Need A Place to Store All My Porn

[Lostlover]

I have about 75 GB of porn on my old computer that I am throwing away. I need a place to keep my porn to access later. I'd prefer to keep it on like a cloud system if that is even possible. I don't want to store it on my computer and slow it down.

I purchased a MacBook Pro two months. Having that much porn on a laptop will probably nuke it.

I needed another computer and purchased a new 27 inch iMac today. I also bought a surround sound system with a nice subwoofer. I don't want to transfer all that porn to my new computer.

Help and advice appreciated.

 

[NYCisME]

The USB drive is probably the best solution. If you buy one large enough, it could also serve as your back-up location for your important files.

 

[Dodger712]

You might consider going to Office Depot and purchasing something that has several Terabites (sp?) of storage. You'd have to work very hard (no pun) to fill that thing up. They aren't cheap but it would be worth it. I am considering doing that for my JPEG files.

 

[andysayshi]

Assuming your Macs have at least the minimum 500GB drives (rather than SSDs) 75 GB of files shouldn't have any effect on system performance unless you have tons of other stuff there too. Drive performance generally won't be impeded until the drive is over 90% full.

As above, an external USB drive is probably the most cost effective. You should use the drive for Time Machine backup to both your Macs as well. A bus-powered 2.5" portable is probably the most convenient, but will cost a bit more per GB and be a little slower than a 3.5" desktop external drive. These days, a desktop 2TB should cost you around 100 bucks.

If you want to spend a little more, a 2TB Apple Time Capsule would give you transparent wireless backup of both computers, with plenty of space left for porn storage. Plus, it does a bunch of other stuff, like USB drive and printer serving, dual band simultaneous Wireless-N wifi etc. If your current wireless router is the older b or g wifi standard, or if you'd like to extend your current wifi network, or create a private wifi network within your household, this could be a useful solution.

If you prefer a Cloud-based option, not a lot of the major providers grant that much storage without a hefty fee.
• Microsoft's Skydrive gives 25GB free, but you can't buy extra space.
• Apple's iCloud gives 5GB free, but an extra 50GB costs $100 per year, with the advantage that it works beautifully well in sync with all your Apple devices
• Dropbox gives 2GB free, but the monthly fees to upgrade are kinda hefty too

 

[Lostlover]

Thanks GiancarloC. I think this is the best deal... the one on your link. Now I can toss my old PC.

 

[star-warrior]

Can't you just remove the harddrive from your old computer and place that in an casing that you can then use as an external hard drive?

 

[Lostlover]

Can't you just remove the harddrive from your old computer and place that in an casing that you can then use as an external hard drive?

This is news to me...

 

[SexyGuy]

Lostlover, he's referring to this:

http://lifehacker.com/253847/alpha-geek-turn-an-old-hard-drive-into-an-external-drive

If you don't do that, please, when you go to dispose of your old harddrive, do it correctly! Go to a local BestBuy (if possible) and e-recycle it. Depending on what it is, it's free or you pay $15, which you get back in the form of a gift card. Here's more information: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/null/Recycling-Electronics/pcmcat149900050025.c?id=pcmcat149900050025

 

[Paws]

If you throw away or sell your harddrive, make sure no personal information is on it anymore. No, formatting it once will not be sufficient.

 

[Arcturus]

Just a suggestion...since you have a Mac, you could get an external HD that uses Firewire 800 instead of USB. Since no Mac has USB 3.0, Firewire 800 would be the fastest port available (besides Thunderbolt, but no peripherals are available at a reasonable cost). It would be faster than USB 2.0 which your Mac has.

I think a Firewire drive might cost a little more, so if the extra speed doesn't mean that much then get a USB one.