Aperture 3.0 with library on a USB 2.0 flash driver?

Big-Mac-Please · 25 Dec 2012 at 22:49

Merry Christmas all!

I run aperture 3.0 at the moment from a WD 500gb external small hard drive without any problems at all. Not sure if its USB 3 or 2 but I've been thinking about using a USB flash driver pen instead.

How do you think a 128GB USB 2 flash driver would fair?

Thanks!

Big-Mac-Please · 27 Dec 2012 at 17:44

Any thoughts on this??

Turbo-G · 29 Dec 2012 at 13:10

Well technically the read/write speeds to flash storage are going to be quicker on a USB2.0 Flash drive, in contrast to a USB2.0 traditional external hard drive. You're prob best to determine whether your WD drive is USB3.0 or not before making a decision.

However, its worth bearing in mind that Apple don't recommend the use of AP3 libraries on a none-local disk for performance reasons IIRC.

Big-Mac-Please · 29 Dec 2012 at 13:37

Ah ha thanks for the reply!

How can I tell if its USB 3.0 or 2.0?

It works fine with the library on the hard drive.

Big-Mac-Please · 1 Jan 2013 at 12:52

Ok I've googled the model number and its a 5400rpm usb2.0 external hard drive so with that in mind a USB 2.0 stick should be Atleast the same if not better?

Thanks!

Turbo-G · 1 Jan 2013 at 23:13

Yeah, solid state storage will most definitely be faster than a 5400rpm USB2 disk.

How 'new' is your Air, does it have USB3? Obviously, unless it supports it you wouldn't see any benefit from picking up a USB3 disk/flash drive anyway.

Big-Mac-Please · 2 Jan 2013 at 12:12

Its the latest model so has USB 3.

I will get a flash driver ordered

Thanks for the info!

Turbo-G · 2 Jan 2013 at 13:29

Pleasure, I trust you backup to an external device/service too? A pen drive is oh so easy to lose/break!

Big-Mac-Please · 2 Jan 2013 at 19:08

I do indeed

You know what its like, probably ought to do it more!