Storage and back-up news and reviews, including Time Machine, USB and FireWire drives, SATA, RAID, and more

Drobo expands line with Drobo S and Drobo Elite

Chris Holt — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:05:00 -0800

Data Robotics, makers of the popular Drobo, is expanding its product line with two devices, the Drobo S (now with eSATA) and the Drobo Elite (now with Multi-Host).

Review LaCie Starck Mobile Hard Drive

Chris Holt — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:30:00 -0800

LaCie’s Starck Mobile Hard Drive is a stylish USB drive that features a sturdy aluminum exterior and a wealth of enticing features that should excite hardware enthusiasts.

SubRosaSoft introduces FileSalvage 7

Ramu Nagappan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:23:00 -0800

FileSalvage offers Snow Leopard support and enables better recovery for flash-memory cards and Windows drives. The user interface has gotten a facelift as well.

Review: Synology Disk Station DS409slim network-attached storage device

Chris Holt — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:30:00 -0800

Synology's Disk Station DS409slim is a good idea, but it is a long way from being a consumer-friendly network-attached storage unit.

Review: LaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive

Chris Holt — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:30:00 -0800

The LaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive is a creatively-designed USB drive that features an unconventional aluminum case design and some equally distinct features.

Intel to roll out new low-cost and high-end SSDs

Lucas Mearian — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:22:00 -0800

Intel will release a $120 solid-state disk drive positioned as a server "boot drive" with only 40GB of capacity, but the drive could also be used in low-end laptops PCs and netbooks.

Primera intros BravoPro Xi-Series disc publishers

Nick Spence — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:05:00 -0800

Primera Technology, a developer and manufacturer of CD/DVD/BD duplication and printing equipment, has announced the new BravoPro Xi-Series Disc Publishers.

Six ways to botch your backups

Michael Scalisi — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:35:00 -0800

Shocked that a company as prominent as Danger, Inc. could lose T-Mobile's Sidekick customers' data? Protect your business backups by avoiding these six mistakes.

LaCie intros Network Space 2 media server and NAS

Nick Spence — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:30:00 -0800

LaCie on Tuesday revealed the Network Space 2, the follow-up to its Network Space network-attached storage (NAS) and media server.

Primera intros PTPublisher burning and printing software for Mac

Nick Spence — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:30:00 -0800

Primera Technology, a leading developer and manufacturer of CD/DVD/BD duplication and printing equipment, has announced PTPublisher for Mac.

Shifting large media libraries

Christopher Breen — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:56:00 -0800

It happens to lots of us: Large media files choke our startup drive. Here are solutions for sharing the wealth between an internal and external hard drive.

New DiskTool Pro update includes CPU meter, improved Snow Leopard support

Roman Loyola — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:38:00 -0800

Macware on Tuesday announced an update to DiskTools Pro, the company’s software utility for hard drive management.

G-Technology announces support for Hitachi 2TB hard drives

Roman Loyola — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:10:00 -0800

Hitachi GST announced that the G-Technology line of storage devices that use 3.5-inch hard drive mechanisms will now have a 2TB option.

OWC unveils new quad-interface 12X Blu-ray burner

Roman Loyola — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:34:00 -0800

OWC expanded your external Blu-ray choices by releasing its new Mercury Pro 12x Blu-ray burner.

Restore your old pictures with iPhoto

Derrick Story — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:55:00 -0700

Return your scanned old photos to their former glory with a few easy adjustments in iPhoto.

Hardware remotes for your media center Mac

Christopher Breen — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:33:00 -0700

Apple's hardware remote control may be handy, but it's limited. For greater control, check out these remotes.

Four smart tips for managing scanned photos

Derrick Story — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:00:00 -0700

Bring order and security to your scanned printed media with these smart iPhoto management and back up strategies

Apple quietly updates AirPort Extreme, Time Capsule

Dan Frakes — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:07:00 -0700

Amidst all the big Mac updates announed Tuesday, Apple has also updated its AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule units with faster performance.

Review: Buffalo MiniStation Metro portable hard drive

Chris Holt — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:48:00 -0700

The MiniStation Metro gains an innovative design, but loses at bit in terms of performance.

Mac News Briefs: Logic Pro update enhances features, addresses stability

Macworld Staff — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:04:00 -0700

The minor update to Apple's professional music recording, editing, and mixing software allows Flex Markers to align and snap to MIDI notes, makes performing a punch-in recording with Replace Mode behave correctly, adds an option for latency measurement to he I/O plug-in, and causes TDM plug-ins to behave as expected.

Sidekick fiasco highlights need for mobile backups

Mikael Ricknäs — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:20:00 -0700

The loss of personal data that Sidekick users in the U.S. have suffered is a shame, but it also shows how important data stored on mobile phones has become.

Minor MobileMe upgrades improve iDisk

Lex Friedman — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:03:00 -0700

Apple rolled out some small fixes and enhancements to the MobileMe service on Friday.

Iomega releases ‘green’ StorCenter ix2-200 NAS device

Chris Holt — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:15:00 -0700

Iomega today launched its latest network-attached storage unit, the StorCenter ix2-200

Review: FastMac External Slimline USB 2.0 BD-R 4X Optical Drive

James Galbraith — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:00:00 -0700

Though it won’t set any speed records, the FastMac External Slimline USB 2.0 BD-R 4X Optical Drive is a dependable performer. Bus-powered and compact, this portable burner should appeal to mobile users interested in burning Blu-ray and other discs.

First Look: LaCie Starck Hard Drives

Chris Holt — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:10:00 -0700

The Starck Desktop Hard Drive and the Starck Mobile Hard Drive are stylish, Mac-friendly aluminum USB drives that feature sturdy aluminum exteriors, unconventionally slick curves, and a wealth of enticing features that should excite hardware enthusiasts this fall.

WD announces new My Book Studio desktop hard drives.

James Galbraith — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:58:00 -0700

The latest WD hard drive features e-label display and new backup software.

Review: Verbatim SureFire FireWire 800/USB hard drive

Chris Holt — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:00:00 -0700

Verbatim’s SureFire FireWire 800/USB the company’s entry to the burgeoning portable hard drive market.

Review: Eye-Fi Geo

Derrick Story — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0700

SD memory card wirelessly transfers pics from your camera to your iPhoto library.

Review: La Cie d2 Blu-ray Professional BD-R, BD-RE Drive

James Galbraith — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0700

If you’re looking to add an external optical drive to your Mac, the LaCie d2 Blu-ray Professional BD-R, BD-RE Drive is worth considering, especially if you have other LaCie d2 drives on your desktop.

Review: CalDigit VR mini external RAID array

Chris Holt — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:00:00 -0700

The high-performance and high price tag of the VR mini RAID array make this a great fit for audio/visual professional

Review: OWC Mercury Pro 8X Blu-ray External

James Galbraith — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:00:00 -0700

If you’re looking for a new optical drive, and one that can burn high definition Blu-ray movies as well, OWC’s Mercury Pro 8X Blu-ray Pioneer BDR-203 External drive is worth a look.

Torture tests with the ioSafe Solo hard drive

Chris Holt — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:30:00 -0700

Macworld's Chris Holt talks to PC World's Sarah Jacobsson about the ioSafe Solo hard drive and its waterproof and fireproof case.

Review: Buffalo Technology MediaStation 8X External Blu-ray Writer

James Galbraith — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:00:00 -0700

The MediaStation 8X External Blu-ray Writer may not be the prettiest, but it gets the job done the fastest.

Review: ioSafe Solo external hard drive

Chris Holt — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:44:00 -0700

Like an airplane’s black box, the ioSafe solo ensures your data will be kept safe even when confronted with disastrous conditions.

Seagate ships self-encrypting drives for enterprises

Lucas Mearian — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:47:00 -0700

Seagate is offering its self-encrypting drive feature with its entire line of enterprise-class hard disk drives.

Blowing past Comcast's bandwidth cap

Glenn Fleishman — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:03:00 -0700

Glenn Fleishman took a bunch of online backup services for a spin, and inadvertently destroyed his Comcast terms of service. Oops.

Review: Rocstor Rocpro 850 500GB hard drive

Chris Holt — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:57:00 -0700

The Rocpro 850 500GB is a solid performer in our benchmarking tests and is further recommended by a strong warranty and a competitive price.

Xsan update fixes serious screen sharing security problem

Peter Cohen — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:26:00 -0700

Apple's latest update to Xsan Admin fixes a serious security flaw in its screen sharing tool.

QNAP offers two network storage devices for small business

Peter Cohen — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:06:00 -0700

QNAP now offers a new four-bay NAS designed to meet the needs of small businesses.

Backblaze gives away its 67TB ‘storage pod’ design

Peter Cohen — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:29:00 -0700

Cloud storage vendor Backblaze has revealed its design of the 67 terabyte "storage pods" it uses for its cloud storage system, enabling anyone with the gumption to create one themselves.

Review: Online backup services

Glenn Fleishman — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:00:00 -0700

Glenn Fleishman looks at seven Web services that let you back up your files over the Internet.

Sonnet offers new RAID 5 storage systems

Peter Cohen — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:08:00 -0700

Sonnet is offering new versions of its D400Q and R400Q four-bay RAID storage systems with integrated RAID 5 support.

Small USB flash drives

Roman Loyola — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:18:00 -0700

In this video, senior editor Roman Loyola takes a quick look at two USB flash drives that are very easy to carry with you all the time: LaCie’s iamaKey and Verbatim’s Tuff-’n’-Tiny.

Apple releases Mac mini, SuperDrive updates

Jonathan Seff — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:28:00 -0700

Apple on Monday released firmware updates for the Mac mini and for certain SuperDrive-containing systems.

Iomega intros four-bay NAS

Peter Cohen — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:27:00 -0700

Iomega's new four-bay StorCenter NAS system works with Time Machine and comes with a host of its own software.

Blu-ray tanks in PCs

Lucas Mearian — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:44:00 -0700

Research firm iSuppli released a report showing that Blu-ray Disc players have not seen significant growth in the PC market and will likely not be shipped in...