Apple Computer Inc. has responded to concerns from its users that Mac
OS X Panther disables or corrupts files on external FireWire 800 hard
disks. Users began reporting the issues to Apple shortly after the
release of the operating system on October 24, 2003.
Apple to address Panther, external FireWire drive issues
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Apple To Address Panther, External FireWire Drive Issues
Apple To Address Panther, External FireWire Drive Issues10/30/2003 08:16 PM "Apple has identified an issue with external FireWire hard drives
using the Oxford 922 bridge chip-set with firmware version 1.02 that
can result in the loss of data stored on the disk drive." By Jim
Darlymple (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu)
Apple Addresses Panther Firewire Issues10/30/2003 10:26 PM
MacCentral reports that Apple has responded to concerns about file
corruption on External Firewire Drives.
According to a statement from Apple, "Ap...
OWC adds 250GB external FireWire drive
OWC adds 250GB external FireWire drive03/14/2003 02:10 PM Other World Computing (OWC) today announced the addition of a 250GB
drive to its popular line of Mercury Elite Pro external FireWire
storage solutions...
Panther/FireWire Drive Issue: More Firmware Updates; Public Statements, Frequently Asked Questions; More
Apple Releases Updated OS X to Fix FireWire, Game Issues
Apple Releases Updated OS X to Fix FireWire, Game Issues12/19/2004 03:02 PM Version 10.3.7 of the Mac OS X operating system addresses an issue
with some FireWire hard drives not mounting, as well as problems with
certain games' graphics.
Apple issues Panther update; security fixes to follow
Apple issues Panther update; security fixes to follow12/18/2003 02:26 PM Apple Computer issued an update late Wednesday night for its Mac OS X,
also known as Panther, and is set to release a security update for the
operating system later Thursday.
Console Drive makes hard drive removable or external
Console Drive makes hard drive removable or external06/04/2004 03:52 PM Addonics Technologies announced on Friday the release of its
Console Drive, which turns a standard 3.5-inch hard drive into
either aremovable internal hard drive cartridge or an external hard
drive thatconnects to your Mac via USB 2.0 or 1.1, FireWire, SCSI or a
PCMCIA slot,depending on the model you choose. Internally, the Console
Drive can connectto a Power Mac's Serial ATA slot. In addition, the
Console Drive acceptsAddonics' series of Pocket CD, DVD, CD-RW and
DVD+/-R/RW drives, all ofwhich are Mac compatible.
Firewire 800 Panther Patches11/04/2003 10:35 PM
MacNN quotes Oxford Semiconductor regarding the data-loss problems
associated with Mac OS X 10.3 and some external Firewire drives.
According to th...
Linksys and Maxtor have teamed up to offer a wireless device that
will allow you to hook up a hard-drive to it. I am going to get one of
these as soon as they are available as I have some spare drives laying
around that could go to good use. [Cnet]
10.3: Use an external DVD drive with DVD Player 4.0
10.3: Use an external DVD drive with DVD Player 4.011/02/2003 07:37 PM DVD Player 4.0 now supports playback from external DVD drives without
requiring a patch (as it did in Jaguar). However, the Panther
installer will not install DVD Player by default if you don't have an
internal drive, so you ...
LaCie warns against using FireWire 800 with Panther
Digistor offers 4x external DVD-R drive06/04/2004 10:56 AM San Jose, Calif.-based peripheral maker Digistor has released its 4x Ultra Slim External DVD Super Multi Drive. The compact,
DVD-R-capable slot-loading drive sports USB 2.0 and FireWire
interfaces, and cost US$245. It can write DVD-Rs at up to 4x speed,
DVD-RWs at 2x, DVD-RAM at 2X, CD-Rs at 16x and CD-RWs at 8x. It
measures 6.5 x 5.5 x 1 inch, weighs 1.05 pounds and can be powered
from a 6-pin FireWire interface. The 4x Ultra Slim External DVD Super
Multi Drive does not come with Mac-compatible DVD burning software,
but Digistor makes Roxio Toast 6 Lite available for $15 when purchased
with the drive.
Iomega REV 35/90GB External Drive
Iomega REV 35/90GB External Drive05/13/2004 11:05 AM Review: Iomega's replacement for their ZIP and JAZ drives is here,
with greatly increased capacity and performance. Is it a better
solution than optical media, external hard drives, or tape backup
systems?
Panther Reports Good, But Watch For FireWire10/31/2003 03:57 AM After a week of everyday use, I couldn't be happier with Panther. It
boots faster, and the Finder is easier to use and faster, too. By Bob
LeVitus (Houston Chronicle via MyAppleMenu)
Panther FireWire Data-Loss Scare
Panther FireWire Data-Loss Scare10/30/2003 09:15 AM The flaw manifests itself in the following ways: users installing
Panther while having an external FireWire drive connected to their Mac
have seen data loss; similarly, users with FireWire drives connected
to their systems have seen data loss once they reboot Panther. By
Jonny Evans (Macworld UK via MyAppleMenu)
New: MacWay AluICE 400GB external drive06/04/2004 10:56 AM MacWay expanded its external drive offerings with the AluICE 400GB, a
single-drive FireWire device that uses the Hitachi/IBM Deskstar 7k400
400GB/7200 RPM drive.
USB 2.0 External Drive with Fingerprint-Based Security
Thanko Limited today announced a new 2.5-inch hard drive
case dubbed the "Victoria 120," which uses a combination of
fingerprint recognition and hardware level encryption in an attempt to
secure your precious data from third parties. The model including a
20GB hard drive costs about $260 USD, so all I can say is "use
sparingly."
Thankfully, Thanko has applied a bit of forward thinking to the
product; it uses hardware level encryption, including the boot sector,
so if someone were to bust out your hard drive from its fingerprint
prison, they still wouldn't be able to access your junk too
easily. As always, trust no one, especially us.
Maxtor announces OneTouch II external drive09/20/2004 08:33 AM Maxtor has announced the OneTouch II external drive, offering an
exclusive version of Dantz Retrospect backup software, a Maxtor
DriveLock security feature for added data protection and more powerful
restore capabilities, including historical backup recovery...
Wireless Connection To An External Hard Drive
Wireless Connection To An External Hard Drive06/14/2004 10:47 PM I have a fairly convoluted set of alternate backup systems that seems
to get more complex every time I have yet another catastrophic hard
drive failure (such as the latest, which occurred two weeks ago).
Right now I have two external USB hard drives, one Mirra backup
server, and an offsite service that scoops up data off of my computer
every few hours and stores it in some hidden location. The second USB
hard drive is because the latest hard drive failure (only a week after
I had been told the machine had been "fixed") happened while I was
away and didn't have access to the other USB hard drive that remained
at home, or the Mirra server which only accepts backups on the local
network. The offsite remote backup worked, but was slow and had
limited space. So, I ended up with another external hard drive to
save whatever data I could get off the old hard drive before it kicked
it for good. When I got back home and went back to my old crappy
desktop (which is here for just these circumstances) I discovered that
the USB connections on this machine no longer work - so I can't
actually access the data saved on the hard drive (though, I can access
older data on the Mirra device). Unfortunately, I can't seem to get
data from the hard drive to the Mirra device, so I'm basically stuck
until I get my laptop back and it has a working USB system. With that
backdrop in mind, it's great that Maxtor and Linksys are teaming up to offer a
wireless way to connect to an external hard drive. Basically,
they've created a bridge that lets an external hard drive connect
directly to a wireless router (which, in some ways, just mimics what
the Mirra backup server is supposed to do, though with fewer
features). Either way, it looks like backup systems are getting
easier and easier, meaning no one has any excuse not to have something
set up these days. Of course, the next time my hard drive fails, I'm
sure I'll need to pick up one of these new systems.
TikiMac intros Kuna external hard drive07/06/2004 10:14 AM TikiMac on Tuesday announced Kuna, a
new aluminum-clad external hard disk drive in capacities from 120GB to
400GB. The drive features two FireWire 400 ports and a USB 2.0 port,
and features an interlocking design that permits users to stack
multiple Kuna drives horizontally to save space. TikiMac uses 7200RPM
hard drive mechanisms with 8MB caches. Prices range from US$169.99 to
$499.99 depending on capacity.
Maxtor To Ship External Hard Drive For PVRs
Maxtor To Ship External Hard Drive For PVRs04/27/2004 04:12 PM Maxtor Corp. said Tuesday that it will ship an external hard drive
specifically designed to connect to personal video recorders.
Freecom FHD-XS External Hard Drive With Built-In USB Cable
Freecom FHD-XS External Hard Drive With Built-In USB Cable04/09/2004 03:55 PM JOEL JOHNSON -- Freecom Technologies has announced four external USB
drives, including the good looking FHD-XS, a bus-powered 40GB 1.8-inch
hard drive with an integreated USB cable. If 2003 was the year of Yet
Another Flash Drive, I welcome 2004 as the year of Yet Another USB
Hard Drive. Read...
OWC issues updated firmware for its FireWire 800 drives
New: EZQuest Boa 16x DVD+/- FireWire drive08/20/2004 12:59 AM EZQuest released the Boa 16x DVD+/- FireWire drive, which includes the
ability to read and write 8.5 GB dual-layer DVD+R discs at 4x.
Western Digital's Media Center external hard drive
Western Digital's Media Center external hard drive01/07/2004 07:12 PM New external 250GB hard drive from Western Digital that comes with a
built-in Flash memory. The confusingly named Media Center has slots
CompactFlash, Memory Stick,...
Address Book under OSX has never been a particularly impressive
application, but it's just about worked as a system wide piece of kit.
Panther brings with it a number of changes and improvements and a
couple of nasty unprovements too. There's some functionality here that
I can't categorically say wasn't in Jaguar, so bear with me if
I foul something up:
Every card in Address Book can have a picture associated with it.
This is not new. However previously you were just able to pick up a
picture and drop it whole onto the hole allocated for it, where it
would sit greatly diminished in size and essentially unusable.
The version in Panther introduces the lovely resize and crop
functionality that's been in iChat AV since the beta. Very
nice indeed;
The edit functionality now lasts when you change cards
which is a good change. Previously editing an card meant entering it
individually and clicking on the edit button. Now the edit button will
remain depressed until you release it. It's not the UI approach I'd
have taken, but it pretty much works;
The edit interface itself is a bit of a dog's dinner. The
previously understated and probably not very clear grey + and
- buttons have now become garishly red and green, the edit
screen radically indents everything and moves stuff around to the
extent that it's difficult to see what's going on and where your
information has been moved to. An approach that highlighted the
information rather than the labels might have been better;
Also noticed for the first time is the 'send updates'
functionality - which I'm sure has been there for ages. It appears to
be a way of informing everyone in your address book of any and all
changes to your personal address card. I'm interested, but too scared,
to see how this might work...
IO Data Device has come up with another hum-dinger.
If you were to put an enormous hard drive inside a USB 2.0/FireWire
casing, give it some blue LEDs, and add a USB port, you'd end up with
the 400GB "UDH-UEH400." Not only does it connect by USB (or FireWire),
but it has a USB port. If you're like me and have a single
USB port on your computer, you certainly wouldn't want it being taken
up by just a hard drive. Yeah, I know daisy chaining has been around
for years and years with SCSI (and thus FireWire, its distant cousin),
but I think this is one of the first applications of it I've seen in
USB form. Somehow, it can even recognize USB devices if you connect
the drive by FireWire. Don't ask me how that works; I didn't realize
something like that was even possible.
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