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  1. T

    "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer"

    I have 2 hard drives which I copy all my Final Cut Pro projects to. I use these drives with Windows 10 as well, so they are in exFAT. One of the drives now comes up with this message when I boot up: "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." It gives options to Initialize...
  2. M

    tbMacBook Pro 2016 13" USB Audio Issues?

    Hey Folks, I have been rocking my late 2016 tbMacBook Pro for a week now and surprisingly enjoying it more than I thought I would. Allot of the "issues" I thought I was going to encounter for my use-case were not as troublesome at all. However, one thing standing out is that I have a set of...
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    Thunderbolt 3 M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosures

    Thunderbolt 3 / 4 / USB 4 NVMe Enclosures The best enclosures for high speed transfers (2.5GB/s+) usually have one of these 2 chipsets: Thunderbolt 3: Intel's JHL7440, e.g. Acasis TBU-401 / 405 Orico TB3-S2 USB 4: Asmedia ADM2464PD Jeyi TB-2464 Maiwo 2464 ( NewEgg / AliExpress) Satechi Pro...
    • oreggero
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    • drive external ssd ssd enclosure storage thunderbolt thunderbolt 3 usb-c
    • Replies: 1,594
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
  4. carlsson

    Looking for physical small USB- or SD-storage

    I'm looking for more storage to a MacBook Pro 2014. 1 TB SSD from OWC is too expensive ($650), so I was thinking about a small USB or SD memory card, with a capacity of at least 512 GB. I found this...
  5. ansirone

    Working Off An External Thunderbolt Drive

    I just got an external thunderbolt ssd drive and was wondering if its fine to just work on PSD files straight form the drive. I also do a lot of AFX work as well. Just need to de-mystify the whole working-from-drive workflows.
    • ansirone
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    • drive imac ssd thunderbolt
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: iMac
  6. speedingant

    AutoMounter your NAS Shares - Native macOS App

    Introducing AutoMounter, a powerful menu item designed to automatically mount your network shares. We wanted our network shares always accessible and ready to use. If you've got a NAS appliance, a server at work, or even shared folders on your other computers, you'll know how time consuming it...
    • speedingant
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    • afp auto automount drive mount nas network nfs share smb
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  7. eiprol

    Desktop iCloud storage just messed all my files

    Can anyobody explain me how the heck Desktop iCloud storage works? I think I've messed all my documents without even knowing how. And thanks to iCloud. Since the beginning, I've known that coming from Apple, it would probably try to manage my files without letting me choose, and that it would...
  8. praneeth03

    DiskMark - speed test for HDD, SSD, usb/flash/external hard disk drives

    Test the performance of your flash (pen/usb), solid state, hard disk drives in just 60 seconds. DiskMark performs real world speed tests and shows: + Sequential read/write speeds which is the performance you see when copying large files. + Random read/write speeds which is the performance you...
    • praneeth03
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    • benchmark disk drive speed speed test
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
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    Usage Experiences? Reliability? Run iTunes with Media & Backup folders on external drive (save SSD)?

    Usage Experiences? Reliability? Run iTunes with Media & Backup folders on external drive (save SSD)? There are tons of articles for Windows (I use) and Mac about moving some of this heavy space eating stuff off my C drive / SSD. 2 key methods I see are (I'll post some links for them) ...
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    Network Drive Backup

    I have a small company that uses a drive connected to an Airport extreme that everyone shares. Everyone in the office keeps all their files on this drive. (we have both mac & pc users). We need a way to keep this drive backed up without having to manually move the files to another drive. Is...
    • TayOneThree
    • Thread
    • airport airport extreme backup drive network drive newtwork time machine
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Networking
  11. imrazor

    Suggestions for bootable Firewire 800 enclosure

    I have an older Mac that I'd like to speed up a bit. On of the most obvious things I can do is replace the internal 5400 RPM drive with an SSD. I've done it before, but cracking an iMac apart is a painful experience I'd rather not relive. So I hit upon the idea of putting the SSD in a Firewire...
  12. L

    Adding second drive to MBP 13" 2015

    Hi, Is it possible to add a second hard drive to a 13" macbook pro 2015 model? Either a SSD (not pcie) or a HDD would be good for me. Thanks
  13. AlexGraphicD

    Problem with drive format

    I am using a shared iMac temporarily until I buy my own sometime in the near future and I when I do buy a new one I wanna wipe the drive and erase all of my personal files and passwords. Right now I am using it under a second admin account cause there is already another admin with his own...
    • AlexGraphicD
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    • admin drive format imac password user wipe
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: iMac
  14. Kashyap Pavra

    Macbook Air booting with question mark and folder

    Hello people I am in a big trouble my mac is booting with a question mark and a folder. The story starts when I installed Linux in my mac with 20GB linux partition and 100 GB mac os x El capitan partition. Then I felt Linux is boring so I decided to delete it.So I just deleted the partition...
    • Kashyap Pavra
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    • booting drive elcapitan error linux macbook os x problem questionmark
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: MacBook Air
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    External HDD isn't detected anymore

    Hi. I have an external Seagate SSHD 1TB drive to store large and less important files, used with SATA-USB bridge. It was plugged in only when I had to transfer some files, for most of the time was detached. Today something goes wrong. During copying a large file, transfer has been cancelled...
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    How can I get enough power to my portable USB hard drive?

    I have a 12" MacBook, the Apple USB-C VGA Multiport Adapter, and a Belkin USB 2.0 4-Port Ultra-Mini Hub. When I plug in my Seagate portable drive to the Belkin hub, everything's fine. It connects to my computer. But when I plug in my older Toshiba portable drive to the Belkin hub, I keep hearing...
  17. A

    Triple boot os X, windows and ubuntu on external hdd

    How can I triple boot windows and ubuntu on my external hard drive using rEFInd boot manager. I already have OS X on my external hdd. Please can someone guide me through this?
  18. D

    iCloud Drive issues on Windows 10

    On my BootCamp partition, iCloud Drive used to work on windows 8.1 where I could put things inside the folder, it would upload and show up in the drive or vice versa on my OS X side of the partition. When I updated to Windows 10, nothing appears in my iCloud drive when there is stuff in it. I've...
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