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maicat
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What is a rock solid external drive for Mac Studio?

For Mac Studio, what is a rock solid backup external drive for Timeline.

Posted on Sep 25, 2026 4:03 PM

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MrHoffman
User level: Level 10 (169,253 points)

Sep 25, 2026 4:36 PM in response to maicat

WD Ultrastar hard disk drive.


For more reliability than a single disk, in an external RAID array, or in a NAS for both remote and shared-use.


More pragmatically, whatever is available in the size you need and within the budget and delivery schedule.


Testing info: https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-storage/resources/hard-drive-test-data

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256365102