Best Option For External HD?

[Eggtastic]

I am preparing to sell my 2011 11" MBA and going forth with buying a 12" rMB. I already have a WD external HD that I bought back in 2011 and use it for Apple Time Machine. I honestly rather go with a newer updated external HD that is wireless and can be accessed from anywhere.

First off, would you recommend just manually storing anything I wish to do such as photos, music, etc. I find Time Machine to be a bit weird as it just copies EVERYTHING from that particular date. I'd rather see just the stuff I need in a few folders rather than a "whole desktop" set up.

Second, would anyone recommend a wireless external hard drive? Is there anything I should be aware of? Or should I just stick with wired?

I want to start fresh with a new rMB, and then be able to add or atleast access my photos and music from an external harddrive, or even copy them onto my rMB if I go with the 512gb option.

What are my options and what do you recommend? Thanks

 

[Samuelsan2001]

I would go with a normal hard drive and one of these

http://www.kingston.com/en/wireless/wireless_readers/mlwg3

You can then use any digital media to back up from USB sticks to SD cards, it gives you a mobile wifi solution and even a battery for recharging phones and your Mac if needed.

 

[AppleNewton]

Try a time capsule for time machine and get a second rotational drive to plug into the time machine to have a nice duplicate back up. I'd let time machine handle the back ups vs manually dragging and dropping as you can browse versions and not have to manage it much.

 

[kohlson]

I'm not sure if you want to use the external drive as a working drive or a backup drive. I think wireless may be too slow for working, but would be fine for backup. You can configure TM, on a per volume basis, to back up only those folders you want backed up. And then, it only really backs up what's changed.