Iomega UltraMax 500GB Desktop HDD Repinion

Hey everyone, recently I just purchased the Iomega UltraMax 500GB Desktop HDD… 

I was very excited upon taking it out of the box and setting it up, but unfortunately my excitement didn’t last long. I set up the HDD through FireWire 400 to my iMac. I also set up the HDD to work with Time Machine, which is an application for Mac that allows you to Restore files in real-time from your HDD back to your computer…

As for the physical settings for the HDD, I actually thought it was really loud when I first set it on my desk. The stand that the HDD sits on basically puts all of the vibrations into the desk, which for me, I have a wooden desk and if I don’t have the HDD setting on something it makes a loud humming sound. This problem can be solved by setting the HDD on anything that will remove it from the desk surface such as a wallet (what I use since mine is empty) or a DVD/game case.

The speed of the HDD is very fast, although I havn’t tried USB 2.0, FireWire 400 is working perfectly for me. This HDD along with many other’s don’t actually give you ALL of the space you pay for. For example, my 500GB HDD was actually just 465GB upon taking it out of the box and setting it up for the first time.

Overall, I honestly wish I would’ve waited and gotten Apple’s new HDD, Time Capsule, which features a 500GB or 1TB with a built in Airport Extreme Base Station that uses wireless to connect the HDD to your Mac; $299 or $499 I believe.

I would recommend this Desktop HDD for anyone who just needs a whole lot of space on a disk for pretty cheap.

Thanks for reading!