Comments on: Pick a portable hard drive for your music catalog. http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/01/pick-a-portable-hard-drive-for-your-music-catalog/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:43:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Peter Morgan http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/01/pick-a-portable-hard-drive-for-your-music-catalog/#comment-1702 Peter Morgan Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:27:54 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=853#comment-1702 One method which is straightforward and works well is to use the built in Disk Utility to create a sparse image (it expands if needed) DMG disk image that's encrypted. This works in a similar way to Truecrypt but is faster to set up. Leopard allows you to create 256bit AES encrypted disk images which is fine for everyday security. This is then simply mounted from the external hard drive and used like a disk as required. This method is also easy to back up as everything is in one file. You can also use this on your laptop to secure sensitive documents. One method which is straightforward and works well is to use the built in Disk Utility to create a sparse image (it expands if needed) DMG disk image that’s encrypted. This works in a similar way to Truecrypt but is faster to set up. Leopard allows you to create 256bit AES encrypted disk images which is fine for everyday security. This is then simply mounted from the external hard drive and used like a disk as required. This method is also easy to back up as everything is in one file. You can also use this on your laptop to secure sensitive documents.

]]> By: Oliver Chesler http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/01/pick-a-portable-hard-drive-for-your-music-catalog/#comment-1660 Oliver Chesler Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:08:24 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=853#comment-1660 Thanks for the tips. How do you like Torq? I've been meaning to check it out. Thanks for the tips. How do you like Torq? I’ve been meaning to check it out.

]]> By: Tacopimp of Tattoo Detectives http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/01/pick-a-portable-hard-drive-for-your-music-catalog/#comment-1659 Tacopimp of Tattoo Detectives Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:00:49 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=853#comment-1659 Hey guys, I keep all ov my music that i produce backed up on an external 350mb usb drive. Its decent and does the trick, i back up using Apple's Time Machine software which comes as part of Leapord. What you may find helpful though, is my other firewire 800 drive that is self powered(bus powered). I bought it online and it was a great price($179 for 160gigs). I use this drive for when i do live shows, and also when I DJ using M-audio Torq, and thats it. It is small, and durable, which makes it ideal for what i needed. Also it is firewire 800 which was very important to me, because when i do shows with Live i have my audio interface already using the firewire 400 port on my MacBook Pro. The company i got it from has lots of other great small drives for an even cheaper price, like portable USB drives etc.... Anyways,here is a link to this great drive! http://oyendigital.com/portable-combo-hard-drive.html#? If for some reason that link does not work just go to http://oyendigital.com and 2.5" and just look for the FireWire 800, eSATA, USB drive. Hey guys,
I keep all ov my music that i produce backed up on an external 350mb usb drive. Its decent and does the trick, i back up using Apple’s Time Machine software which comes as part of Leapord. What you may find helpful though, is my other firewire 800 drive that is self powered(bus powered). I bought it online and it was a great price($179 for 160gigs). I use this drive for when i do live shows, and also when I DJ using M-audio Torq, and thats it. It is small, and durable, which makes it ideal for what i needed. Also it is firewire 800 which was very important to me, because when i do shows with Live i have my audio interface already using the firewire 400 port on my MacBook Pro. The company i got it from has lots of other great small drives for an even cheaper price, like portable USB drives etc…. Anyways,here is a link to this great drive!

http://oyendigital.com/portable-combo-hard-drive.html#?

If for some reason that link does not work just go to http://oyendigital.com and 2.5″ and just look for the FireWire 800, eSATA, USB drive.

]]> By: Oliver Chesler http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/01/pick-a-portable-hard-drive-for-your-music-catalog/#comment-1644 Oliver Chesler Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:04:19 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=853#comment-1644 Hi Jim. I think the next level for me will a Firewire Drobo. Do you know about them? Check it out: <a href="http://www.drobo.com/" rel="nofollow">drobo</a> I wish online backup to "the cloud" was ready for primetime. That's the best option because it also is fireproof/theftproof. But considering the large media files I'm always working with it's just too slow. Hi Jim. I think the next level for me will a Firewire Drobo. Do you know about them? Check it out: drobo

I wish online backup to “the cloud” was ready for primetime. That’s the best option because it also is fireproof/theftproof. But considering the large media files I’m always working with it’s just too slow.

]]> By: Jim http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/01/pick-a-portable-hard-drive-for-your-music-catalog/#comment-1640 Jim Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:42:11 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=853#comment-1640 on your macbook, instead of having one auto-backup to the other, why not just set up Raid-1? That way the data is copied onto both drives simultaneousl., If one fails, the other is ready to go immediately, and it'll automatically recopy all your files (so you have 2 copies again) as soon as you replace the failed disk. RAID is great! :) That drive is too pretty. I bet apple is ashamed they can't take credit for it. on your macbook, instead of having one auto-backup to the other, why not just set up Raid-1? That way the data is copied onto both drives simultaneousl., If one fails, the other is ready to go immediately, and it’ll automatically recopy all your files (so you have 2 copies again) as soon as you replace the failed disk. RAID is great! :)

That drive is too pretty. I bet apple is ashamed they can’t take credit for it.

]]> By: Oliver Chesler http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/01/pick-a-portable-hard-drive-for-your-music-catalog/#comment-1636 Oliver Chesler Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:21:42 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=853#comment-1636 Thanks Antonie. Thats the one... looking on their site now. Thanks Antonie. Thats the one… looking on their site now.

]]> By: Antoine Bertier http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/01/pick-a-portable-hard-drive-for-your-music-catalog/#comment-1634 Antoine Bertier Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:52:54 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=853#comment-1634 For encryption try TrueCrypt: http://www.truecrypt.org It is the one recommended by Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson, and it is fairly transparent on recent machines. For encryption try TrueCrypt: http://www.truecrypt.org

It is the one recommended by Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson, and it is fairly transparent on recent machines.

]]> By: Marc http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/01/pick-a-portable-hard-drive-for-your-music-catalog/#comment-1632 Marc Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:57:53 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=853#comment-1632 ouch ! You should also release some "albums" on tape ! http://www.mineroff.com/media/SME9000DUP.htm I remember me fixing some oldschool "techno traxx" tapes with duck tape... ouch !

You should also release some “albums” on tape ! http://www.mineroff.com/media/SME9000DUP.htm

I remember me fixing some oldschool “techno traxx” tapes with duck tape…

]]> By: Oliver Chesler http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/01/pick-a-portable-hard-drive-for-your-music-catalog/#comment-1631 Oliver Chesler Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:52:00 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=853#comment-1631 The new little guy is just for my full music catalog. In my office I have a Macbook Pro with the internal 7200rpm drive and a Lacie Firewire 500GB hooked to it for Time Machine backups. At the studio my Mac Pro has 2 500GB internal SATA's one just backs up the other each night. But yes I agree... the new little freak needs a backup brother! The new little guy is just for my full music catalog. In my office I have a Macbook Pro with the internal 7200rpm drive and a Lacie Firewire 500GB hooked to it for Time Machine backups. At the studio my Mac Pro has 2 500GB internal SATA’s one just backs up the other each night. But yes I agree… the new little freak needs a backup brother!

]]> By: raytrace http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/08/01/pick-a-portable-hard-drive-for-your-music-catalog/#comment-1630 raytrace Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:38:39 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=853#comment-1630 I have 2 externaldrives, they are powered though, I think most of the self powered USB ones run at 5400, surely if your transferring massive files all the time you'd be better off getting a powered one for all that data transferring, actually yeh, Im with Marc, you should definitely get another HD with all your songs on it for backup reasons, make the other one a 7200RPM/powered one that sits in your studio and keep the loevely looking one you got as your portable one I have 2 externaldrives, they are powered though, I think most of the self powered USB ones run at 5400, surely if your transferring massive files all the time you’d be better off getting a powered one for all that data transferring, actually yeh, Im with Marc, you should definitely get another HD with all your songs on it for backup reasons, make the other one a 7200RPM/powered one that sits in your studio and keep the loevely looking one you got as your portable one

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