This is just cool -IMHO-
Ever wondered what to do with that ultra useless SD-Card Slot on you Air or MBP?
How about turn it into a bootable hard drive, microSD based, only $30 for the Adapter.
Ok, you can already boot from a standart SDHC since 2009 or something but they stick out at the side for about 1cm.
With the mircoSD it totally and safely vanishes into the Laptop.
http://www.kickstart...nifty-minidrive
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Use that SD-Card Slot - tight fit microSD Adapter
Started by mindnoise, Jul 07 2012 04:49 PM
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Posted 07 July 2012 - 04:49 PM
hey, don´t worry - it´s only red pixels on your hands...
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Posted 09 July 2012 - 06:35 AM
If you can boot reasonably quickly from a micro SD that could be a good option for a Windows 7 disk.
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Posted 09 July 2012 - 01:47 PM
AussieMacGamer, on 09 July 2012 - 06:35 AM, said:
If you can boot reasonably quickly from a micro SD that could be a good option for a Windows 7 disk.
Standard ones will be unbearably slow but a 45MBps might be okay.
Also might be useful if OSX gets something like http://windows.micro...ures/readyboost
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Posted 11 July 2012 - 02:11 PM
A pretty clever idea, really, and one that will only improve as faster SD cards come along with lower price points.
That SD card slot FINALLY has a use!
That SD card slot FINALLY has a use!
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Posted 12 July 2012 - 12:28 PM
In for one.
Unsure whether to get the Air or MBP version. The Air will work in the MBP, albeit with gaps. Since a MBA will be my future laptop, it might be a better investment.
BTW, don't buy this thing expecting to run an OS or games off of it. It's just too slow.
Good for Time Machine and media files, though.
Unsure whether to get the Air or MBP version. The Air will work in the MBP, albeit with gaps. Since a MBA will be my future laptop, it might be a better investment.
BTW, don't buy this thing expecting to run an OS or games off of it. It's just too slow.
Good for Time Machine and media files, though.
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Posted 12 July 2012 - 09:17 PM
Yeah but isn't doing a time machine backup that's still physically connected to the machine a little moot of a process?
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Posted 13 July 2012 - 06:44 AM
Not really. Time Machine is a pretty good way of versioning your stuff, and as long as it's not on the same physical drive you're better covered in the case that there's a physical hardware failure.
Of course, if your laptop is stolen, then you lose your backup too, but you shouldn't really be relying on a single backup for important things anyway...
Of course, if your laptop is stolen, then you lose your backup too, but you shouldn't really be relying on a single backup for important things anyway...
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Posted 13 July 2012 - 08:38 AM
Time Machine has saved my butt a couple of times, just by keeping old versions of my files.
For laptops, there's an additional benefit if you unplug the TM drive before taking the laptop anywhere. I always remember to do this, but that's because my external drive is big. If it was on a chip in the SD slot I've probably forget to remove it.. But I suppose you could schedule a reminder for yourself to swap the chip once a week, say, to give yourself rotating backups.
Similarly you could have rotating snapshot backups using a utility like SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner. That would give you more space for the backups, if you didn't care about versioning so much.
For laptops, there's an additional benefit if you unplug the TM drive before taking the laptop anywhere. I always remember to do this, but that's because my external drive is big. If it was on a chip in the SD slot I've probably forget to remove it.. But I suppose you could schedule a reminder for yourself to swap the chip once a week, say, to give yourself rotating backups.
Similarly you could have rotating snapshot backups using a utility like SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner. That would give you more space for the backups, if you didn't care about versioning so much.
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