External Hard Drive to Backup Photos

searchsid on 09/02/2021 - 16:13
Last edited 09/02/2021 - 23:43 by 1 other user

Hi

My current hard drive has died and the mac won't recognize it anymore.
I haven't looked at hard drives in a while so I am not sure what to get next.

Basically, I want a hard drive to store my photos (RAW files) and need something that would be quick to read and write.
I am not sure what size could it be. I am alright to have one hard drive for one year of photos.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks
Sid

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  jv on 09/02/2021 - 16:13

  +4

  SSD

  I like the Samsung EVOs…

  I am not sure what size could it be.

  Estimate what you think you need, and then double it…

  I am alright to have one hard drive for one year of photos.

  Depends how many photos you take and how big they are…

  I normally keep my photos on an external network drive.

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  boomramada on 09/02/2021 - 16:41

  +3

  Get two Samsung T5 , one for offsite backup, keep it at work, one for home. They are cheap / fast.

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  orangetrain on 09/02/2021 - 16:52

  +1

  You need to check your backups often too.

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  Godric on 09/02/2021 - 17:54

  Google Drive

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    Caped Baldy on 09/02/2021 - 18:51

    +2

    Drive/Photos will no longer have non quota storage from July and don't support RAWs.

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  bobkin on 09/02/2021 - 19:41

  I had a look at this a few years ago and ended up with a western digital black in an enclosure. I think this is a good option for large capacity and 7200rpm rather than 5400rpm