Hi Tony Yes, if you're going to use it for storing and editing, and have Firewire, go that way. Firewire works on straight transfer, whereas USB works on "burst" information, so it goes up and down in waves. (kinda). So it's generally slower for large data. I've always found Firewire walks all over USB. And Firewire800 is faster again.
So yes, my recommendation would be Firewire for any editing type application. Also making sure it's not formatted DOS. Had a person have trouble trying to edit to a drive and it was due to the format. Reformat the drive to Mac and it worked perfectly. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 20/5/09 1:39 PM, "Evers" <ev...@bbnet.com.au> wrote: > I have a WD Elements 1TB USB 2.0 on a 2 GHz 1.5 GB Intel iMac 10.5.6 > and it has worked seamlessly for a year - no tricky reformatting, just > plug, disk utility (2 partitions), & use. Always mounts, always > available, always responsive. > > However I am about to get another 1TB drive specifically for storing > iMovie files for later editing/compilation - I'm gathering from the > comments that a Firewire drive might be more stable for all the video > traffic? > > Cheers, > Tony > On 20/05/2009, at 1:30 PM, mince and pud wrote: > >> Hi Ken >> >> Was the WD you bought a firewire? I hear that's best for the mac. My >> maxtor 500gb is firewire and just plugged in and worked >> >> best >> Alastair >> >> >> On 20 May 2009, at 06:23, Ken Jackson wrote: >> >>> Thanks Brian, I'm running 10.4.11 on a Power Mac G5. It wasn't a >>> good result for me. Should it be any different on an Intel model? >>> >>> regards, >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> >>> >>> On 20/05/2009, at 1:14 PM, Brian Scott wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Daniel Kerr supplied me with a WD My Book a while ago and it has >>>> worked flawlessly since I formatted it >>>> using the GUID option on my intel iMac. I don't remember having to >>>> use any software from WD. Just formatted it >>>> with Disk Utility. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Brian Scott >>>> >>>> On 20/05/2009, at 12:57 PM, Ken Jackson wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>> any recommendations for a 1TB hard drive that is readily >>>>> compatible with Mac & no need for extra instal procedures? >>>>> Officeworks have a 1TB Western Digital but they really don't >>>>> work with Mac. it was $179 @ the time but now $219. >>>>> I bought one a few months back (My Book or something similar) & >>>>> it just did not work without downloading a heap of stuff from >>>>> their site. >>>>> Also an internal 500 gig is needed. Is it PLE computers in >>>>> Wangarra? Roger mentioned them as a possible source. >>>>> >>>>> thanks folks, >>>>> >>>>> Ken >>>>> >>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
