Storage — digital storage, in this case — is where the information resides before being accessed.
The WD Blue SN500 NVMe solid-state drive (SSD) — announced on March 14 — is not to be confused with the existing SATA WD Blue. The new internal drive, among other things, is much faster. But it’s in no way the fastest on the market due to its modest NVMe …
Time Machine is an excellent backup tool for any Mac. However, by default, it keeps all backup versions until the backup destination, be it an external drive or a storage server, is full. This practice can be wasteful, and eventually, you’ll have no space for other uses, like storing files. …
The Synology DS1019+ is a formidable alternative to the DS1618+. The severs is the second revision of Synology DS10xx lineup since the DS1010+ that came out in 2010. The new server is affordable — costing just $650 disk-less — while delivering an excellent feature set. That includes dual-channel 4K transcoding …
If you’re looking for a replacement solid-state drive (SSD) for your budget computer, here’s my recommendation: The Crucial BX500. This drive takes SSD affordability to a new level. You can get the newly-released maximum capacity of 960GB for just $130, or about 13 cents per gigabyte. There are also 480GB, …
I didn’t expect much from the Dell Inspiron i5575-A217SLV-PUS notebook. I bought it because it was relatively cheap, and I just needed a simple machine for testing. But it turned out to be such a satisfying buy after I upgraded to a solid-state drive (SSD). So here’s the deal: If …
The name says it all. The new Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe solid-state drive (SSD), released today, is indeed what its older brother — the 970 EVO — is, plus a bit more. It has enough more for Samsung to decide to use it in the place of the 970 …
It’s quite hard to make portable storage devices interesting these days, but WD has managed to do just that at CES 2019 with four new products, each unique in its own right. These include the SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD, the My Passport Go, the SanDisk Flashback, and the SanDisk 4TB USB-C Prototype. …
In case you don’t know, using your Android’s Photos app (or Google Photos for iOS), you can automatically save an unlimited amount of photos and videos on Google cloud for free, making it easy to access and share them. Just sign in Google Photos using any platform, and all is …
