Back up your important files to this Buffalo Technology MiniStation 1TB external hard drive, which features a Thunderbolt interface for data transfer rates up to 10 Gbps and a USB 3.0 interface for transferring data at up to 5 Gbps. The 4TB Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive hard drive has more features and double the storage for $50 more, but if portability is your main concern, this drive is a straightforward and affordable.
Looking for the best external hard drive for photographers? Check out this quick LaCie Thunderbolt review.Buy the LaCie Rugged 2TB Thunderbolt Hard Drive here: ——-SHOW NOTES, LINKS & RESOURCES——- 1. Lacie Rugged Thunderbolt 2TB: 2. Lacie Rugged Thunderbolt 4TB: ——THE LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER BUYER’S GUIDE——- Download the FREE buyer’s guide you need to make smart landscape photography gear decisions here: ——MORE LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY GEAR REVIEWS——- Check out more photo gear reviews here: ——-FOLLOW SCHUBERT PHOTOGRAPHY HERE——- ——CAMERAS & GEAR USED TO SHOOT THIS VIDEO——- YouTube Home Studio Setup: ——-DISCLAIMER——- This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows me to continue to make videos like this. Thank you for the support! ——-EPISODE OVERVIEW——- In this video, I review the best external hard drive for Mac and PC, the Lacie Rugged Thunderbolt 2TB External Hard Drive.
This Lacie Rugged review covers design, performance and price. This Thunderbolt hard drive is a solid workhorse with fast read/write speeds (510 Mb/s with SSD like my Macbook Pro) and an integrated Thunderbolt cable. I bought this about 4 years ago and it’s still ticking along just fine! What I Like About It 1. Integrated Thunderbolt cable that hides away 2. Works with Mac or PC with included USB-C cable 3. Quick startup and fast read/write speeds (Work in Final Cut Pro (FCPX) and Adobe Lightroom cc with no lag.
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Great storage for photographers to keep and backup all their photos and files. Rugged rubber shell gives me enough confidence to drop it in my camera bag and travel with it very easily. Drop resistant (5 ft.), crush resistant (1 ton), and water resistantthough I’m not planning to test this! The price for what you’re getting is pretty competitive, especially for a Thunderbolt connected device that allows for faster data transfer.
Comes in 2TB and 4TB versions. Read more about the Lacie Thunderbolt portable hard drive here: https://www.schubertphotography.com/lacie-rugged-thunderbolt/. Bob says: Hello Jim. I normally just swap out SD Cards (full size and micro. However, I came across your video as I’m planning a month-ling African safari to Namibia and expect to take thousands of, mostly landscape, shots so am researching the best portable SSDs currently on the market.
I was torn between a simple SSD like the LaCie or the much smaller (nut less protection Samsung T5. However, I then saw the WD 500GB My Passport Wireless SSD External Portable Drive – WIFI USB 3.0. The upside is that it is wireless, has an ‘all-day’ battery charge and has a built in SD Card slot for photo / video transfer, and its fast.
Additionally you can view the phots on an iPhone or iPad too. If your camera is WiFi enabled then the transfer can be undertaken directly, The downside is that it is much bigger that both the T5 and your LaCie. I’m still reviewing the advantages and disadvantages for all of these to fit my MBP’s USB-C ports. By the way is the drive you are discussing an SSD or HDD – readers need to be wary that its cost v speed so buy the right drive!
As others have mentioned, it would help to know what connectors you're looking to use. USB3 would be the slowest since your iMac only supports USB2 but you'll be ready for USB3 speeds whenever you upgrade. FW800 would be about twice as fast as USB2 but you'll be buying old technology on its way out the door. I don't believe iMacs supported Thunderbolt back in 2010. That said, my recommendation would be drives. I've been a fan of Hitachi hard drives for awhile now, G-Tech has used them for years now and they own them now too.
Super reliable drives and enclosures. Currently using a G-Drive slim (iTunes), G-Drive (Time Machine), and a G-Safe (external storage w/ RAID1) I'm not a fan of WD. WD's MyBook line, I don't find their enclosures built very well. The drives last (you can take them out and continue to use them with a separate enclosure) but the enclosures have tended to die after about 2-3 years.
Have owned 5 of them and they all died within that timeframe. If you don't need data redundancy, a standard G-Drive 2TB has USB3 and FW800 support.
You can use it via USB2 or Firewire until you upgrade and then it will be ready for USB3 speeds. I'd recommend this for Time Machine, iTunes (since your purchases on iTMS should have cloud backups), non-critical data, or if you have an alternative backup solution (like Crash Plan). Otherwise, a 1TB G-RAID mini set in RAID1 mode. This device currently only supports USB2, FW800, and eSATA, but FW800 can be supported in the future with the Thunderbolt adapter.
Mines a pretty old FW800 but it is damned reliable, 2009 when I got it and saved my ass on numerous occasion. I use a Seagate Freeagent Desk 1.5TB.
Never had any problems with it, used to have 3 partitions. Now just two. Time Machine (about 1tb) and then just files (500mb to match my HD). So I can only recommend that or its successor! Maybe they do a thunderbolt one now? Seen too many problems with WD drives that my friends have had so wouldn't advise them. Sorry to go against popular opinion.
They might be better by now but just my view. The 'best', no holds barred, is Amazon S3.
Mine are G-Tech G-Drives and OWC enclosures holding whatever drives were rated well at the time I bought them. And IMHO, Time Machine isn't so much a backup system as it is a complete waste of time. They make it more difficult than it needs to be to migrate to newer/bigger drives, there's no good way to back up the TM backup drive without just doing complete drive images, and alternating b/t backup media is time-consuming. All it's good for is a false sense of security. Remember, if you don't backup your backup, you might as well not have one. I have always loved for my back-up drive. I'm sure you could find a non-Thunderbolt one much cheaper now, as there must be older models around that are getting knocked down.
What I love about it:. It needs no external power source. Cannot emphasise how great this is. It will mean you back up more often because it's less hassle. It's small (easy to travel with). It really is rugged Using SuperDuper you can create a bootable mirror from it, I usually partition mine to match my computer's main partition, then the rest of the drive I used to store video files, installers, etc.
Also when I bought my latest one (they last years - but the rMBP's lack of Firewire necessitated an upgrade) I didn't bother to go with the SSD. Thunderbolt means that even the regular one is lightning fast, but also gives you 4x the space (or whatever) for the same price.