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Crucial SSD Upgrade Made My Old MacBook Pro Better than New

October 13, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Crucial SSD MacBook Pro Swap

I had an aging MacBook Pro. It’s a 2011 model, which I believe is the first model with Thunderbolt. And while the Thunderbolt connectivity has been great, the internal 5400RPM hard drive has gotten slower and slower over the years.

After hearing plenty of reports on the benefits of upgrading to an internal SSD drive in these MacBook models, I finally bit the (surprising affordable) bullet and picked up a Crucial 512GB SSD for a little over $200. [Read more…]

Filed Under: apple Tagged With: apple, hard drive, mac, macbook, macbook pro, solid state drive, SSD, upgrade

 

Blackmagic Camera v. 1.9.5 Firmware Update Adds SSD Formatting to Production Camera 4K

September 5, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Blackmagic Production Camera 4K

Blackmagic has added yet another firmware update for the Production Camera 4K. The new Camera v. 1.9.5 update adds the ability to directly format an SSD to HFS+ or exFAT within the camera.

The firmware is currently being worked on for the other Blackmagic cameras. You can download the update for the Production Camera 4K here on Blackmagic Design’s website.

Filed Under: Blackmagic Design Tagged With: 4k, Blackmagic, Blackmagic Production Camera 4K, firmware, SSD

Drobo Mini with SSDs Designed for Max Speed and Data Protection

July 31, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Drobo Mini with SSD

Drobo has released its new Drobo Mini with SSD, which features four 2.5″ drive bays packed with SSDs and available in 1TB, 2TB and 4TB options.

The Drobo Mini connects via Thunderbolt or USB 3.0. It weighs less than three pounds and can handle multiple drive failures without data loss.

The Drobo Mini with SSD pricing starts at $1199. Check out all the Drobo Mini options here at B&H Photo.

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: drobo, Drobo Mini, SSD, storage

LaCie’s New Rugged Drive Features Built-in Thunderbolt Cable

June 5, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Rugged_TB_3Q_opened

LaCie has updated its Rugged hard drive line with a new drive that features a built-in Thunderbolt cable, as well as a USB 3.0 port and higher capacity SSD options.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: lacie, rugged, SSD, Thunderbolt, USB 3

LaCie Unveils Little Big Disk Thunderbolt 2 Portable Drive

January 5, 2014 By Eric Reagan

LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt 2

LaCie announced the Little Big Disk Thunderbolt 2 drive at CES 2014 today. Now that Apple has released the Mac Pro with Thunderbolt 2 we can expect to see more of these peripherals hitting the market – and I think we’ll see a lot at CES 2014. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: hard drive, lacie, SSD, storage, Thunderbolt

Sony Unveils Rugged Storage Drives

September 15, 2013 By Eric Reagan

Sony Hard Drive

Sony recently introduced a new line of rugged, professional hard drives in SSD and standard spinning hard drive flavors. The SSD version (PSZ-SA25) is available as a 256GB capacity drive, while the spinning hard drives are available in 500GB and 1TB capacities (PSZ-HA50 and PSZ-HA1T). The drives feature one USB 3.0 and two FireWire 800 ports. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Sony Tagged With: hard drive, Sony, SSD, storage, usb 3.0

OWC Aura Pro MacBook Pro Retina Upgrade and Envoy Pro External USB 3.0 SSD Kits

January 6, 2013 By Eric Reagan

OWC Aura Pro

OWC has a new 480GB SSD drive that serves as an internal hard drive upgrade for the MacBook Pro Retina. The Aura Pro is available as a single replacement drive or with the Envoy Pro kit that features an enclosure with USB 3.0 connectivity for putting the original drive that you’re replacing and using it as an external drive.

Check out the overview video from CES 2013 below.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: CES 2013, hard drive, Macbook Pro Retina, Other World Computing, OWC, SSD, usb 3.0

LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt w/ SSD Hits 635MB/s

October 11, 2012 By Eric Reagan

LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt SSD

LaCie has announced the latest model to join its Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Series. Built for video professionals, the LaCie Little Big Disk now includes SATA III SSDs that boast speeds up to 635MB/s read speeds – a 33 percent increase from the previous model. For comparison, I got 231MB/s read speeds out of the WD Thunderbolt Duo drive (still very fast).

The Little Big Disk 1TB SSD dips below $1.00 per gigabyte (pretty solid for an external SSD drive) and includes a Thunderbolt cable. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: lacie, Little Big Disk, multicam, SSD, Thunderbold, video editing

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