Hi E.T. You are most welcome! Its the best usb enclosure I've ever owned. I've had many over the years and it seems like they all fail in the second year, and that's just keeping them in a drawer. The Newer Tech just works every time. Jeff
On 3/15/17, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > Thanks Jeff. I did some more poking around the site and see that > Newer Tech. I am going to look at this some more as a different backup > solution which currently are WD Passport drives. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 3/14/2017 10:42 AM, jeff `greene wrote: >> Hi Just putting in my two cents here. I've gone through many $10 to >> $20 usb drive enclosures only to find that after a year or so they are >> dead. I bought one from OWC called something like Newer Tech. Its a >> little bigger than your usual 2.5" enclosure but its brilliant! You >> move a switch on one end, which opens a swinging door, just drop in >> your drive (7mm up to 12.5mm thick) and close the door and it just >> works! It costs about $99 if its still available on macsales.com. Also >> its really fast on usb 3.0 and the whole enclosure is aluminum. Also >> if you're looking for thunderbolt macsales.com is probably your best >> bet too, followed by lacie.com. Although not sure if lacie sells >> enclosures. >> Jeff >> >> >> On 3/14/17, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> Faster has some caveats. What kind of drive are you putting in that >>> case? If it's some kind of spinning disk then USB3 will probably keep up >>> just fine. Those can hit 120-180MB/s, well below USB3's theoretical max >>> of 640MB/s. Thunderbolt 2, by specs, is four times faster than USB3 but >>> more expensive. If you are putting in a spinning disk that can't >>> saturate a USB3 connection then Thunderbolt isn't going to make it any >>> faster. Probably the only use case where Thunderbolt would matter is on >>> some kind of drive array or speedy flash drive. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 3/14/17 4:48 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >>>> I've been looking for a USB 3 and or Thunderbolt 2 drive case, >>>> >>>> Thunderbolt is the better option with the mac books faster data >>>> transfer >>>> rate. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. >>>> Sent: Tuesday, 14 March 2017 11:16 AM >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: USB Drive Enclosure >>>> >>>> And cheap becomes expensive. Thanks for the recommendation. I >>>> added >>>> the USB 3 model to my wish list on Amazon. Nut sure yet what I will do >>>> as >>>> the current data now exceeds the old drive. >>>> >>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >>>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >>>> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >>>> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >>>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>>> >>>> On 3/13/2017 12:45 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: >>>>> These things are dirt cheap so there's piles of them around. My wife >>>>> upgraded her MacBook with an SSD and we bought the Other World >>>>> Computing kit which included the special screwdrivers and an external >>>>> drive case for the old drive. Their USB 2.0 case by itself is $US15.75 >>>>> and USB 3.0 is $US18.75. >>>>> >>>>> https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/USB2/OWC_Express >>>>> >>>>> That should be your high-water mark. You can find tons of cases on >>>>> Amazon for $10 from companies you never heard of, so who knows if they >>>>> are any good. Still, USB cases are a commodity so you might just take >>>>> a chance on one and see what happens, especially if you already have >>>>> Prime. Here is a random USB 2.0 2.5" case from "Orico" for $8: >>>>> >>>>> https://www.amazon.com/ORICO-Portable-External-Enclosure-Black/dp/B005 >>>>> INYDMA/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps. >>>>> >>>>> CB >>>>> >>>>> On 3/13/17 11:49 AM, E.T. wrote: >>>>>> I am considering this to install the old Mac drive that I >>>>>> replaced >>>>>> with an SSD. There are many to choose from, so what brands would be a >>>>>> good choice to look at? >>>>>> >>>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >>>>>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >>>>>> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >>>>>> our intelligence. 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