New Mac Pro Has Hard Drive Issue, Apple Planning Fix in macOS Update

[xbjllb]

Technically, better chance of getting data off of an HD with HFS+ than an SSD when they have died. My SSD failures seem to have been dead with no chance of ever getting anything off of it, one way or another while the HD's that have died, or about to die, I was able to get all or almost all data off. HD's give you clues they are dying most of the time but SSDs and flash drives seem to just give up the ghost all of a sudden, in my experience. SSDs are limited with the amount of data that can be written, while HD's can last over a decade if properly cared for.

Rule 1: If you don't have a backup, you have no data at all.

I learned that the hard way and will always backup as much as physically possible. Sounds like your friend just learned a lesson he will never forget. Backup, backup, backup...

Agree with backup backup backup but I've never been able to get a single file off the three HDD's I had crash on me over the years. Nothing. And the restore utility progs weren't cheap at the time either. Complete waste of time and money.

 

[InuNacho]

Wow, and just think, it only takes what, 3-4 WEEKS of all-nighters to backup the massive terrabytes you can't get with the new Mac Pro.

And burning up physical hard drives and taxing the system while you do it. I can still remember turning off Time Machine for increased performance in audio and video.

Why, sign me up right now! Wow!

Huh, taxing? I remember Time Machine taxing my wimpy C2D Macbook in 2008 but I can't imagine that is even a modern problem at all.
And burning physical hard drives? The technology in consumer HDDs is over 40 years old, they're pretty foolproof at this point.