Anything of a non-processing nature it can handle. It is PC and Mac compatible, holds a huge amount of information, and is extremely easy to get started with because there's really no set up to it; you just plug it in and you're on your way! It's really small; about the size of a hardback book that's been cut in half so it fits just about anywhere and if you have more than one they nest together very neatly.
The only drawback that we've found, if you can really call it that is that you can't store and run games from this hard drive. It's for non-processing files only, so it really didn't help us as much as we had hoped.
We have a LOT of games on our computer! So don't get this thinking you're going to use it to run games off of, it won't. We found that out the hard way! I'm not sure about all the minor differences in the versions of My Book or any other type of external hard drives, but my main advice would be to keep on the look out for sale and deals on major brands for the size of storage you want. This way you can't go to wrong, its continually getting cheaper if you can wait.
I use my My Book probably several times a day, every day. I use it mainly for transfering things from my computer to watch on my TV through my PS3. I've only used the USB port and I've never had a problem connecting to my computer. However sometime my PS3 doesn't read it when I power on the PS3 with the usb plugged in, but all I have to do is re-plug the usb and its fine.
I've never lost anything when transferring filesand It makes for a great back up to my computer and my PS3 hard drive. My one little gripes that aren't a problem is that the light is distracting when watching movies in the dark and the usb connection is loose in the back probably because i've stepped on the cord and ripped it out a few times. Also I've surprisingly filled it up already. As someone who has moved around a lot in the past few years, this hard drive is an absolute must.
I have three of them currently. I've had them sicne I was at college hooked up to my laptop. I would have all of my files on them, and then when the semester would end, I would simply being everything home and hook it all up to my desktop with a seemless transition.
Then this past year I upgraded to a new computer. Rather than having to deal with the pain of transferring tons of files over. All I had to back up were a few document files from my hard drive onto one of the My Book Drives, and the transition was that much easier. I just plugged the drives into my new computer and my files were there waiting for me.
They load fast, transfer with no issues whatsoever, and never overheat. In comparison to other externals that I've owned, these are much more superior in terms of quality and price. I have had several different Western Digital external hard drives over the last 5 years. Initial setup is as easy as you would expect with just a power and network connection needed to get going. WD Discovery also makes it easy to map a network drive, browse the network shares, or create a shortcut, which again are tasks that can all be done manually if you so wish.
To our eyes the basic view really did seem to be just that, offering very little in the way of any useful features, dumbed down or not. This is of course, not necessarily a bad thing for novice users. Switching to Advanced view, however, lets you do more including specifying user access control including group policies and separate permissions for USB device access. This lets you store all your music and other multimedia on the My Book World Edition and then multiple computers running iTunes can access it all, without any conflicts.
No cooling fans are used and the drive runs quite cool anyway, but you should avoid positioning it in confined or dusty places to keep it running optimally. The Gigabit Ethernet port means file transfers should be reasonably fast but with a quick file transfer test using a 1,MB file we measured write and read speeds of The former being a somewhat below par figure. In terms of the basics, then, the My Book World Edition is pretty good. However, what sets this apart from the rest of the NAS box fraternity is its extras.
If you do change something, the software will then invisibly kick in and add an incremental update to the original backup. By default, three versions the original and two updates of a file will be kept before the original is replaced, and if you delete a file the two previous versions will still be available. It is incredibly easy to setup and although the initial backup takes sometime, subsequent backups impact little on everyday use. As for the remote access service, well, you can ignore it if you know how to set up remote access manually on NAS appliances but for your average user it can all be a bit much.
Mionet, then, is an online service that makes this process really easy. So long as you then leave your PC on, you can access it remotely. Editorial independence means being able to give an unbiased verdict about a product or company, with the avoidance of conflicts of interest. To ensure this is possible, every member of the editorial staff follows a clear code of conduct.
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