need external drive and program help

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  1. Markrad, Jul 21, 2012

    Markrad macrumors newbie

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    I have a 24" 2009 IMAC with 1TB HD. I use Time Machine but would like a separate external HD to store all my photos and related plugins. My two questions are:

    1. what type of HD is suggested--need 1TB
    2. what software program is easiest to set up for automatic saving of new or altered images

    Thanks for the help.

    Mark
     
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  2. maflynn, Jul 21, 2012

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    I'd say anything from seagate or western digital. If you use Aperture, you can then use vault feature in the application to back up your images.
     
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  3. Macman45, Jul 21, 2012

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    Just a heads up on Segates....In addition to the well documented iMac issues last year, Segates continue to cause problems...Promise have stopped using them in the Pegasus range. I had a few bad sectors on one Segate in my R4, but instead of replacing the drive, Promise replaced all four with Hitachis.

    Others have also reported problems with them too...Just a heads up.
     
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