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Kanex 4-port USB 3.0 Hub first look

by Erica Sadun (Jan 3rd, 2013)

We recently got a chance to take a peek at a new Kanex USB 3.0 hub, which promises to be a feature-filled accessory. Retailing for $59, this 4-port powered hub offers adapters to switch from US power to most standard international types, which in this case appear to be Type C, Type G and what ...

Hubs du jour: A couple of USB 2.0 offerings

by Erica Sadun (Nov 7th, 2012)

A pair of USB 2.0 hubs arrived at TUAW Central today for testing and review. If you're thinking that I may have mistyped USB 3.0, unfortunately I didn't -- for some reason, Mac accessory manufacturers seem to forget that new Macs are equipped with the faster USB 3.0 ports. For a USB 2.0 hub, ...

G-Technology G-Drive mobile: Rugged, pocket-sized, and fast

by Steven Sande (May 18th, 2012)

The march of technology amazes me. Yeah, I'm an old guy, but it still surprises me when I realize that the amount of storage that used to fill a data center can now fit in my pocket. G-Technology's G-Drive mobile (made by Hitachi, US$199.99 MSRP for 1 TB) is the perfect example of mass storage ...

Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini portable RAID solution

by Steven Sande (Apr 28th, 2012)

Newer Technology produces a wide variety of storage solutions for the Mac OS X world, and one new product is sure to be popular with anyone who needs the security of RAID storage in a portable package. The Guardian MAXimus mini is a rugged pint-sized RAID box using a pair of 2.5" SATA hard ...

Western Digital introduces My Passport Studio 2TB portable drive with FireWire 800 ports

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 5th, 2012)

Western Digital unveiled a new 2 TB external hard drive for Mac users this week. The My Passport Studio is formatted for the Mac and compatible with Time Machine so you can back up your data and go. The new drive also has an all-metal casing that'll complement the aluminum unibody design of the ...

Iomega eGo Helium Portable Hard Drive: Small, solid and secure

by Steven Sande (Sep 24th, 2011)

I have a pile of small USB-powered hard drives that I use to back up various devices. All of them are inexpensive, have somewhat limited storage, and are encased in plastic. The latter feature always makes me apprehensive about traveling with the drives, as they just don't seem to be sturdy ...

AViiQ Portable Charging Station keeps your devices organized, charged (Updated)

by Steven Sande (Aug 2nd, 2011)

Whenever I travel for business or pleasure, I usually dread packing my chargers and cables because I have so many of them. I've actually considered packing a separate suitcase with nothing but recharging and sync cables, AC adapters, USB hubs, and extension cords. Fortunately, accessory ...

Iomega Mac Companion Hard Drive: Big storage, high-powered charging ports

by Steven Sande (Aug 2nd, 2011)

Iomega has just introduced the new Mac Companion Hard Drive, a 2 or 3 TB external drive that not only offers a lot of storage in a nice-looking container, but also provides a high-powered USB port to charge up your iPad. The Mac Companion is priced a bit higher than high-capacity USB external ...

Western Digital's 3 TB MyBook Studio perfect for pre-Lion backups

by Steven Sande (Jul 16th, 2011)

Are you about to upgrade your Mac to OS X Lion? One recommendation from the TUAW staff is that you do a complete backup of your Snow Leopard installation before you start. With many Mac internal drives nearing the 1 to 2 TB range in size, how do you back up the drive and still have a hard disk ...

OWC offers DIY kits for Mac minis, laptops

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 1st, 2010)

Other World Computing (best known on the net as OWC) has released more than 50 storage upgrade kits for laptops and the Mac mini. The kits start at $65.99 and include everything for do-it-yourself replacements including: A new drive ranging from 250GB to 1TB. An enclosure for your old drive ...

Become the master of many monitors with NewerTech's USB 2.0 Display Adapter

by Steven Sande (Dec 19th, 2009)

Some Mac users just don't want to be limited to one monitor, but would like two... or three... or more. Having only one display port on your Mac can put a real crimp in your plans to be the master of the monitor universe, so NewerTech has launched the USB 2.0 Display Adapter. The adapter, with a ...

A house for your homeless 2.5" SATA drive

by Steven Sande (May 19th, 2009)

Are you wondering what to do with the 2.5" SATA drive that you yanked out of your MacBook or Mac mini so you could replace it with a SATA Solid State Drive? For $19.99, the OWC Express USB 2.0 bus-powered enclosure provides a new home for that old drive so you can use it as a backup or spare drive. ...

New, improved Drobo

by Steven Sande (Jul 9th, 2008)

For those of you who were waiting to buy a Data Robotics Drobo, wait no longer! Data Robotics announced the release of the second iteration of their 4-bay expandable storage solution, Drobo. Many potential buyers were aghast at the original version's lack of FireWire, so the company added FireWire ...

Little Big Disk Quadra

by Steven Sande (Jun 16th, 2008)

Do you need a bus-powered 1 TB hard disk? You're in luck - LaCie announced the Little Big Disk Quadra today. Available in early July, the Little Big Disk Quadra uses a pair of drives in a RAID 0 configuration for speedy response. My personal concern is that if one of the two RAID drives goes out, ...

Intel Macs can boot from USB drives

by David Chartier (Feb 8th, 2006)

Last week Dan posted about the new complications of Intel OS X drives not being bootable on PowerPC Macs, and vice-versa. The report came from Jon 'Wolf' Rentzsch, who recently updated the originating post with some specifics about booting and partition schemes, with one fairly positive detail: ...