Hi All, A couple of weeks back we were working a string on the Seagate Goflex Satellite wi-fi external drive which has been specially developed for iPhone and iPad users (or other tablets... whatever they may be!) who find that up to 64GB is insufficient storage required to meet their needs on the go. As promised this is the follow up now that I have purchased and played.
Firstly, I think everyone needs to understand this product is very much a work in progress and I believe as more and more people feedback to Seagate they will further enhance their software to make this product even more user friendly. Simply put for me anyway, it has been a great addition albeit a little frustrating as with all new devices to get to understand how to get the best out of the machine. The fact it works is great and you can store up to 480GB of information in audio, video, picture/photo and most document formats and then have this ready and waiting to be either downloaded or streamed to your weapon of choice in a few seconds or minutes depending on size of the file is great (for me it also provides the added bonus of a security back up in addition to my other external hard drive). The fact that it only uploads in set formats and you cannot upload things like playlists from iTunes or folders from iPhoto in their format, is a bit of a pain as you have to then rework the folders... time consuming and lots of duplication of effort. The app that accompanies the drive (download from iTunes) is also a work in progress and I think following a long list of "complaints" already the upgrades that have been made have helped but it is still prone to annoying error messages from time to time. All in all I am pleased with the investment. The best deal I managed at the time was from Officeworks, $199 plus free delivery. For those of you seriously needing to carry lots of extra info/date, music/video files I would say this is the best tool on the market I have found so far.... and hopefully will improve further and become even more user friendly. Thanks, David -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
