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best external drives. portable
hi all
is it still better to work with the project/events OFF my mac’s hard drive? i’m running FCP X 10.0.3 on a macbook pro – see details below
and if so, any suggestions for best external drives to use for speed, efficiency and price?
thanks as ever
ed
uk-basedmacbook pro 15″ 2.5ghz intel core i7
8gb 1333 mhz ddr3
intel hd graphics 3000 512mb
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[ed sayers] “is it still better to work with the project/events OFF my mac’s hard drive? i’m running FCP X 10.0.3 on a macbook pro”
Yes, it is not a good idea to work off of the system drive.
[ed sayers] “any suggestions for best external drives to use for speed, efficiency and price?”
If you have a Thunderbolt port, that’s the fastest connection. If not, a firewire 800 external will do.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!Check out my Mormon.org profile.
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thanks jason
in terms of being portable, working anywhere… without using additional power packs…
is something like this:
https://store.apple.com/uk/product/H7433Z/A/western-digital-1tb-my-passport-studio-portable-hard-drive?n=portable&fnode=MTY1NDA0Nw&s=topSellers#tech-specs
going to be as fast better/worse than using the onboard hard drive?ed
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[ed sayers] “is something like this:
https://store.apple.com/uk/product/H7433Z/A/western-digital-1tb-my-passport-...
going to be as fast better/worse than using the onboard hard drive?”Definitely better than using the system drive, although it appears to be a 5400 RPM drive. 7200 RPM would be better.
Like this one:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/800153-REG/LaCie_301983_1TB_Rugged_Triple_Interface.htmlJason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!Check out my Mormon.org profile.
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I just purchased one of these. I’m quite happy with it. My Lacie Rugged drive is starting to act a little flaky at the fw800 port.
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEQM7750GB16/
You need to get the external power supply to use the esata, but the 800 is plenty fast for editing on X.
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Hey Mark, how many streams of ProRes 422 can you run off that mini drive without dropping frames? Or, do you edit ProRes Proxy?
Ron Priest
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Louisville, KY
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