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Fast connection to an ESATA
A while back I saw a post about temporarily connecting a SATA drive so you can write something to it quickly or read something from it.
There were a couple of options ranging from a thing that looked like an Ipod player the you dropped the drive into to a cable that you hooked up and then plugged into the Mac.
What I’m looking to do is take a spare drive,clone my startup drive and then put the spare one on the shelf, but I don’t want to open the case every-time I want to run a backup and I don’t want to put the drive in an external case, because if my system drive fails I just want to throw it in and get back to working.
Anyone have any idea of the items I’m speaking of???
Steve Cohen
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Actually, there’s a unit made by Wiebetech that would do the trick:
https://www.wiebetech.com/products/ComboDock.php#pricingavailability
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[Steve C] “What I’m looking to do is take a spare drive,clone my startup drive and then put the spare one on the shelf, but I don’t want to open the case every-time I want to run a backup and I don’t want to put the drive in an external case, because if my system drive fails I just want to throw it in and get back to working.”
Hi,
These Exteral Cases by Weibetech use a bare drive so you can use it just as conveniently as a bare drive but it will be more protected in the case:
https://www.wiebetech.com/products/RTX100.phpOverview of RTX 100 Series
Each have 1 bay, accept SATA drives, and include RTX TrayFree™ trayless bays – no screws, no trays.If you are running Leopard think a better idea would be to partition the drive and use one partition for a periodic clone and use the other for Time Machine backups and leave it connected or disconnect it periodically (when doing captures for example).
Best Wishes,
Mitch
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This thing here is expensive but could be nice to have:
https://www.geekstuff4u.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=630Sean
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Steve,
Below is one example of what you’re referring to from Newegg, at just $14.99. They have many others if you just search uisng the terms “USB to SATA.”
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812156014
David Roth Weiss
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Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
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