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Have some extra cash, Mac accessory recomendations welcomed.
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What kind of Mac is it? If it's a desktop, I'd suggest an external HDD, USB hub if you plan on connecting multiple devices, speakers... A MacBook (Pro) would benefit from a sleeve and bag if you do a lot of travelling with it. Possibly an external monitor with a keyboard/mouse if you plan on docking it as a desktop at home.
pastrychef
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External hard drive or NAS, if you can afford one. Additional storage always comes in handy and backing up of your primary hard drive is important.
Very first thing on your shopping list shop be hard drives for backup.
SuperDuper! software and a pair of 500gb WD Passport drives were my essential first purchases. I use the two WD Passport drives to rotate full image bootable backups of my system. And the drives are USB powered so portable, and quick and easy to connect up and use.
I now keep two local backup drives for every system, having had an external fail on me during a restore last year. Luckily I use JungleDisk for remote, offsite backups to Amazon S3 so I didn't lose any data. But opened my eyes that one backup drive is not enough to be relying on. 🙂
SuperDuper! software and a pair of 500gb WD Passport drives were my essential first purchases. I use the two WD Passport drives to rotate full image bootable backups of my system. And the drives are USB powered so portable, and quick and easy to connect up and use.
I now keep two local backup drives for every system, having had an external fail on me during a restore last year. Luckily I use JungleDisk for remote, offsite backups to Amazon S3 so I didn't lose any data. But opened my eyes that one backup drive is not enough to be relying on. 🙂
wordoflife
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wywern209
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yuck. don't get the magic mouse. carpal tunnel waiting to happen. get the performance mouse mx from logitech. it is the updated version of the best mouse ever made the MX revolution. a pair of decent speakers don't hurt either. I've heard good things about Swans Speakers.
