Thunder Pro A/V 1TB - EZQuest

EZQuest designs external drives for the audio/visual professional. The 1TB Thunder Pro A/V is equipped with a quad interface that makes it a flexible solution. EZQuest uses Hitachi drives in all of its models... read more at Macworld

1TB Professional Quad-Interface Desktop Hard Drive - Verbatim

Verbatim’s 1TB Professional Quad-Interface Desktop Hard Drive is a speedy, chic, high-end desktop drive with an affordable price tag. The versatile Verbatim drive offers eSATA II... read more at Macworld

MyXerver MX3600 1TB - EZY Technologies

EZY Technologies may not spring to mind when you think about network attached storage (Nas), but it's aiming to change that with its MyXerver MX3600 range. These Nas devices come in 500GB and 1TB capacities... read more at

LinkStation Mini SSD 240GB - Buffalo Technology

The LinkStation Mini SSD is equipped with two solid state disks, which is why this 240GB model costs so much. Buffalo claims it's 87% quieter than the hard drive... read more at MacUserUK

G-RAID mini2 SSD - G-Technology

Like every product in G-Technology’s lineup, the G-RAID mini2 SSD is built tough, comes with a three-year warranty, and is targeted to professionals and higher-end consumers... read more at Macworld

WD My Book World Edition - Western Digital

The My Book World Edition is Western Digital's latest single drive Nas, and comes in capacities of 1TB and 2TB. It has the ubiquitous My Book capacity gauge along its spine and features a USB 2 port... read more at MacUserUK

Clickfree HD225 - Clickfree

The Clickfree HD225 is a portable hard disk with built-in backup software that you simply plug in to your Mac to begin saving your files. This drive has a 250GB capacity, but others are available up to 500GB... read more at MacUserUK

Iomega StorCenter ix2 - Iomega

Iomega's StorCenter ix2 is a two-bay network attached storage (NAS) device that comes in capacities of 1TB and 2TB, and connects to your local network by Gigabit Ethernet. It's no surprise, given that Iomega is owned by EMC... read more at

LaCie Hard Disk Max - LaCie

LaCie's Hard Disk Max is a 2TB USB 2 hard drive designed to be used as a secure repository for backed-up data. You could use it as a Time Machine drive or with the supplied copy of Intego's Backup Assistant... read more at MacUserUK

G-Technology G-Raid3 - G-Technology

This solid desktop hard drive from G-Technology is fashioned after the Mac Pro, so the G-Raid3 looks right at home parked on top of a Mac Pro. Its distinguishing feature, however, is the inclusion of a second disk... read more at MacUserUK

Time Capsule - Apple

The 2009 version of Apple’s Time Capsule combines the mundane tasks of networking, file sharing, and backups into one device, and it includes some cool new features to boot... read more at Macworld

Buffalo LinkStation Quad 1TB - Buffalo Technology

The days when Network Attached Storage (Nas) devices were the sole domain of network administrators and geeks are long gone. These days Nas devices are sold as domestic appliances... read more at MacUserUK

Thecus M3800 - Thecus

When we reviewed Thecus' N3200 multi-bay network attached storage box (see MacUser, 12 September, p25), we were very impressed. It was robust, easy to swap drives, worked very well and had support for Raid 5... read more at MacUserUK

G-Technology GDrive Mini 320GB - G-Technology

G-Technology's range of hard drives always focus on performance and reliability, and for that reason, its drives are often more expensive than its competitors. But that emphasis on reliability is particularly important for portable hard drives... read more at MacUserUK

Western Digital 500GB My Passport Studio - Western Digital

We tested all three versions of Western Digital’s 500GB external drive, the My Passport Essential, Elite, and Studio—and each had something going for it. First, these drives were the top USB performers in their category. If you don’t care about FireWire performance, these are the speediest USB hard drives... read more at MacLife

Western Digital 500GB My Passport Elite - Western Digital

The Elite is slim like the Essential, but has a sliding door over its mini-USB connector. The open door also contains the status LEDs. For Windows users, the Elite provides additional software for backing up and syncing, which obviously doesn’t recommend it to the Mac-using populace... read more at MacLife

Western Digital 500GB My Passport Essential - Western Digital

We tested all three versions of Western Digital’s 500GB external drive, the My Passport Essential, Elite, and Studio—and each had something going for it. First, these drives were the top USB performers in their category... read more at MacLife

Toshiba 400GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive - Toshiba

The Toshiba 400GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive we tested is the most capacious external USB drive in Toshiba’s product line, but we found it unremarkable. It was the slowest performer in its category... read more at MacLife

Seagate 320GB FreeAgent Go - SeaGate

We tested three Seagate FreeAgent Go drives: a 500GB USB-only drive, a 500GB USB+FireWire, and a 320GB USB+FireWire. The drives with FireWire are from Seagate’s For Mac line, so they come preformatted for Macs. These drives were never the very top performers, but they were consistently the second-best... read more at MacLife

SeaGate 500GB FreeAgent Go - SeaGate

We tested three Seagate FreeAgent Go drives: a 500GB USB-only drive, a 500GB USB+FireWire, and a 320GB USB+FireWire. The drives with FireWire are from Seagate’s For Mac line, so they come preformatted for Macs. These drives were never the very top performers, but they were consistently the second-best... read more at MacLife

320GB Mercury On-The-Go Pro Triple 7,200 RPM - Other World Computing

The Mercury-On-The-Go Pro drives were among the only 320GB drives we tested, because they allowed us to compare the performance difference between a 7,200rpm and a 5,400rpm drive in the same enclosure. As the performance results show, 7,200rpm definitely helps... read more at MacLife

320GB Mercury On-The-Go Pro Triple 5,400 RPM - Other World Computing

Any Mac veteran who fondly—or perhaps not-so-fondly—remembers the first iMac and the Power Mac Cube—can’t resist a transparent case, since it lets you see a gadget’s innards. The OWC Mercury-On-The-Go Pro’s clear plastic case provides a full view of the drive within... read more at MacLife

LaCie 120GB Little Disk - LaCie

We tested LaCie’s diminutive 120GB USB-only Little Disk as the only representative of the 1.8-inch hard drive genus. While we loved the drive’s size (about that of a deck of cards) and the pleasing design, we found that it was the slowest hard drive... read more at MacLife

LaCie 500GB Rugged Hard Disk - LaCie

LaCie has been making Mac-centric products for a long time, though all of the LaCie drives we tested here work equally well with Macs and PCs. The two LaCie Rugged Hard Disks we tested differed only in their connectors: one was USB-only... read more at MacLife

500GB Rugged Hard Disk USB, FW800, FW400 - LaCie

LaCie has been making Mac-centric products for a long time, though all of the LaCie drives we tested here work equally well with Macs and PCs. The two LaCie Rugged Hard Disks we tested differed only in their connectors... read more at MacLife

MiniStation TurboUSB Hard Drive 500GB - Buffalo Technology

With the lack of FireWire ports in the current MacBook and MacBook Air, USB-only drives have re-emerged as attractive storage options for Mac users. The 500GB MiniStation TurboUSB Portable Hard Drive is a humble-looking workhorse of a drive, with modestly fast USB speed... read more at Macworld

My Passport Studio

Iomega's eGo Helium Portable Hard Drive USB is a Mac-formatted storage device that’s available with a capacity of 320GB. It has a case that’s stylistically like the iconic silver casing of the MacBook Air and is Mac-ready out of the box... read more at Macworld

My Passport Studio 500GB - Western Digital

On paper, the My Passport Studio 500GB has a lot going for it. It’s compact, offers three different connection types, has a healthy amount of storage space, and comes with a five-year warranty. On top of it all, the My Passport Studio features what the company calls "Turbo" capabilities that is supposed to boost data transfer speeds... read more at Macworld

Mercury On-The-Go FireWire 800/400 + USB 2.0 320GB - OWC

OWC’s Mercury On-The-Go FireWire 800/400 + USB 2.0 is a Mac-ready, fast, bus-powered portable hard drive that eschews style for substance. Equipped with USB, FireWire 800, and FireWire 400 connection capabilities, the Mercury On-The-Go is a versatile drive... read more at Macworld

USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive - Toshiba

USB is usually a safe bet, and equipping an external hard drive exclusively with USB 2.0 means that almost any modern computer can use it. But USB 2.0’s pokey performance lags behind the eSATA and FireWire. That said, USB has a renewed appeal for Mac users in light of FireWire’s disappearance... read more at Macworld

Seagate FreeAgent Go For Mac - Seagate

The FreeAgent Go comes formatted for your Mac. While reformatting a drive isn’t that difficult, as Mac users, we certainly appreciate the nod from Seagate. The drive arrives ready to be used as a Time Machine backup volume straight from the box. While we’ve been using our FreeAgent as a working drive for a special project... read more at MacLife

G-Drive mini - G-Technology

Designed to look right at home with the Mac, G-Technology's aluminum G-Drive mini is a portable external hard drive that is one of the fastest of its kind that we’ve tested. With a 7,200 rpm 500GB drive mechanism that’s formatted for the Mac... read more at Macworld

SimpleTech [re]drive - SimpleTech

SimpleTech’s 500GB [re]drive is an environmentally friendly external hard drive that promises energy savings and high performance... read more at Macworld

Seagate FreeAgent Go - Seagate

The FreeAgent Go for Mac is an external hard drive built by storage giant Seagate that promises fast FireWire 800 transfer speeds, spacious storage, and a stylish (if bulky) white and aluminum design meant to compliment the Mac... read more at Macworld

Amacom ezSecure 160GB - More Computers

While most manufacturers of 2.5in portable hard drives are concentrating on making them as small and robust as possible while adding ever more capacious disks, Amacom's ezSecure is a bulky, 160GB device that looks less than stylish. However, it does have one feature that the company hopes will compensate for its aesthetic shortcomings... read more at MacUserUK

Thecus N3200 - Thecus

Thecus may not be the first name we Mac users think of when contemplating network attached storage. As we showed in our review of its N299, though, it knows the market well and is capable of producing excellent Nas devices... read more at MacUserUK

Freecom Mobile Drive XXS - Freecom

Freecom claims that this portable hard drive is the smallest in the world, and it's difficult to see how it could be wrong or indeed how a hard drive designed for external use could be any smaller... read more at MacUserUK

FreeAgent Desk for Mac - Seagate

Seagate’s FreeAgent Desk for Mac 1TB FireWire 800 external hard drive is designed to be a stylish storage solution for your desktop. Time Machine-ready and formatted for the Mac right out of the box, it’s ideal for backing up files... read more at Macworld

Drobo with FireWire 800 - Data Robotics

When the original USB Drobo was released, it made a big splash, and even earned an Editors’ Choice Award. The sturdy little black box that quickly and efficiently organizes your hard drives to give you a continuous large pool of storage struck a chord. Now, the Drobo with FireWire 800 promises to do everything its predecessor promised, but faster... read more at Macworld

Western Digital WD Passport - Western Digital

Pros: Bus powered. Nice design.
Cons: Connects only via USB. Bundled software is Windows only... read more at MacLife

Western Digital My Book Studio Edition - Western Digital

We’ve looked at Western Digital My Book hard drives before, and we like them. Our only major beef with the older My Book drives is that they’re pretty big—about the size of a dictionary. Western Digital has redesigned the My Book so that it’s smaller but still has that distinct and stylish My Book look, complete with the Morse code ventilation holes... read more at MacLife

Accordance ARAID T2000 - Accordance

The ARAID T2000 backs up your data simultaneously and on the fly. RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) makes it happen—more specifically, a RAID 1 mirroring array... read more at MacUserUK

Buffalo MiniStation TurboUSB 320GB - Buffalo Technology

If you want a portable Time Machine drive, have some extraordinarily large files to carry around, or just like the idea of having 320GB of spare storage in your laptop bag, this MiniStation should grab your attention... read more at MacUserUK

Thecus N299 - Origin Storage

Despite manufacturers' best attempts to transform network attached storage devices into consumer-friendly home computer peripherals, the initials NAS are still enough to strike fear into the hearts of all but the most adventurous enthusiast... read more at MacUserUK

Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus - Maxtor

There may be no end to the number of digital photos you can snap, but eventually your photo collection will overtake the oh-so finite amount of hard drive space you currently have. Fortunately, the options for large external storage upgrades are plentiful. One candidate worthy of consideration is the Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus (750GB)... read more at Macworld

Iomega UltraMax 750GB - Iomega

While it may seem like your hard drive will always have room for all your media, at some point it’s going to hit its limits. So the prudent approach is to purchase a new drive before you reach that point. With its 750GB capacity, Iomega’s UltraMax provides enough space to alleviate your storage woes. And, at $304, it’s very reasonably priced... read more at Macworld

WiebeTech RTX100-SJ - WiebeTech

No one plans on losing data; yet one day, the worst can suddenly happen, causing your projects to grind to a halt and your hair to turn white as you fret over the fate of your files. It doesn’t have to be this way... read more at Macworld

OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro - OWC

Whether you’ve outgrown your current hard drive or you want more space for Time Machine to stretch its legs, OWC’s Mercury Elite-AL Pro is worthy of your consideration... read more at Macworld

WiebeTech ToughTech XE Mini 200GB - Wiebetech

WiebeTech bills its ToughTech XE Mini as 'the most portable quad-interface enclosure available', and when you take it out of the box it's easy to see why. Despite measuring only 130mm x 80mm x 20mm, this hard drive enclosure squeezes two FireWire 800 ports, an eSata port and a USB 2 interface onto its rear... read more at MacUserUK

Sonnet Fusion D400Q - Sonnet Technologies

Storage solutions come in many shapes,sizes, connection formats and speeds. Unlike most, however, the Fusion D400Q from Sonnet Technologies actually comes in multiple connection formats and speeds at once... read more at MacUserUK

Western Digital Passport 250GB - Western Digital

Whereas Freecom's ToughDrive and WiebeTech's ToughTech XE are built with protection from bumps and bangs in mind, Western Digital's Passport hard drive is all about easy portability... read more at MacUserUK

SimpleTech 1TB SimpleDrive - SimpleTech

What surprises us the most about the SimpleDrive Pininfarina external USB hard drive is that it’s not available in red - the 1TB SimpleDrive Pininfarina is silver. Pininfarina is the same Italian design firm that created cars such as the Ferrari P4/5 and the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, and when we think Ferrari, we think red... read more at MacLife

Drobo USB storage - Data Robotics

With its all-black chassis, the Drobo looks like a small, sleek, subwoofer bass-reflex speaker. Removing the glossy black plastic faceplate, which is secured by magnets, reveals the bays into which you can slide up to four SATA hard disk mechanisms. A port is provided on the back of the chassis for attaching an anti-theft cable... read more at Macworld

3Ware Sidecar - 3Ware

After reading Howard Oakley's in-depth labs on Raid arrays you'd be forgiven for wondering why another Raid storage product is being put under the microscope. But the 3ware Sidecar Kit is not just another Raid box, it is a combination of the 3ware Sidecar enclosure itself and the obscurely-named 9650SE-4LPME, a 'multi-lane, high-bandwidth' 3Gb SATA II Raid controller PCI-Express expansion card... read more at MacUserUK

eSATA Drive - Seagate

For reasons unknown, Apple refused to jump on the external serial-ATA (eSATA) bandwagon when it updated its Mac Pros to their latest generation. (Bad dog, Apple, bad!) Most - if not all - major external drive manufacturers are now shipping eSATA drives... read more at MacLife