How to Choose the Best External Hard Drive For Your Needs
Don't choose an external hard drive based on size alone. These are the factors to consider to find the right drive for your needs.
Wayne Grayson • Sep 02, 2022
These days, just about everyone can benefit from external storage. But because the range of needs includes everyone from professionals working with terabytes of data all the way down to people who simply need a backup of their home system, there are a lot of options to choose from. So how do you choose? Here at OWC we specialize in purpose-built storage solutions. So in this video we take you through all the options and how they can benefit your workflow.
A list of each recommended drive is below the video.
Recommended External Hard Drives
High Capacity/Lower Speed
High Speed/Lower Capacity
High Speed/High Capacity
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