On 2011/03/11 22:09, Nestamicky wrote:
On 11/03/11 9:30 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote:
OK, went to Staples today cuz I was passing it, a waste of time. They
only
had USB drives. Did some googling and it looks like with an Intel Mac any
Firewire will do, and most USB will work but that's not optimum.
If you are looking for a plug 'n play external FW drive, OWC is probably
your best bet (albeit an expensive source), though I'm sure that other
Mac vendors will have some offerings. If you are comfortable installing
a HDD into a FW housing (pretty easy really assuming the drive and
housing are of the same interface type) you can buy them seperately at
NewEgg and save some simoleons.
Also was suggested to use SuperDuper to clone. I've always used Carbon
Copy Cloner. Comparisons? What do you guys like?
Also it said Time Machine doesn't create bootable drives. What the ... ?
Most people here, including me, would say get CCC. Goodluck!
Agreed, longtime CCC user and it has worked very well for me as has
other Mike Bombich software that sadly seems to no longer be available.
I honestly don't get the hype about SuperDuper! but to each their own.
Tina
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