Transcend Introduces JetDrive Lite Expansion Cards Up to 128GB for MacBook Air, Retina Macbook Pro

[TranscendInfo]

hi, will you be making a 128GB for the late 2013 rMBP?

Hello jgc,
We have the JetDrive Lite 360 for the late 2013 15" rMBP. Unfortunately for the 13" rMBP, the slot dimensions are too small to allow for a 128GB model.

 

[MacMikePro]

Nice! That could make a big difference. Now all we need is for Apple to support splitting the iTunes library across devices. That is audio(music) on one device video on another.

iTunes has supported that for years, you can choose the location for every individual file that's in iTunes. So you could just have a few movies on an external drive if you wanted (instead of the entire movie library for example) but it's completely up to you where you want everything to be stored and it can be across as many drives as you want.

 

[tgara]

Camera companies are already including WiFi in their devices and maybe even switch to a faster cabled connection. So SD cards will soon be a thing of the past. That's why I stopped investing in SD cards 4 years ago. It's going to be like the floppy disk soon.

I don't agree. Yes, more cameras are including wifi, but you still need a device to send the data TO. If you're out in the wilderness without a laptop or phone to dump the data on, those photos have to be stored somewhere. I can't see camera manufacturers eliminating card slots anytime soon.

 

[TranscendInfo]

Any additional details? If it's flush, how do you pull it out?

Hello wiz329,
If you take a close look at the photos here, there is a barely noticeable lip that allows you to wiggle it out. We'll post more detailed photos showing how it looks installed.

 

[applesith]

I don't agree. Yes, more cameras are including wifi, but you still need a device to send the data TO. If you're out in the wilderness without a laptop or phone to dump the data on, those photos have to be stored somewhere. I can't see camera manufacturers eliminating card slots anytime soon.

Exactly and having the physical card in the camera is much faster and reliable.

 

[WardC]

iTunes has supported that for years, you can choose the location for every individual file that's in iTunes. So you could just have a few movies on an external drive if you wanted (instead of the entire movie library for example) but it's completely up to you where you want everything to be stored and it can be across as many drives as you want.

You can use an alias for your iTunes folder. That is how I do it. I keep my "iTunes" folder on an external drive, then I keep an alias of this folder titled "iTunes" as well, within my Music folder in my Home folder. Whenever I open iTunes, it loads everything off my external SSD drive and I keep nothing on my boot disk.

 

[teknishn]

My biggest gripe is that I can't order one of these right now.
Amazon says 2-4 weeks, nobody else has em that I can find. Can't seem to order direct from Trancend either.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

This is nothing more than a StorEdge clone:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00DC9U2Q8?pc_redir=1400675712&robot_redir=1

And btw the nifty mini drive is a far worse deal than a StorEdge when you factor in price, speed and the micro SD cards to have to buy. Get a StorEdge instead.

 

[deeddawg]

How is this different from:

Nifty Mini Drive and PNY Storedge?

I don't know about you, but half the price is kinda significant to me. $50 for 64Gb instead of $100 is worth a MacRumors post.

We'll see how that translates to street prices of course, since the PNY MSRP is way above street.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

I don't know about you, but half the price is kinda significant to me. $50 for 64Gb instead of $100 is worth a MacRumors post.

The StorEdge is $39 for 64 GB, and $75 for 128 GB. I don't know where you're getting your prices:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00DC9U2Q8?pc_redir=1400675712&robot_redir=1

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LaCai has been making these for a while, barely sticks out of the side and only $79 for the 128gig.

Who? Which complaint? Link?

Here the StorEdge: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00DC9U2Q8?pc_redir=1400675712&robot_redir=1

 

[deeddawg]

The StorEdge is $39 for 64 GB, and $75 for 128 GB. I don't know where you're getting your prices

You're comparing street prices to MSRP. As I said:

We'll see how that translates to street prices of course, since the PNY MSRP is way above street.

 

[airlog]

Any idea when this will be available in the UK..?

They are available on Amazon.uk but selling out fast (if not already sold out)

 

[guzhogi]

It may not bd an SD card, but holy storage, Batman!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E65QM8O

 

[spyguy10709]

How is this different from:

Nifty Mini Drive

and

PNY Storedge?

Retina 15" 2013 support. And it's faster.

 

[furi0usbee]

Hey! Hey! This is a wholesome apple forum. Save that kind of talk for the bedroom!

I'm speaking solely on my experience with inserting 5 1/4, 3 1/2, CD/DVD, USB, and SD disks

 

[hudson1]

Actually SD slots may be gone very soon. Remember PCMIA and ExpressCard slots. They were used to connect faster/additional storage and most commonly used for broadband connections. But now we have USB 3.x and TB for data connectivity and we have mobile hotspots from individual devices that offer WiFi or through our phones offering 4G/LTE speeds.

Camera companies are already including WiFi in their devices and maybe even switch to a faster cabled connection. So SD cards will soon be a thing of the past. That's why I stopped investing in SD cards 4 years ago. It's going to be like the floppy disk soon.

How are you going to store those 1000 shots of the Grand Canyon to transfer by WiFi afterward? No, I don't think SD cards are going anywhere for quite a long time.

 

[teknishn]

This is nothing more than a StorEdge clone:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00DC9U2Q8?pc_redir=1400675712&robot_redir=1

And btw the nifty mini drive is a far worse deal than a StorEdge when you factor in price, speed and the micro SD cards to have to buy. Get a StorEdge instead.

I was considering the PNY, but I read a review that showed an average R/W of only 28mb/s yuck.... however the Read was nearly on par with the Trancend. The PNY also doesn't appear to sit as flush.

 

[LordDeath]

Only thing that potential buyers should be aware of is this - when an SD card is mounted, the system will not enter "Standby Mode" (deep sleep) so you shouldn't be leaving it in overnight unless connected to a power source.

And this is the reason why I don't use my Nifty MiniDrive and why these JetDrive Lites also are not usable for me.
I rather save some money to buy one of their SSD replacements instead of a slower semi-external drive which disables power-saving features of my MacBook.

 

[762999]

Now what we need is iTunes etc. modified so that part of a library can be stored on an external card, or possibly two, and that the software stays well-behaved if that card isn't present. Also great for cheap portable Time Machine backup device.

why modify itunes?

- you can either mount the SD card as an iTunes subfolder.
- move your OSX user profile on the SD card, leaving space on your boot drive.

 

[hudson1]

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.

Wireless transfer is being done after the image is securely written to the SD card. Most higher end cameras are even using dual card slots which can be set up to automatically back each other up. This technology isn't going away anytime soon because it works so well. Plus, card capacity and speed has expanded right along with the growth of sensor resolution (RAW files can be up to 50 MB now) and video.

What was the capacity of that last card you bought four years ago?

 

[762999]

Does the 11" not have the requisite slot? I don't have mine in front of me.

card slot is only on the 13" MBA, not avail on the 11"

 

[contempt]

Does anyone know if keeping it mounted but not accessing it has any system wide performance degradations? That's my only concern, just always having it mounted leading to any speed constraints when not actually accessing it. TIA.

 

[Greggy16d]

Same as StorEDGE

The PNY StorEDGE is just as good anc only $75 on amazon for the 128gb

 

[teknishn]

And this is the reason why I don't use my Nifty MiniDrive and why these JetDrive Lites also are not usable for me.
I rather save some money to buy one of their SSD replacements instead of a slower semi-external drive which disables power-saving features of my MacBook.

Even with the lid closed?

 

[plinktog]

Sounds great, but what's the speed like with Filevault turned on?

Internal SSD has almost no speed hit from Filevault, SD cards unusable in my experience (which includes SanDisk Extreme Pro)