Review: Kingston Bolt is an easy way to add extra storage to your iPhone or iPad

Kingston Bolt is a dual-purpose Lightning/USB drive that effortlessly allows you to store or backup photos and videos from a compatible iOS device.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 13

Review: Fantom Drives G-Force 3.1 USB-C SSD great for on-the-go video editing

Fantom Drives has long been purveyors of external drives, almost always encased in a durable metal body. Their new 1TB G-Force 3.1 drive carries on that tradition with the addition of USB-C.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 13

Review: G-Drive mobile adds USB-C for on-the-go storage

The G|Drive mobile USB-C portable hard drive is an updated version of their popular portable storage designed to work with Apple's latest Macs, and AppleInsider has one.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 9

New SD card format will transfer at nearly a gigabyte per second

The SD Association has published a new version 7.0 specification for SD cards, with updates in two areas significantly increasing the potential capacity of the future memory cards, as well as boosting the data transfer rates to almost 1 gigabyte per second.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 24

NAS roundup: Best network attached storage options for Mac, iPhone, and iPad users

A Network Attached Storage device can provide shared storage, a Time Machine backup target, and additional useful features for Mac, iPhone, and iPad users on a local area network — and beyond. Here are the best Apple-friendly NAS units to meet and exceed the now discontinued Time Capsule's features.

AppleInsider Staff 8 years ago 82

Video: As Dropbox IPO goes live, should you consider switching to iCloud Drive?

As Dropbox goes public, AppleInsider examines if it is time to consider whether you should stay put with iCloud Drive, or fully embrace Dropbox for your cloud storage needs.

Andrew O'Hara 8 years ago 32

OWC ships Mercury Elite Pro Quad four-bay external drive with USB-C connectivity

Aftermarket Mac upgrade vendor OWC has launched the Mercury Elite Pro Quad, an external hard drive enclosure which connects via USB-C that is capable of offering up to 48 terabytes of RAID storage when all four of its bays are occupied with drives.

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 3

Apple confirms use of Google cloud services to store iCloud user data

Apple has confirmed it is using Google's cloud storage services to hold iCloud user data, with a notification in a security document effectively acknowledging rumors from 2016 suggesting Apple is paying Google alongside other major third-party companies for access to their cloud infrastructure.

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 17

Sonnet ships 1 terabyte version of the Fusion Thunderbolt 3 PCIe Flash Drive

Thunderbolt 3 GPU enclosure vendor Sonnet has started shipping another Mac-related accessory, by offering a version of its Fusion Thunderbolt 3 PCIe Flash Drive that includes 1 terabyte of storage to users requiring a portable high-speed solid state external drive.

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 2

Western Digital ships G-Speed Shuttle external storage devices with dual Thunderbolt 3 ports

Drive producer Western Digital has launched two models of the G-Speed Shuttle, an external storage device range aimed at content creators that offers up to 48 terabytes of capacity and boasts fast transfer speeds using Thunderbolt 3 connectivity to connect to an iMac Pro or MacBook Pro.

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 5

Patriot Memory 'Evlvr' Thunderbolt 3 portable SSD boasts high transfer rates, power efficiency

Patriot Memory launched a new external storage device at CES, with the Evlvr Thunderbolt 3 Portable SSD boasting high writing and reading performance in a compact package, one that is also claimed to be power efficient as well as fast.

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 5

Plugable Thunderbolt 3 drive offers 480GB of NVMe SSD external storage with fast data transfer rates

Dock and accessory producer Plugable introduced the Thunderbolt 3 480GB NVMe Solid State Drive at CES, an external storage device that takes advantage of the high bandwidth of Thunderbolt 3 connections to offer fast transfers in a highly portable form factor.

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 22

Last call! Giveaway: Enter to win a 3TB AV Pro 2 USB-C Storage Hub from CalDigit

Ends today! CalDigit is partnering with AppleInsider this week to give readers the chance to win one of two 3TB AV Pro 2 USB-C Storage Hubs valued at $249.99 each.

Christine McKee 8 years ago 0

Akitio launches MacBook Pro compatible Thunder3 Quad X Thunderbolt 3 external enclosure

Enclosure producer Akitio has unveiled the Thunder3 Quad X, an external storage device that can also be used to connect a second display, as well as providing high transfer speeds to enclosed drives over a Thunderbolt 3 connection.

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 7

Promise reveals 'Mac-ready' versions of Thunderbolt 3 Pegasus3 RAID arrays

Promise Technology is updating its Pegasus3 desktop RAID storage systems by introducing four new 'Mac-ready' models, with the additional Pegasus R4, R6, and R8 storage devices offering up to 80 terabytes of capacity with data transfers over Thunderbolt 3, but this time will work on Mac 'out of the box.'

Malcolm Owen 9 years ago 5

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