10.3: Auto unmount external drives on logout

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External FireWire Hard Drives

External FireWire Hard Drives 10/29/2003 01:13 AM
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SUGOI DISK External S-ATA Drives

SUGOI DISK External S-ATA Drives 03/28/2005 01:22 PM

System Talks Corporation has introduced the "SUGOI DISK," a series of five external Serial ATA hard drives. Ranging from 160GB to 400GB capacities, the SUGOI DISKs are housed in aluminum. The drives also include a "port bracket" for connecting to both serial ATA interface and power. Otherwise, you're stuck using an AC adapter.

Press Release [System Talks]

Related
Finally, The SUGOI CARD [Gizmodo]

'ClickConnect,' 'xSATA' Coming to
External Drives

'ClickConnect,' 'xSATA' Coming to
External Drives 03/14/2005 05:41 PM
Improvements to Serial ATA cables will roll out in the coming months as a promoter organization works to take the spec outside the box.

Coming soon: External SATA hard drives

Coming soon: External SATA hard drives 01/10/2004 12:27 AM
External hard drives offer easy and practical storage, but they aren't as speedy as the internal models - yet. Vendors working on a new technical specification say that the first fast, new models of external drives could ship by midyear.

Iomega intros new external hard drives

Iomega intros new external hard drives 03/17/2005 04:02 AM
Iomega Corp. on Wednesday added two new series of hard drives to its line-up: a new Iomega Portable Hard Drive in capacities as high as 100GB and the External Hard Drive Silver Series, with as much as 250GB of storage. The diminutive Iomega Portable Hard Drive draws power over a USB 2.0 port and uses a 2.5-inch disk that spins at 4200rpm. It comes with Iomega Automatic Backup and MusicMatch Jukebox software and is compatible with all versions of Mac OS X. 40GB (US$119.95), 60GB ($149.95) and 80GB ($199.95) capacities are available now while the 100GB ($299.95) version will ship during the second quarter.

Western Digital debuts new external
drives

Western Digital debuts new external
drives 01/09/2004 09:49 PM
Western Digital Corp. has introduced two new external drives: the Media Center and a series of hard drives with Dual-option Backup.

SimpleTech offers 160, 250GB external
hard drives

SimpleTech offers 160, 250GB external
hard drives 02/10/2004 10:41 AM
SimpleTech Inc. is better known for their flash memory and RAM products, but the company also offers conventional external hard disks for Mac and PC users looking for more storage capacity. The company has announced its 160GB and 250GB SimpleDrive External Hard Drives, to be unveiled at the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) trade show that kicks off later this week.

Addonics converts SATA devices to
external drives

Addonics converts SATA devices to
external drives 06/22/2004 09:26 AM
Addonics Technologies on Tuesday introduced a US$29 SATA - IDE/ATAPI converter that converts Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives or SATA-based optical storage devices to standard IDE interface storage devices that can communicate with a Mac or PC using external USB or FireWire interfaces. The converter can also make such drives read-only devices using IDE Write blocking.

Macworld: Kano shows off external DVD,
storage drives

Macworld: Kano shows off external DVD,
storage drives 01/06/2004 04:26 AM
Kano Technologies Corp. is using Macworld Conference & Expo to introduce their new dual-format portable SLIM DVD drive, which writes at 4x speeds and is .75 inch thick while weighing less than a pound. It sports both USB 2.0 and FireWire ports. The company will also show off their recently announced K8XTREME dual-format external FireWire DVD drive -- which writes DVD +/-R at 8x speeds and DVD +/-RW at 4x speeds, with 32x16x40 for CD-R -- as well as their complete line of FireWire 800 external hard drives at booth #722 in Moscone Center.

FireWire Hard Drives: Portable, Desktop
External Storage Devices Compared

FireWire Hard Drives: Portable, Desktop
External Storage Devices Compared 03/17/2005 03:10 AM

By James Galbraith and Jeffy Milstead, Macworld

Software Drives Quality for Auto
Suppliers

Software Drives Quality for Auto
Suppliers 05/03/2004 12:27 PM
APQP software helps carmakers document how suppliers design and deliver parts.

Dog Drives Truck Into Auto Parts Store
(AP)

Dog Drives Truck Into Auto Parts Store
(AP) 12/28/2004 07:30 PM
AP - Michael Henson left the auto parts store with more problems than when he arrived. For that, he can thank his dog.

Tools Of The Trade: Maxtor's external
hard drives for storing data from
overloaded computers

Tools Of The Trade: Maxtor's external
hard drives for storing data from
overloaded computers 05/22/2004 08:11 PM
Independent May 23 2004 0:45AM GMT

Software Drives Quality for Auto
Suppliers (Ziff Davis)

Software Drives Quality for Auto
Suppliers (Ziff Davis) 05/03/2004 12:23 PM
Ziff Davis - APQP software helps carmakers document how suppliers design and deliver parts.

An AppleScript to mount, run, unmount a
disk image

An AppleScript to mount, run, unmount a
disk image 09/07/2004 10:18 AM
A number of hints (and newsgroup postings elsewhere) have addressed the problem of creating a script that mounts a disk image, runs an application that uses data from the image, and then unmounts the image after the applicati...

Mount and unmount server shares via
AppleScript

Mount and unmount server shares via
AppleScript 03/22/2005 03:20 PM
cypressor: "I am using a fileserver at home, and various SMB shares at my university, so I needed a script that automatically mounts the appropriate shares, or unmounts those that are already mounted."

A script to unmount cloned backup
volumes at login

A script to unmount cloned backup
volumes at login 06/25/2004 10:25 AM
With counsel from Bramley in the MacOSXHints.com System forum, I developed an application that automatically unmounts my backup internal hard drive's 10.3.4 volume on startup. This prevents alias confusion in opening files on...

Logout of PHP session

Logout of PHP session 10/02/2002 09:26 AM

Lookout for Tiger's Logout

Lookout for Tiger's Logout 08/14/2004 09:48 AM
While the idea of shutting down — or even restarting — a Mac is a thought many never consider. With OS X, system crashes have become all but obsolete and, save the latest upgrade install, there"s no real reason to shut down. However, as any diligent tech janitor will tell you, a period cleaning will help ensure a healthy OS for years to come. And of course, all those switchers may have an overwhelming need to restart too. The speed and stability of OS X has brought new meaning to "working in the background," and just abut any task can be done in tandem with another — disc burning, permission repairing, cache emptying, etc. — and a user is likely to have five or six apps open whenever the urge to restart hits. So, when Apple cornered the fast-user switching market, I wondered when it would tackle the problem of actual logging out. With a few processor-intensive applications — like, say Photoshop QuarkXPress, Microsoft Word or even iMovie — quitting, saving and restarting can be a cumbersome task, one that can take upwards of two minutes and at times lends to a neverending spinning beach ball. According to AppleInsider, Tiger is going to <A HREF="http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=597">cha nge all that</A>. One of its 150 new features is reportedly utilizing "Fast Logout and Autosave" technology: "Tiger"s fast logout and autosave feature will improve logout, shutdown, and restart operations by reducing the number of confirmation dialogs presented to the user, all the while protecting the user"s unsaved data in open applications. "During a logout, shutdown, or restart operation, Tiger will determine whether an application should post a confirmation dialog for unsaved changes or perform an auto-save event. If the application performs an auto-save event, data will be saved to a special location on the system and the user will be logged out of Mac OS X. The next time the user logs in, the system relaunches each application with auto-saved documents and reconstructs the documents as their state immediately before the last logout." While it may not be immediately noticed by the masses, Fast Logout and Autosave looks to be one of those features that will change the way we think of shutting down — and offer one more reason for OS X users to gloat — after all, it"s the little things that <I>really</I> make the difference.

Ask MacSlash: Why Won't My Computer
Shutdown Or Logout

Ask MacSlash: Why Won't My Computer
Shutdown Or Logout 09/17/2004 12:35 PM

System sleep depending on login &
logout

System sleep depending on login &
logout 01/04/2005 08:50 AM
The system's sleep function is a great feature; it works stably and saves a lot of time rebooting the system. The problem is, when sleep is enabled, you have the risk that the system goes to sleep when it shouldn't, e.g. duri...

10.3: Faster force quit and Logout
options

10.3: Faster force quit and Logout
options 11/02/2003 01:02 PM
Two quickie keyboard shortcuts:Command-Option-Shift-Esc: Force quits the frontmost application without asking or showing a dialog. Command-Option-Shift-Q: Immediately log out the current user. [robg adds: This hint is a remin...

Close disk images on removable media
prior to logout

Close disk images on removable media
prior to logout 06/25/2004 10:25 AM
When you log out via fast user switching, OS X (Panther) does not automatically close any disk images you had mounted. If these images reside on removable media, then other users cannot unmount and remove the removable media...

IFD-iV Flash Drives Masquerade as ATA
Hard Drives

IFD-iV Flash Drives Masquerade as ATA
Hard Drives 07/15/2004 08:59 AM

For embedded computing hackers, mass storage (like hard drives) is often the most frustrating piece of the puzzle, as the fragile and power-hungry spin of the hard drive is usually the last non-solid-state part in the whole deployment. And while most engineers will just use a Compact Flash card, sometimes the only option is an ATA (hard drive) connection; that's where the IFD-iV flash memory parts from IO Data Device Corporation come in. Basically just flash memory drives, the defining feature of the IFD-iVs (besides fairly rugged operating specifications) is that they use the standard ATA connection of a hard drive, meaning they can be deployed in place of hard drives when necessary. Models up to 2GB in capacity will be available for around $2,100 -- maybe we'll just deal with the fragile hard drives instead.
Read - Flash memory ATA hard drive [TechJapan]

Update: Reader Tom Lee brings up a much cheaper option for hackers on a budget (after the jump.)

Keep Your Confidential Data Confidential
With Biometric Fingerprint Flash Drives
and Hard Disk Drives

Keep Your Confidential Data Confidential
With Biometric Fingerprint Flash Drives
and Hard Disk Drives 02/01/2005 09:13 PM
Now you can have safe, secure, portable storage of your confidential business and personal data with the biometric fingerprint ClipDrive Bio USB Flash Drive and the Outbacker USB biometric fingerprint Hard Disk Drive. The devices are non-operational until a validated fingerprint or password is received. [PRWEB Jan 21, 2005]

External Text MX

External Text MX 07/13/2004 07:07 AM
External Text MX 1.1.0 released

External Disk Roundup

External Disk Roundup 04/28/2004 05:52 AM

How to use external burners without
Toast

How to use external burners without
Toast 04/01/2005 11:45 AM
I have seen PatchBurn mentioned in various comments on this site, but it has never had its own hint. And it really deserves one.... PatchBurn allows you to use many third-party CD/DVD burners with your Apple applications. So...

10.3: Use an external DVD drive with DVD
Player 4.0

10.3: Use an external DVD drive with DVD
Player 4.0 11/02/2003 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 ...

New external USB TV tuner from Canopus

New external USB TV tuner from Canopus 11/06/2003 09:57 AM
A new extremely small external USB TV tuner for PCs and laptops. The USTV-1 from Canopus comes with software for recording and playing back your fave shows, and has an S-Video output for connecting to a TV and a credit card-sized remote control. Only available in Japan, at least for right now. Read [Translated from Japanese using Babelfish. Via Gadget Watch]...

Plextor offers 12x external DVD-R

Plextor offers 12x external DVD-R 06/30/2004 09:45 AM
Optical drive maker Plextor Corp. on Wednesday announced its PX-712UF DVD±R/RW drive. The new drive can burn DVD+R discs at 12x and DVD-R discs at 8x, and supports DVD-RW, DVD+RW, CD-R and CD-RW as well. Although external DVD-R drives do not work with Apple's iDVD software, they are supported by DVD Studio Pro and various third-party DVD and CD burning software. The US$299 drive features USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 interfaces, and ships with Mac and Windows software (Roxio's Toast Lite versions 5 and 6 are included for Mac users). Look for the new drive at retailers beginning in August. Plextor's Web site did not contain information about the new drive as MacCentral posted this article.

IDC: External disk storage up

IDC: External disk storage up 09/03/2004 07:31 PM
Worldwide sales hit a new multibillion high; EMC passes Hewlett-Packard for first place.

Would That Be Internal or External,
Technically?

Would That Be Internal or External,
Technically? 07/30/2004 07:07 AM

I have nothing to say; I just love this picture. Someday I will have one of these old-school hard drives on my wall and I will be a happy man. (Thanks, O2!)

Lo ok - New Hard Drive [Gizmodo]

Wireless External Drive

Wireless External Drive 06/15/2004 03:44 AM

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]

External Audio Roundup

External Audio Roundup 09/24/2004 03:50 AM
Today we bring together six external audio solutions designed for four different purposes—music listening, audio production, home theater, and gaming. They all have one thing in common: They live outside your PC.

First external USB HDTV tuner

First external USB HDTV tuner 12/31/2003 01:10 PM
In a way we're amazed it's taken this long, but the first external USB high-definition TV tuner for PCs is coming out. The OnAir USB...

TV Tuners For The PC: Internal Or
External

TV Tuners For The PC: Internal Or
External 06/19/2004 07:58 PM

external USB HTDV tuner

external USB HTDV tuner 01/01/2004 02:46 PM
The first external USB HTDV tuner has appeared; it's only a little more expensive than the TDK IndiCapture I got for my Mom.

OWC offers external 16x 'SuperDrive'

OWC offers external 16x 'SuperDrive' 03/23/2005 12:31 PM
Other World Computing on Wednesday announced the release of its Mercury Pro DVR-109 -- an external optical drive capable of burning dual-layer DVD -/+ R/RW media at up to 16x speed. The new drive features both USB 2.0 and FireWire interfaces, and is certified to work with EMC Dantz's Retrospect backup software.
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