Hitachi SimpleDrive Mini 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard ...
Online or on any drive, you¿ll see all your stuff on a single screen and easily share it with friends and family everywhere All of our SimpleDrive Mini¿s are made by Hitachi and use the same reliable Hitachi drives you have come to trust. SimpleDrive Mini has it. Our Carbon Fiber Mini is sleek black and glossy and like all SimpleDrive Mini¿s features cool underside lighting that lets you know everything is OK. Our White Snow, Red Wine and Blue Dusk SimpleDrive Mini¿s are velvety... With Hitachi Local Backup software, you can set up automatic backups from your computer to your SimpleDrive Mini, while Hitachi Ultimate Backup (2 GB fee) provides secure, online backup that¿s safe from real world mishaps. Most important, I was able to designate this as a Scratch Drive for Final Cut Express on my Mac and load video files straight to the drive. And best of all, each SimpleDrive Mini powers itself off its USB 2. It’s a standout both in looks and performance over the many many portable hard drives out there. I always need to attach both USB plugs into machine at the same time to supply enough power for this drive. The 2nd one is needed only if your USB port does not have enough power to spin up the drive. That can be a problem with a lot of USB port powered drives-too slow and connection is unreliable. SO you really have to look close or pick it up to see if it’s on. I’d much prefer some kind of light on the front to know what the status is. I’ve had quite a few external and portable drives over the years. On my the other Mac mini, it is not a problem, but still need to plug into both USB ports. The drive powers up fine on my newer Intel chip iMac and also the Fujitsu Lifebook portable. 5 hard drive to make up this product. SimpleDrive Mini ¿ Portability + Reliability + Style. And who says the SimpleDrive Mini is just for storage. There is some backup software included for both Mac and Windows but I didn’t bother as I’m using this drive mainly as a carrier. There is a style, color and capacity for everyone all backed by Hitachi local and online backup for complete, unbeatable protection. I got this drive as a tote around for Video and Photos. Looking for a reliable drive that has something more. That’s important for a drive this light. First thing I noted after opening the package is the small size and weight of this drive. the LED lights are on the bottom of this drive. Other drives slide around-and off-the desk. it’s a very quiet drive. This drive is formatted in the MS DOS FAT 32 standard. The USB cable is unique in that it has two plugs on the interface end. Just plug it into another USB port. I have an older G4 power mac which has exactly this problem, so having the secondary Connector for a power boost came in handy. On one of my XP machine, it even bring the whole machine to a halt and I need to restart the whole machine by hot reboot.