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Price cuts on Elite AL Quad Interface (FW800/FW400/USB2/eSATA) Drives
(from site sponsor OWC)

" Mercury Elite-AL FW800/FW400/USB2/eSATA 'Quad Interface' Price Drops
Reliability, Flexibility, and High-Performance is what you get with the OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro 'Quad-Interface' FireWire 800/FireWire 400/USB 2.0/eSATA Oxford924 based storage solution. Great for demanding Audio/Video, Backup (Perfect for Time Machine), General Data, Music, Photography, Applications - and fully bootable too! Compact, Aluminum Design has dimensions of 9.0 x 2.1 x 5.8" and is designed for vertical placement with included stand or stacks great horizontally. Key features of the OWC Mercury Elite-AL FireWire 800/400/USB2/eSATA 'Quad Interface' Solutions include:
  • Oxford 924 based performance bridge solution
  • Two 1394B 9 Pin FW800 Ports, One 1394A 6 Pin FW400 Port, One USB 2.0 Port, 1 eSATA Port
  • Large Data Buffer up to 32MB
  • Audio/Video & Backup Certified
  • Compact, shock resistant Aluminum design
  • Industry Leading 2 Year Solution Warranty, Up to an additional 3 Years Factory Warranty on the hard drive inside.

    ALL OWC Mercury Elite-AL Single Drive Solutions now include the retail versions of the award winning Prosoft DataBackup III for OS X (a $59.95 retail value) and the award winning NovaStor NovaBACKUP® for Windows (a $49.95 retail value). Current Solution pricing online now:

  • 250GB 7200RPM w/8MB Cache remains $159.99
  • 320GB 7200RPM w/16MB Cache remains $169.99
  • 500GB 7200RPM w/16MB Cache remains $199.99
  • 750GB 7200RPM w/16MB Cache now $259.99 ($20 Drop)
  • 1.0TB 7200RPM w/32MB Cache now $359.99 ($36 Drop)

    Also Available:
    OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro 'Quad Interface' Enclosure Kit for $109.99 (add your own drive).
    Best Regards,
    Lawrence R. O'Connor
    Other World Computing"

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    What's your favorite iPod Utility to restore from iPod to Mac
    (Updated) I had a reader ask for suggestions on an iPod utility after a friend had lost his macbook's hard drive and wanted to restore/copy his music and photos from the iPod. Over the years I've posted links to many iPod utils (and even some terminal commands IIRC), but never used them personally (I keep a b/u of my iTunes lib on a FW drive just in case). I sent him links to a couple I could remember (iPodRip and Music rescue used to be called PodUtil) but welcome other suggestions/feedback from you.
    (I'm not sure if he had enabled iPod disk use but also sent him a link to an Apple doc on How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer.)
    Reader Suggestions:
    I've had a couple mails raving about Senuti - here's one that included a link:

    "Senuti!
    Which is of course iTunes spelled backwards, makes sense in that you are moving the songs in the reverse direction from normal...
    http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/
    Aloha, Ken"

    An earlier mail with notes on iPodRip and suggesting PodWorks instead:

    "I used to use iPodRip, but it stopped working at some point and no more updates, no response from the vendor. boo.
    PodWorks has worked great for my uses: http://www.scifihifi.com/podworks/
    -Larry L."
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    200GB (7200rpm/16MB cache) Notebook HD + External Case Kit Upgrade/Software Bundles
    (from site sponsor OWC)

    "200GB, 7200rpm Notebook Hard Drive + External Kit Upgrade Bundles
    When you upgrade your MacBook, MacBook Pro, or Mac mini (or PC laptop too) internal hard drive - usually are doing it for more capacity + potentially the benefit of more performance too. But what about transferring the data from your current drive or even being able to to use that drive for additional storage or backup? Easily done with one of our OWC On-the-Go enclosures... And these bundles make it easy!

  • Bundle option A - $149.99
    Seagate 200GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA Notebook HD w/G-Force protection (anti-shock)
    OWC On-The-Go USB 2.0 SATA HD Bus Powered Enclosure Kit
    Intech HD Speedtools, Prosoft DataBackup III (OSX), NovaStor NovaBackup (Windows)
    3yr OWC Warranty on Hard Drive, 1yr on Enclosure Kit

  • Bundle option B - $159.99
    Seagate 200GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA Notebook HD w/G-Force protection (anti-shock)
    OWC On-The-Go USB 2.0+eSATA Interface (USB Bus Powers, eSATA requires included AC Power)
    Intech HD Speedtools, Prosoft DataBackup III (OSX), NovaStor NovaBackup (Windows)
    3yr OWC Warranty on Hard Drive, 1yr on Enclosure Kit

    And of course we have the Seagate 200GB/7200rpm SATA Notebook drive on special by itself for $119.50. The bundles, though, give you everything you need to both provide the upgrade for your internal drive + a great enclosure to make it external for easy data transfer and ongoing use + great software to help you get the most from your drives.

    UPS Ground special rate of $2.95 on the bundles, 2nd Day Air also available for $7.95 or less."

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