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[msbarrows]

Signs of how much my computer storage has grown over time... I just bought my 3rd passport drive. The original is a 2TB I bought out of a Christmas gift card back in Dec 2014; at the time it was twice the size of the disk drive in my PC, ditto my laptop, which meant I could swap it back and forth to backup files from both on one device.

That old PC is now kaput, and the only thing the old laptop gets used for is to on very rare occasion watch a movie while I do something on the much newer gaming laptop. The original passport drive was still my backup device of choice, though it’s good I’m doing a selective backup (using a robocopy batch) as my current laptop has 4TB of SSD space installed, so twice its capacity. I also have a second passport drive (also 2TB, bought a year ago) that I backup stuff to monthly and keep in my emergency go-bag.

Note that was. A couple days ago I finally got around to buying and installing Cyberpunk 2077, in all it’s 70-ish GB of glory. Which tipped the old passport drive from coping to noping.

So I’ve bought a 3rd passport drive, since so far I’m pleased with their performance. There was a mere $10CAN difference between getting a 4TB and a 5TB, so naturally I’ve gone for the 5TB. Hopefully it’ll be another almost-a-decade before I again have way too much stuff trying to backup to that (though I’m not going to be surprised it it ends up less).

Meanwhile, I’m kicking myself for only buying a 2TB drive last year, since obviously it’s going to run into the same not-enough-space problem the next time I go to do monthly backups at the beginning of August. I figure I’ll have to take my existing backup batch and copy it off into two different batches, setting up one to backup all my media (music, movies, ebooks, and manga scanlations) to one drive and the other to backup everything else (mostly games and personal documents) to the other, and keep two passport drives in the go bag. And moving forward edit two batches any time I need to add a new line to the main backup batch (such as where to find the save or mod files or screenshot locations for new games, since those end up all over the place and not necessarily within locations already covered by the batch).

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4 Useful USB-C Accessories for the Laptop

4 Useful USB-C Accessories for the Laptop

The USB-C is one of the latest ports on the computer hardware and accessories and provides plenty of useful benefits. It has the ability to combine connectivity, output, and power into a single lead. This means it is possible to reduce the available ports on the latest laptop models from about five down to two. The USB-C port has been around for enough time now for a wide range of adapters,…

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4 Useful USB-C Accessories for the Laptop

4 Useful USB-C Accessories for the Laptop

The USB-C is one of the latest ports on the computer hardware and accessories and provides plenty of useful benefits. It has the ability to combine connectivity, output, and power into a single lead. This means it is possible to reduce the available ports on the latest laptop models from about five down to two. The USB-C port has been around for enough time now for a wide range of adapters,…

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How to make new T2-secured Macs boot from external drives

How to make new T2-secured Macs boot from external drives

[cfsp key=”getamac.jpg”]”Apple’s security processor gets in the way when you’re trying to [boot from] external drives,” William Gallagher writes for AppleInsider. “Fix this now because if you wait until you need to restart from one, you’ll have problems.”

“By default, Macs with the T2 processor will not boot from an external drive. That’s fine, that’s even good, but it’s an inconvenience when you…

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OWC's ThunderBlade external drive now shipping in all capacities, from 1TB to 8TB

OWC’s ThunderBlade external drive now shipping in all capacities, from 1TB to 8TB

OWC has announced that the pioneering ThunderBlade external drive is now shipping in four capacities, from 1TB to 8TB. The first-to-market ThunderBlade is the fastest external drive available, with almost unheard of transfer speeds up to 2800MB/s Read and 2450MB/s Write, making it the preeminent production solution for professionals.

Celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2018, OWC…

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4 of the Best External Storage Drives For Photographers

"These units are ideal for photographers who will be taking their external storage with them while traveling or out on jobs."

Data comes cheap these days, sure – but you still need a lot of it! Photographers are using more and more data every day, especially with so many of us unwilling to delete all but the most dreadful images from our systems in the off chance that someday we may end up needing that shot of aunt jane mid-sneeze. Joking aside, we as photographers really do need a lot of storage space for our images…

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5 Best External Hard Drives to Invest In

5 Best External Hard Drives to Invest In #Harddrives #Storage

Who doesn’t want to keep their data secure? You have lots of precious documents, pictures, videos and other files that you don’t want to lose in case something goes wrong with your PC. So, what is the best way to prevent it from happening? Investing in an external hard drive. They are the most affordable option at your disposal when you wish to keep your virtual belongings truly secure and they…

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