Quick, quiet and appealing design

The external hard drive for Mac was able to convince in almost all respects me so far. Both the functionality and the optics to be fun and most of all the easy operation is pleasant. The hard drive is used the way with a two year old MacBook Pro, so unfortunately no USB 3.0.

The hard drive has arrived securely packaged with me, a detailed guide in paper form is not in, you do not need, however, also. A manual are also available if required on the disc. Shoot more than the drive on a Mac and stream and select the external hard disk as the location, does not have to be made. The hard disk has no problems with the way Maverick, who therefore has its Mac up to date, can start right away with your hard drive. Both the cable to the Mac, and the cable from the hard drive to power have a good length. Meanwhile, there are of course hard drives that do not require additional power source, this point should be kept in mind before buying.

The appearance of the hard drive is stylish and unfussy, just like I like it. The appearance is somewhat similar to a book and looks not disturbing on the desktop. What somewhat disturbing is the glossy surface, this may look good on pictures, but after a time touch littered with fingerprints and attracts dust like a magnet. Why do so many manufacturers matt surfaces no chance I'll never understand.

The operation of the hard disk is as already mentioned problems. Connecting and then as a target for the Time Machine - select backups, it goes without problems in a few seconds. In the first backup first a period of 3 hours was displayed, but in the end the backup took about 70 minutes 105.05 GB, the preparation of the backup was completed in four minutes. The hard drive is operating in pleasantly quiet, so they do not bother me when working on Mac.

Overall, the hard drive My Book is a very good product that works perfectly with my Mac. Smaller There are departures due to the very dust-prone surface and the necessity to connect the drive to a power source.