need to buy a new external hard drive for storage
Sorry if this is not the correct forum, but:
My 1 terabyte LaCie external hard drive died on me and I want to get a new external hard drive.
1. What features should I be looking for? Are there different ports for different speeds of FireWire?
2. How many external hard drives can a person have without it being a bad idea? I now have Time Capsule as my wireless backup (1 Terabyte). I also have a 25 gigabyte LaCie external hard drive, almost filled up.
If I buy two 500 gig external hard drives rather than one, 1 terabyte hard drive, how would I attach them all? I would want them backed up by the 1 terabyte Time Capsule.
3. I am also wondering whether or not I should get Carbonite for the Mac. That would be my offsite backup.
Thank you in advance for whatever knowledge and recommends you can pass along to me
Lorna in Southern California
My 1 terabyte LaCie external hard drive died on me and I want to get a new external hard drive.
1. What features should I be looking for? Are there different ports for different speeds of FireWire?
2. How many external hard drives can a person have without it being a bad idea? I now have Time Capsule as my wireless backup (1 Terabyte). I also have a 25 gigabyte LaCie external hard drive, almost filled up.
If I buy two 500 gig external hard drives rather than one, 1 terabyte hard drive, how would I attach them all? I would want them backed up by the 1 terabyte Time Capsule.
3. I am also wondering whether or not I should get Carbonite for the Mac. That would be my offsite backup.
Thank you in advance for whatever knowledge and recommends you can pass along to me
Lorna in Southern California
24" Intel iMac 222.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, Mac OS X (10.5), LaCie ext HD 500 gigs and 111 gigs, Canoscan scanner