Anybody here use Apple equipment?

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Burning Petard
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Anybody here use Apple equipment?

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I am using an Apple MacBook Pro 13"--eight years old and it runs the lates OS Catalina. Nice pictures for wallpaper. I have an external hard drive for back up. In the eight years, I have never had to use the back up, even though I run it every few days, just in case. Maybe that is why I have not needed it.
The Mac Book is running very buggy. Some keys stick, the touchpad has very quirky responses, It gets conniption fits when I shut it off. In other words, it needs replacement. So I ordered the new 13" MacBook Pro. Gonna be some changes needed.

Anybody have recommendations for a reliable external hard drive to be used for backup, and an external hard drive to be used to read CD's and DVD's I check out of the library. Looking around on Amazon there seems to be junk available for $20-30 and really nice stuff for $200+ and not much in-between.

I am acquainted with the usual disclaimer: Individual results may vary. But thanks for your attention.

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Anybody here use Apple equipment?

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You only need one reliable external hard drive. Iomega and Hitachi have good consumer scores. A 1TB drive is all you'd need for almost all your storage needs. Many sell for $200, and much less.

Check out the Iomega Prestige Desktop 1000GB External (35180)
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