[Hidden-tech] Recommendations for 1.5 or 2 TB External Hard Drives for OSX

[Sarah Meikle]

I have purchased a bunch of hard drives in the last year, all either seagate
or western digital.  I have always purchased seagate drives over all else,
but ended up buying a few WD recently to take advantage of great pricing.

HOWEVER... I have had a series of Seagate drives fail on me over the last
year, to my dismay.  I also had the usb jack on my WD 2 TB fall into the
drive!!!  So frustrating.

Finally, however, I seem to have found a sturdy great drive.  I go back and
forth from the office with my drives fairly often and while I try to
package/transport my drives delicately, I believe it has shortened the
lifespan of many of my drives.  UNTIL RECENTLY!  The new 1.5TB Seagate Go
Flex drive has been awesome.  It is USB 3, though runs USB 2 no probably,
and has an upgradable interface so that you can get serial or USB ports if
you like.  The only thing you might not like is that it is USB powered. I
love it because I have a ton of outlet powered drives that stay put in my
office and this one comes home/about with me and if I need to I can access
files using my laptop and this drive without needing a power outlet.

Makes sure you get the go flex one though, because I bought a 2TB portable
seagate freeagent drive that died two weeks after i bought it.

Oh, and one thing to consider is that Seagate has a 5 year warranty on their
drives, which is significantly longer than most, I believe.  I think WD is
three years.

Here are the product details for New Egg deal.  Hope this helps!

Sarah

NEWEGG has a decent deal now
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148616

Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1.5TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive STAA1500100



Sarah L. Meikle
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Creative Business Services
Graphic Design & Technology Solutions
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On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Lynn Nichols <lynn at starstruckdesign.com>wrote:

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> I'm looking to replace my external backup drive for Mac OSX backup --
> can anyone who has recently bought a 1.5 or 2 TB drive for Mac use
> recommend a particular make or model? I'm leaning towards Seagate or
> Western Digital but I'd be interested in good experiences with any
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