Has anybody tried running an Aperture Library on this drive? The cheaper brands slow to a crawl, even though big files transfer fast.
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Depends on your system as well but this works all-right compared to CHEAP onesIf u got SSD DRIVE THEN HERE U GO
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I use it to reorganize my music library. It takes about 25% longer to scan files from the thumb drive than it does from the hard drive. My guess is it'll do the same with you're Aperature.
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An Aperture Library is actually not one big file, but a bundle of lots of really small files, and pretty much every kind of storage out there handles big continuous files much better than large collections of small files, so unfortunately it's probably not going to be blazing for saving edits and metadata, although transferring RAWs onto it should be pretty speedy
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You would be far better off to get an SSD and USB 3.0 UASP enclosure...you would spend about the same amount of money to get twice the speed and twice the storage for your photos. :)
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This drive is very slow. I'd look elsewhere. possibly one with a usb port as well to pull data off if you forget the network admin password. I wouldnt bother with this.
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I have not had any problems with this ssd.And I did research on it as well according to my findings it is the fastest drive for the buck.Check Tom's hardware for the publication.
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I use it with InDesign and Photoshop a lot and for the most part it is pretty speedy--I tend to have lots of photos and a couple of documents open all at once. If 16 gigabytes RAM had been an option I would have gotten it, but I haven't had any problems so far.
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I have had the drive as my main operating system, as well as mass storage drive for almost a year, and so far, it has been reliable, fast, and quiet. However, as the previous person responded, I am using Linux, which does put less stress on the drive and the file system is a bit better at file allocation, ETC...My experience is very positive in this environment. (Using the 3TB version partitioned into three sections)
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I am surprised that Some users report capacity-related issues. I purchased a Transcend SDHC Class 10 32G card that I had to format using the camera build-in menu for a correct initialization. It has been working fine since, save a reformatting from time to time when it is not recognized anymore. I would advise to avoid low capacity cards as the same disk Sectors will be Constantly written over, thus faster degrading the card.
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I have been running mine with a Western Digital WD30EFRX NAS 3tb just fine for a few months now. Runs quick and hasn't presented any strange playback issues or lag, it has actually decreased load times but probably due to NAS spec. Though, weird behavior with file transfer, when I copied over the old 1tb drive in my Micca to the new 3tb, it somehow ballooned my files by about 200gb. Hidden files show nothing and quite a few folders read different in size between the two drives. Not sure if files are being decompressed on the copy over or something, no ZIPs just ghost data that has taken decent bite out of the drive, I don't think there is a 200gb reserve or system partition on a 3tb...
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I just got one of these to back up the data on my Win8 laptop. It's as slow as MUD. I connected an external hard drive to the SAME USB port, and it was FAR faster. Avoid at all cost.I'd suggest this as the best alternative (get the 64GB for $50 rather than the 32GB for $45): Mushkin Ventura Pro 64 GB Flash Drive. It is USB3 but works very well on USB2 (and it's fast there too). One Xbox 360 user said it works perfectly (read the comments). Here's the link: Mushkin Ventura Pro 64 GB Flash Drive - MKNUFDVP64GB (Black)
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I can't answer that through a test, as I'm using a Mac Mini with a SSD internal drive that only holds the OS and the program files. All of my music, movies, documents, etc. are on the first external drive, the second is a back-up of the first drive, the third backs-up the internal SSD and the 4th is a time-machine back-up (I don't use the external in a RAID configuration). I can tell you that I do not notice any difference compared to my former MacPro that had internal bays. I just opened my photo library that holds more than 42,000 photos and can scroll through the thumbnails without any lag. I also have more than 23,000 songs in iTunes and when I scroll through that, there is no lag, and all the album artwork appears instantly. I recently commented to a friend who purchased the new MacPro (has not arrived) and ordered the DataTale thunderbolt enclosure that I could not tell I was using an external drive. I also use Aperture for photo editing (large RAW files) and there is no lag when editing. It's a great drive!
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You will find only negatives answer questions like this. I've had the 128gb model for over a year. I'm a photographer, i keep my lightroom catalog on it and all of my current working files. I transfer large amounts of data between this and my home network as i work, along with editing the files directly on the flash drive. Bottom line is this drive gets used very heavily. Still going strong.
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I typed a long version. It was lost while sending. Short answer is yes. I use 4 different Nikon(64gigs to download on the Nexto and make subfolders as well to support the single Folder generated by each of the 4 Nikons. Issues with SDXC & SDHC cards and the apple download devices to by-pass iTunes while donloading pics to iPads(64gigs) and 34 gig 4S's. If any one has any suggestions, I'm all ears. I hope that was of help.
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I've tested connecting a LaCie drive to the dock with USB3 and FW, and I get roughly the same transfer rate for either interface. I haven't tried simultaneous transfers on multiple drives, though.
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I'm running 4x1.5TB drives with ZFS RAID-Z and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on a flash drive with 2x4GB 1333. It's been performing very well, no complaints! I'm just not looking forward to when I have to upgrade those drives, at least they were free.
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The drive is used for dvd backups and picture storage. When the old drive failed, I purchased another USB 3.0. That didn't help. I recovered almost 1 TB in two days. Then, since I had not yet received the new 3.0 card, I tried using the USB 2.0 to transfer from another backup (a western digital) to the Seagate. In 3 days, I moved about 300 Gb. That was left on 24 hours, too. After I got and installed the new 3.0 (I still doubted the old one), all remaing 500 plus Gb moved in less than 3 hours!. I never measured or recorded the speed. And the old 3.0 USB worked similarly.
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I bought a Leef too. I use this in my car radio to hold my album collection. The Leef was so slow I had a ton of problems, like the radio rebooting and so on. I assume it was because of the speed, and reads timing out. Anyway, I replaced it with the sandisk model and the problems disappeared. I moved the Leef to my laptop as addional hard drive storage, and it seems to work OK there. I think you pay for the extra reliability of the leef with speed.
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I plugged in a 64GB and it seemed to work, but looking at the file setup it is apparently only using 32GB of it. I have since swapped it out for a 32GB and used the 64GB in my Canon camera.
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I have the MCE drive. It's much faster than the Apple drive & works better. A no-brainer.