No I don't - I have my brand new drive set as TM drive (which is also greyed out obviously). So my exclude backup list is my Mac internal HD, my new G-Drive and the old Elements drive I need to backup. Only the internal isn't greyed out.
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What external storage solutions are you going to use with the Mac Studio
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So which drive are you trying to remove from the list?
You have 2 set as TM drives.
You need to unassign the TM drive to remove it from the list.
You have 2 set as TM drives.
You need to unassign the TM drive to remove it from the list.
Time Machine settings on Mac
On your Mac, select a backup disk, set Time Machine to back up automatically and specify options.
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I'm trying to remove Elements (well, I did actually remove it and then set G-Drive as the TM drive so no idea why its still showing).
Sorry, didn't realise people needed that info. The hard rive I'm trying to back lists format as 'Mac OS Extended' and the new G-Drive I need to back-up to is APFS.
Yes. It's the only option to choose that or cancel. I've clicked for forget destination on both drives and re-added the new drive.
On my Macs I've only ever used HFS+ including on RAID drives. The only exception is with an office NAS which uses ExFat for PC & Mac file sharing.
Your preferences sound similar to mine. In researching 4-bay DAS, the few attractive units have noise issues. A pro DAS should cost a bit more and use a Noctua fan by default. Sabrent 4-bay and 5-bay models have a useful feature in that each bay has its own power switch which allows drives to be swapped without disturbing any that are online. The problem is that if any drive is online, the fan is spinning.I am one of the people that was waiting for a quality thunderbolt DAS that can take multiple NVME for some time now.
I waited so long for that OWC MiniStack Studio and i just gave up on it …
As you guys said it before, this market segment (DAS) it’s really ignored.
I don’t want / need a NAS because :
- I am single user and don’t need a multi-user / multi-device storage solution.
- I don’t want RAID. Uptime and availability it’s not mission critical for me so RAID it’s just another overkill / complicated overhead and point of failure.
- I don’t want to deal with arrays and other file systems structures, proprietary raid controllers , software, OS etc. I just want to plug my storage directly to any PC or MAC out there and it just works.
- I don’t need huge storage pools that can be achieved only by RAID.
- I hate to set-up user accounts, credentials and permission levels just to be able to access my storage as a single and only user and no “outside” access needed.
… and so on
I would love to have :
- A dead simple, fast and silent external storage solution
- Keep using mainstream filesystems (NTFS, APFS, HFS) on these storage devices that can be read hassle free by any mainstream OS (Mac, Windows)
- Bigger NVME SSD (4-6-8-12 tb) using a reliable technology (TLC)
- Just give me one simple location (6-8-12 TB) to dump my files and i’ll be happy. Give me a fast one (SSD + Thunderbolt) , a dead silent one (no fans, hdd noise etc.) , a reliable one … and i’ll be in paradise)
Regarding quality multi-bay NVMe enclosures, the Sonnet Echo Dual NVMe TB3 Dock looks promising. It has a small, reportedly quiet fan, plus good internal volume and air flow to keep the blades cool. It does not advertise smart power management like an Echo III PCIe enclosure; I do not know if there are mounting issues when cycling Mac power.
And I concur on formatting backup drives as APFS or HFS+ for fast access when needed. Synology advises BTRF for NAS volumes, and due to Linux, external drives connected by USB (for offsite backups) cannot be formatted HFS+ Journaled. One alternative would be a dedicated Mini M1 configured as a local Mac-native file server, connected to the Mac Studio via 10 GBe. Performance would be great, spinning drive formats would be HFS+ Journaled, and the Mini could manage B2 or other cloud backup independently.
I also like ingest products designed for video production, notably Sandisk Professional Blade Station, but again have concerns about noise, heat, and its proprietary blade interface that has not been widely adopted yet.
These are some of the puzzle pieces I'm looking at.
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Do you have a link for the "Maiwo KS1695 USB4 NVMe enclosure (cheap $54)"? Where did you buy it?
I bought it in Scandinavia, so a link is probably not going to work 😅
You should be able to find it on Aliexpress and Alibaba at least.
OWC just released a fanless bus-powered USB4 enclosure for $120:
eshop.macsales.com
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Here's a review (though what they say about TB4 enclosures being theoretically faster is incorrect--TB4 is limited to 32 GB/s for data, while USB4 can do ~38-39 GB/s for data (USB's 40 GB/s figure includes the encoding overhead, while TB's 32 GB/s value does not).
www.pcworld.com
OWC Unveils Its Fastest Portable Drive Yet, the Express 1M2 with USB4
With speeds up to 2x as fast as Thunderbolt, the OWC Express 1M2 is a drive-swappable, portable powerhouse.
eshop.macsales.com
Here's a review (though what they say about TB4 enclosures being theoretically faster is incorrect--TB4 is limited to 32 GB/s for data, while USB4 can do ~38-39 GB/s for data (USB's 40 GB/s figure includes the encoding overhead, while TB's 32 GB/s value does not).
OWC Express 1M2 SSD review: USB4 storage finally arrives--and it's fantastic
Fast and versatile, the OWC Express 1M2 external USB4 SSD is on the large side, but so is its performance — across any flavor of USB or Thunderbolt.
www.pcworld.com
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Looks nice if not a bit expensive for something that doesn't require certification as stringent as Thunderbolt.OWC just released a fanless bus-powered USB4 enclosure for $120:
OWC Unveils Its Fastest Portable Drive Yet, the Express 1M2 with USB4
With speeds up to 2x as fast as Thunderbolt, the OWC Express 1M2 is a drive-swappable, portable powerhouse.
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Review (though what they say about TB4 enclosures being theoretically faster is incorrect--TB4 is limited to 32 GB/s for data, while USB4 can do ~38-39 GB/s for data (USB's 40 GB/s figure includes the encoding overhead, while TB's 32 GB/s value does not).
OWC Express 1M2 SSD review: USB4 storage finally arrives--and it's fantastic
Fast and versatile, the OWC Express 1M2 external USB4 SSD is on the large side, but so is its performance — across any flavor of USB or Thunderbolt.
Other USB4 solutions can be had for way less though.
Are there others besides the Maiwo that are much less than $120?
From what I've seen, $120 is pretty much the going rate (OWC, Zike, Hyperdrive, and Satechi are all $120), and the Maiwo is the outlier.
Since these are new, prices may drop.
I wouldn't expect to pay the same for something that doesn't require Intel Thunderbolt certification and use an Intel Thunderbolt controller. I fully expect the ASM2464PD to be much cheaper.
With that said the new OWC Express 1M2 with USB4 (ASM2464PD) is also priced at $120.
On Alibaba, not any US based store. And substantially different design and materials. Reviews online say it runs over 50c at just idle. So yeah, easy to make a $51 enclosure if you use plastics and thin metals to save on costs. Also of note the OWC one comes with a Thunderbolt cable (so more cost there too). YMMV- I prefer a drive I can hold comfortably in my hand temperature wise.
What's the skin temperature under full load? Its the ASMedia chip that gets super hot in these.