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2014-07-31 FOR SALE: eSATA enclosures, Thunderbolt to eSATA

2014-02-20 USB3 Ports and eSATA Ports on Older Mac Pro: NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G + USB3 PCIe Card

2014-01-28 FOR SALE: the MPG 12-core 3.33 GHz Mac Pro with 80GB

2014-01-03 FirmTek ThunderTek/PX Q6G: eSATA on Mac Pro vs via Thunderbolt

2013-12-30 FirmTek ThunderTek/PX PCIe Thunderbolt Enclosure + Q6G 4-Port eSATA card

2013-11-24 Are Thunderbolt Product Choices Poised to Balloon in Variety, Availability, Scope?

2013-08-14 Thunderbolt and eSATA Combo

2013-07-24 Get the Existing Mac Pro While They Last?

2013-07-22 Thunderbolt Product Choices Poised to Balloon in Variety, Availability, Scope

2013-07-02 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Pure Elegance, Visualized

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2014-07-31 FOR SALE: eSATA Gear

2010-05-17 eSATA for the MacBook Pro (or Windows/Linux)

2010-04-13 New Apple MacBook Pro with Intel Core i5, i7 CPU

2010-02-01 Reviewing: MAXPower eSATA 6 card

2010-01-27 Newer Technology eSATA 6G card

2009-11-09 Running Mac OS X Snow Leopard with the 64-bit kernel

2009-11-06 A 24TB volume on a Mac Pro

2009-11-03 FirmTek SeriTek/2ME4-E four-port eSATA card for Mac Pro

2009-07-02 Price drop on eSATA for MacBook Pro

2009-05-10 Backup your data/photos cost effectively

Using Apple Time Machine for Backup

How to use Apple Time Machine for Data Safety.

1. Choosing a Time Machine Backup Drive

Thunderbolt peripherals

Reviews of Thunderbolt products..

1. FirmTek ThunderTek/PX Q6G Thunderbolt to 4-Port eSATA

Transitioning to the 2013 Mac Pro

Peripherals and add-ons forexisting hardware..

1. Transition: eSATA Enclosures

How To Guides

How to perform useful tasks and upgrades..

1. How to boot off an external drive

Upgrading Your Mac

When and Why to Upgrade Your Mac..

1. MacBook Pro Upgrades

Optimizing Photoshop CS4 Performance

How to configure a Mac to maximize Photoshop CS3/CS4 performance..

1. Test results for Photoshop CS4 on MacBook Pro
2. Using Solid State Drives (SSD) for Photoshop CS4 Scratch
3. MacBook Pro Photoshop CS4 speed demon SSD
4. Photoshop CS4 Performance Conclusions and Recommendations

Choosing and Configuring a Mac

An in-depth look at how to find the right Mac setup for you.

1. Simple and Cost-effective Backups for Mac

How to Buy / What to Buy

Nuts and bolts of buying a Mac, and recommended extras..

1. Buyer's Guide: Multi-interface External Enclosures
2. Buyer's Guide: eSATA Enclosures
3. Buyer's Guide: eSATA Cards for Mac Pro
4. Buyer's Guide: eSATA for MacBook pro

Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010)

Choosing among 4/6/8/12 cores, and is 2010 Mac Pro faster or better than 2009 model?.

1. Mac Pro Westmere Value Compared to Quad-Core iMac

Optimizing Mac Application Performance

Optimizing specific application performance..

1. Optimizing Developer Builds Performance

OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe RAID SSD

Ultra-fast solid state storage with hardware RAID for a Mac Pro in a PCIe slot..

1. Mercury Accelsior 'E2' PCIe SSD with Dual eSATA Ports
2. Mercury Accelsior 'E2' Upgrade Process (Module Swap)
3. Mercury Accelsior 'E2' eSATA 6G Speed with HDD / SSD
4. Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Conclusions

Solid State Drives, Various

SSDs and thumb drives..

1. OWC Mercury Elite Pro Mini USB3 / eSATA SSD

OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives

Fast and durable, enterprise-grade solid state drives..

1. Mercury Extreme Pro 3G RAID-0 Stripe Performance
2. Mercury Extreme Pro 3G RAID-0 Stripe Performance

Solid State Drives (SSD)

Choosing and using solid state drives..

1. Crucial 128GB solid state drive (SSD)

Apple MacBook Pro Core i7 (April 2010)

A review of Apple’s first Core i7 laptop..

1. MacBook Pro i7 Features and Changes

MacBook Pro eSATA Cards

A review of eSATA cards for the MacBook Pro..

1. MacBook Pro eSATA options with ExpressCard/34 Slot
2. MacBook Pro eSATA Test Procedure
3. MacBook Pro eSATA with Mercury Extreme SSD
4. MacBook Pro eSATA with OWC QX2 RAID-5 Enclosure
5. MacBook Pro eSATA with Hitachi 7K2000 2TB Hard Drive
6. MacBook Pro eSATA with Voyager Q + Mercury Extreme SSD
7. MacBook Pro eSATA with 2TB Guardian Maximus RAID-1 Mirror
8. MacBook Pro eSATA vs Firewire 800
9. MacBook Pro eSATA Support for S.M.A.R.T. Status
10. MacBook Pro eSATA Recommmendations

OWC Portable Dual-Drive RAID-0 or RAID-1 Mini Enclosures

Dual-drive externals for travel or compact backup..

1. OWC Dual-drive Enclosures Overview
2. Performance on Mac Pro with eSATA
3. Performance on Mac Pro with Firewire 800
4. Performance on MacBook Pro with eSATA
5. Performance on MacBook Pro with Firewire 800

Drives and Expansion and Various

Reviews of various hardware and software..

1. CalDigit PCIe 2-Port USB3 Card for Mac Pro
2. NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G 2-Port PCIe Card for Mac Pro
3. NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G 4-Port RAID Controller
4. NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G + USB3 PCIe Card
5. Newer Technology Guardian Maximum 2TB RAID-1 Mirror for Plug and Play Reliability
6. OWC Mercury Elite Pro (2011 model)
7. OWC Mercury Elite Pro (2012 w/USB3 model)
8. OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Mini (2010 model)
9. OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini (2011 model)
10. OWC Mercury Elite Al-PRO QX2
11. Data Robotics Drobo
12. Sonnet Fusion F2 portable 2-drive RAID
13. 2009 Apple MacBook Pro unibody 17
14. Pimp My MacBook Pro
15. Sonnet Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34

Desktop Hard Drives

Performance and use..

1. Hitachi 3TB Deskstar 7K3000
2. Hitachi 2TB Deskstar 7K2000 / Ultrastar A7K2000
3. Low-power 2TB consumer hard drives
4. Hitachi 1TB Deskstar E7K1000 Saturn.E

Laptop Hard Drives

Technical performance data..

1. Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB

Older storage interfaces

Modern Macs use USB3 and Thunderbolt..

1. Why you should avoid Port Multiplication
2. SATA, Firewire, and USB
3. eSATA compared to Firewire 800
4. eSATA PCI-Express card configuration

Blog posts

2014

2014-07-31 FOR SALE: eSATA enclosures, Thunderbolt to eSATA

2014-02-20 USB3 Ports and eSATA Ports on Older Mac Pro: NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G + USB3 PCIe Card

2014-01-28 FOR SALE: the MPG 12-core 3.33 GHz Mac Pro with 80GB

2014-01-03 FirmTek ThunderTek/PX Q6G: eSATA on Mac Pro vs via Thunderbolt

2013

2013-12-30 FirmTek ThunderTek/PX PCIe Thunderbolt Enclosure + Q6G 4-Port eSATA card

2013-11-24 Are Thunderbolt Product Choices Poised to Balloon in Variety, Availability, Scope?

2013-08-14 Thunderbolt and eSATA Combo

2013-07-24 Get the Existing Mac Pro While They Last?

2013-07-22 Thunderbolt Product Choices Poised to Balloon in Variety, Availability, Scope

2013-07-02 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Pure Elegance, Visualized

2013-06-13 Pegasus J4: One Part of the Switchover Solution for the new Mac Pro?

2013-06-13 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Connecting eSATA via Thunderbolt

2013-06-12 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Thoughts on a Switchover from Existing Tower

2013-06-04 New Apple Mac Pro? No PCI and no Internal Expandability? Will it be a Mac Mini Super Sized?

2013-05-19 OWC Mercury Accelsior E2: How Fast are the eSATA 6G Ports with External SSD?

2013-04-06 OWC Mercury Accelsior 'E2' PCIe SSD with Dual eSATA Ports — the Upgrade Process and Data Verification

2013-04-06 OWC Mercury Accelsior 'E2' PCIe SSD with Dual eSATA Ports — the Upgrade Process

2013-02-04 OWC Mercury Accelsior 'E2' PCIe SSD Includes Two eSATA Ports

2012

2012-12-10 My Favorite Mac Hardware

2012-10-27 OWC Mercury Elite Pro 4TB External with USB 3, Firewire, eSATA Ports

2012-07-09 The Thieves at Microsoft — Again

2012-07-05 OWC Elite Pro Mini SSD on MacBook Pro Retina with USB3 = Blazing Fast

2012-05-11 Loathing for Microsoft — Product Key

2011

2011-12-20 Stocking Stuffers and Gifts

2010

2010-12-29 Two Compact and Portable Choices for Mirrored or Striped External Storage

2010-08-08 My iMac 27" is Off to OWC for the MPG Pro One Upgrade — What I Ordered

2010-07-31 OWC a la Carte Upgrades for iMac, including eSATA, Memory, SSD option

2010-07-28 Pricing and Valuing the iMac Against the Mac Pro

2010-06-15 Cost Effective Reliable Backup and Storage

2010-05-22 Fast and ample storage in a MacBook Pro with 480GB SSD and 1TB HDD

2010-05-17 eSATA for the MacBook Pro (or Windows/Linux)

2010-04-26 MacBook Pro Core i7 SATA performance is top-notch!