need help understanding external hard drives

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Posted by learsfool (A) on December 7, 2014 at 18:38:13

Hello - I have been reading all kinds of things about computer audio here and elsewhere and am now thoroughly confused. I have an old MacBook Pro (from about 2007 or 2008), and am about to buy a brand new one. I have been advised to buy an external hard drive to back up my files, and to easily transfer them to the new computer via Time Machine.

However, I also am going to move to a computer based digital system, as my CD player has just died and I don't want to purchase another. I have just bought a Dragonfly v1.2. I need to rip all of my CDs, which I would like to store on an external hard drive. I have been reading that I should not use a USB one so there is no Synchronous Conflict with my Dragonfly USB DAC?? I have read that I should use a Firewire 800 model for my old MacBook, however I also read that new ones do not support Firewire 800?? Am I therefore going to have to purchase two different external hard drives, one to back up my old computer and transfer everything to the new one, and then a separate one to use for ripping my CDs on the new computer? Or is there one I can buy that is not too expensive which will accomplish everything I need to do?? Should I begin ripping my CDs into iTunes now on my current machine, or wait to get a new one??

I have zero experience with any of the above, and am very confused by all this. Any advice would be very much appreciated. A search of the archives has not really helped me much.

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Topic - need help understanding external hard drives - learsfool 18:38:13 12/07/14 (13)

RE: need help understanding external hard drives - learsfool 19:39:37 12/08/14 (6)

RE: need help understanding external hard drives - AbeCollins 08:02:32 12/09/14 (5)

RE: need help understanding external hard drives - learsfool 19:41:46 12/09/14 (4)

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RE: need help understanding external hard drives - learsfool 19:06:16 12/10/14 (2)

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RE: need help understanding external hard drives - Bill Way 08:35:58 12/08/14 (1)

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