but from what you say, it 
hasn't. If you do come on a solution, please let me know. I am shopping 
for a drive and want to avoid glitches.

Thanks, I wish you luck in finding a solution!

Giannina Silverman

Giannina Granata Silverman
Rocket Ranch Design + Advertising
gsilverman at rocketranchdesign.com
413.584.2031
fax: 413.280.0038
www.RocketRanchDesign.com


On Jun 1, 2005, at 10:31 PM, Mitch Anthony wrote:

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> Dear tethered and wired colleagues-
>
> I am an avid collector of music (first vinyl, then CD, now AIFF and 
> MP3).
>
> 2 months ago I purchased a La Cie 500 meg external hard drive to store 
> the incoming digital downloads.
>
> (I'm running Mac OS 10.4.1)
>
> Two months of bliss.  Plenty of room.  Easily integrated with the 
> OS...plug and play to AirTunes on my stereo...
>
> Then the honeymoon period ended.
>
> First sign of trouble:  the external is not seen in the finder of my 
> Mac.  Meaning, of course, that I cannot save to this disc any longer.
>
> Second sign of trouble:  after saving to my onboard (Mac Powerbook 15) 
> drive, I cannot copy to the external LaCie.
>
> Third sign of trouble: now, whenever I attempt to open a folder within 
> the external (rock and pop - for example - which has more than 1500 
> folders albums in it) I'm faced with the pinwheel of death...
>
> How did such a good drive go so bad so quickly?  
>
> Mitch Anthony
>
> P.S.  The upgrade to Tiger appears to be coincidental: I noticed the 
> problem (no drive showing up on desktop) while still using Panther and 
> thought: "Sure.  I'll install a new OS and that little problem will 
> vaporize."  Nope.  It got worse....
>
>
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