The MiniDrive has the option for that and fits perfectly.
This may be a bit faster but eventually the other cards will catch up if they haven't already, haven't looked into them in a while.
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The MiniDrive has the option for that and fits perfectly.
This may be a bit faster but eventually the other cards will catch up if they haven't already, haven't looked into them in a while.
It is very nice how the expansion card sits flush with the chassis, Apple really needs to redesign the SD card slot so that SD cards can also sit flush, without sticking out. It is so useful to be able to leave the card in so that it can be used for extra storage.
I think what we're asking is, if it is a "flush design", how do we pull it out without tools? Not saying it's impossible, but it would be good to know.
As for all those saying what a bargain such a device is for a mere $100, maybe... It makes you realise how outrageous the Apple price increments are as RAM increases. That said, a product is worth what people will pay for it. Irritatingly I find I ether "have" to be satisfied because I have bought the least expensive (student price, base model, picked up in Hong Kong etc.), or I have bought the maxed out edition. There is no in-between. My fault, I know...
Could this work to install Windows 7 on the card? If possible that would be a instant buy for me. As much as I like Mac OS, I really need Windows sometimes but for it's partition, I need at least 40gb. And having a 128gb SSD kinda makes that a challenge.
You are definitely on the bleeding edge. The vast majority of people are not anywhere near your level of forward progress. You said in a previous post you stopped investing in SD cards 4 years ago. That's a bit optimistic considering SD cards are still a much used commodity today. I agree with you that eventually other technology will supersede SD cards, but like PC's, their demise probably won't be as soon as some think.
As long as we're still using SD cards, any improvements in speed are welcome
No chance. Not soon anyway. There's no way a professional photographer is going to trust their once-in-a-lifetime shots to an unnecessarily complex capture system including wireless transmission that can fail without warning. Solid state cards are just that. Solid. Reliable. And capacities and speeds are great these days.
You're also ignoring an entire class of photographers that want to be able to use interchangeable lenses but might not desire/afford a secondary chunk of equipment (that can be independently damaged/lost/stolen) for storage.
Mobile devices may, at some point, obviate point and shoot cameras, but without some miracle of optical technology, cameras with great interchangeable lenses will stick around; and as long as they do, so will cheap, easily replaceable, stable, portable, interchangeable, solid state storage media.
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A while back I looked at a little tray that would let you mount a micro-sd card in this fashion, and a month back when SanDisk released their 128 gig micro-sd card, I was all sold to go with that as my extra space solution.
Just gotta say, the price point alone might sell me on these, even if I cant use the card in any other devices.
Just gotta say, the price point alone might sell me on these, even if I cant use the card in any other devices.
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This is easily achievable, you move the movies folder to "external" storage then create and alias (shortcut) with the same name in the old location of the movies folder. boom.
This is easily achievable, you move the movies folder to "external" storage then create and alias (shortcut) with the same name in the old location of the movies folder. boom.
I'm interested in an answer to this too.
How does this affect battery life if left permanently mounted?
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if you want to place the movies folder on an external drive just drag it over. then create an alias ( shortcut ) with the same name in the old location. iTunes will recognize it
if you want to place the movies folder on an external drive just drag it over. then create an alias ( shortcut ) with the same name in the old location. iTunes will recognize it
I'm not saying DSLR's are going away. I'm just saying P&S cameras will eventually go away. Not because they are less capable than smartphone cameras, but because of sales and popularity. People don't want to carry that many devices around.
As with DSLRs, you'll have built-in storage as well. But I do know a lot of photographers who tether their cameras via USB to their laptops or use wireless SD cards that transmit their files to their computers. So it's already, in a sense, being done.
Sure it won't happen this year or next year, but by 2020 P&S cameras will be so rare to come by. People can deny this all they want, but technology and time have proven many wrong.
just a note to us MBA 2010-2011 users, we will likely not reach the max read/write speeds advertised here since the SD card reader is bottlenecked by its USB2 connection! USB3 in MBA 2012-2013.
The remaining question is, will this have the same bad effects on battery life (ie MBA never reaching deep sleep state while media is inserted) as the Nifty Minidrive?
The remaining question is, will this have the same bad effects on battery life (ie MBA never reaching deep sleep state while media is inserted) as the Nifty Minidrive?
Yes, but it's not "well behaved". iTunes only sees that it can't access some music and suggests to look for it. It doesn't recognise that the whole device isn't there, so you'd get the exact same error for every single file that's not there. It doesn't recognise when the drive get's plugged in. You'd want an option "hide music on missing external drives", similar to "hide music in the cloud". Since I use iTunes Match, I'd want an option to automatically stream if the external drive isn't there. And it should be possible to add music to the library while the external drive is not there and move it automatically to the external drive when it's plugged in.
Most users can't do that. I can do it, but I never managed to get it working reliably.
