Which external hard drive to buy?

[cube]

I would buy a GOOD enclosure and put a Seagate Desktop "SSHD" in it.

 

[Ifti]

At this point I think just pick the size and connection type drive you want then just close your eyes and grab a drive off the shelf on sale.

I completely agree with this.

I would look more closely at the file system you wish to use.
Ive never had much joy with exFAT - yes its great due to cross compatibility between operating systems etc, but its also more susceptible to corruption. Ive never had data go corrupt on any external drive before - whether its FAT, FAT32, NTFS, HFS, etc - but its happened on every exFAT drive I have used - needless to say I no longer use exFAT, just don't trust it any more.....

 

[galaksy]

I completely agree with this.

I would look more closely at the file system you wish to use.
Ive never had much joy with exFAT - yes its great due to cross compatibility between operating systems etc, but its also more susceptible to corruption. Ive never had data go corrupt on any external drive before - whether its FAT, FAT32, NTFS, HFS, etc - but its happened on every exFAT drive I have used - needless to say I no longer use exFAT, just don't trust it any more.....

I guess that means all the more reason to buy Mac only if you already have Macs since if you try to have both Mac and Windows and use exFAT to make up for the difference, the file will corrupt?

If you have movies on Mac only format can you watch them on Windows too or not?

 

[matreya]

If you have movies on Mac only format can you watch them on Windows too or not?

If you want to share files between Mac and Windows, you're better off investing in this software (it's only 20 bucks)

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/

 

[galaksy]

How about NAS storage? Something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-4TB-Per...TF8&qid=1408477845&sr=8-1&keywords=nas+wd+4tb