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Review of the "MiniDrive Air" w/ photos

I thought I had read someone say that with one of these in place your laptop will not go into sleep or deep sleep or something.

Can anyone confirm if this is accurate? I'd really like to get one, but that could be problematic.
 
Similar, seems to be glued better and the read only cutout problem seems to be fixed. They provide a small wire instead of a tool for extracting.
 
I use a staple to remove the drive since I don't plan on carrying that piece of wire around everywhere and staples are readily available everywhere.
 
Interesting. So is there going to be a review from the OP? Otherwise is the Amazon one the same as the one on the website?
 
Seamaster said:
Be cautious of ordering one of these from Nifty. The discussion on their Kickstarter page suggests they've done a runner.
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you can say that again. I bought 2 drives from their website after the Kickstarter run. I had to wait 6 month for delivery, to receive 2 cards of which 1 has the dreaded Read-Only error (See the comments on their Kickstarter page for more info.) To make matters worse, because I was not in the initial Kickstarter run, I don't have the same tools available for contacting them (Email ticketing system).
I mailed them in February for a solution and haven't heard back from them. They did indeed do a runner.:mad:
Buyer Be Aware.
 
That's too bad. I got one of their drives and it works perfectly. I had a bad feeling this was going to happen. Delivery time for me was about the same.

77slevin said:
you can say that again. I bought 2 drives from their website after the Kickstarter run. I had to wait 6 month for delivery, to receive 2 cards of which 1 has the dreaded Read-Only error (See the comments on their Kickstarter page for more info.) To make matters worse, because I was not in the initial Kickstarter run, I don't have the same tools available for contacting them (Email ticketing system).
I mailed them in February for a solution and haven't heard back from them. They did indeed do a runner.:mad:
Buyer Be Aware.
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I think I am going to order this product tonight. Makes no sense to wait for nifty since it seems they are horrible at customer service and their product seems to be subpar at best.

I'll let you guys know how this goes. Also, can't wait for a 128gb micro sd.
 
jkim13 said:
Looks exactly like what I got except you got better packaging. The colored edge is a little darker than the silver on the MBA but it's close enough that it's not too noticeable at a glance. Worked as soon as I stuck it in and works just like any SD card. No issues reading or writing.
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Totally agree Kim. The color is pretty good. I was worried about color before I purchased it, and couldnt find photos anywhere - hence this review :D

justperry said:
Good photo's but still no review.
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I just updated it :)

Trey M said:
Thanks for the pictures- I literally have not yet seen what the actual Minidrive Air looks like inside the Air! Can't believe they sell it as a separate product yet don't even have a picture on their website or Amazon of the adapter in the computer.
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Totally agree. I almost didnt buy it for that exact reason. I couldnt find photos anywhere - that is why i posted this.

Trey M said:
does anyone know if the Minidrive Air will fit into a rMBP 15'' ?
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I tried it in a 13" retina, it does not fit - Too thick.

edsono said:
did reformatted for MacOs Extended filesystem, or used it on default ExFat format.
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Edison - I read that the Mac OS Extended was the fastest. No idea if it is true or not, but that is what I have been using. If you find something different - please share.

Seamaster said:
Be cautious of ordering one of these from Nifty. The discussion on their Kickstarter page suggests they've done a runner.
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The Kickstarter guys definitely dropped the ball - I was waiting for them to release their minidrive, but after reading about all those problems... glad i found this one.

rdunlap said:
I was planning on buying one of these too. Do you have a link
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I edited the first post w/ a link to the one I bought

Database said:
I thought I had read someone say that with one of these in place your laptop will not go into sleep or deep sleep or something.
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I am running 10.7.5 not an issue for me.

ratboy90 said:
Design wise this is basically an exact replica of the Nifty right?
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This one has more of a "finished" look to it. Functionally it is the same though.

ColdCase said:
Similar, seems to be glued better and the read only cutout problem seems to be fixed. They provide a small wire instead of a tool for extracting.
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exactly.

jkim13 said:
I use a staple to remove the drive since I don't plan on carrying that piece of wire around everywhere and staples are readily available everywhere.
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That is really clever :)

ratboy90 said:
Interesting. So is there going to be a review from the OP? Otherwise is the Amazon one the same as the one on the website?
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I put up a much better review and included links to both the company website and the amazon page.

77slevin said:
you can say that again. I bought 2 drives from [the kickstarter NiftyDrive] website after the Kickstarter run. I had to wait 6 month for delivery, to receive 2 cards of which 1 has the dreaded Read-Only error (See the comments on their Kickstarter page for more info.) To make matters worse, because I was not in the initial Kickstarter run, I don't have the same tools available for contacting them (Email ticketing system). I mailed them in February for a solution and haven't heard back from them. They did indeed do a runner.:mad: Buyer Be Aware.
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I have had no issues with the Amazon Company.

JHUFrank said:
That's too bad. I got one of their drives and it works perfectly. I had a bad feeling this was going to happen. Delivery time for me was about the same.
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I didnt have to wait that long :)

rdunlap said:
I think I am going to order this product tonight. Makes no sense to wait for nifty since it seems they are horrible at customer service and their product seems to be subpar at best. I'll let you guys know how this goes. Also, can't wait for a 128gb micro sd.
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go for it.
 
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Is there an app that let's the MacBook Air go to sleep with the SD card inserted?
 
The eBay auction only shows the one with the plastic tab to pull out. Has anybody bought one yet off eBay?
Is it the one the OP posted or does the plastic tab one come?
 
I think mine goes to sleep with the SD card in? I just close the lid at night and when I wake up it has roughly the same amount of battery life
 
The Apple tech notes says the air will sleep (draws a little power) but not deep sleep (draws no power).

Has anyone confirmed that Jettison allows deep sleep, i.e. does the SD drive just need to be dismounted or must it be physically removed to enable deep sleep (AKA hibernation).
 
Jettison will not be able to unmount the drive, and you will see a notice that disk X could not be ejected because it is in use. I dunno for sure if the MacBook will go to sleep anyway or that it stays running.....
 
ColdCase said:
I've been reading that Jettison can unmount/eject a SD card (and perhaps a USB memory stick) but can't auto remount them with Mountain Lion.
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Unmounts and remounts my SD card fine on my 2012 MBA running ML.
 
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