The Nifty MiniDrive

Marky · 17 Jul 2012 at 22:39

Hey all,

Just thought I'd share another little kickstarter some of you might be interested in...

Kickstarter said:
The Nifty MiniDrive is an easy to use device that allows anyone to quickly and simply increase the available memory in their MacBook computer, as well as providing a set and forget back-up solution.*

The Nifty MiniDrive - Kickstarter.com

I've had my MacBook Pro since the beginning of 2011 and I've not once had to use my SD slot - so this definitely interests me

It sounds great to put the slot to good use, and have a decent on-board backup solution!

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Marky

shine · 17 Jul 2012 at 22:49

They mean increase your storage not RAM! It's just an adapter for mini SD cards. I'm happy plugging my mini SD cards into my existing adapter directly into the MBP.

Marky · 17 Jul 2012 at 22:52

shine said:
They mean increase your storage not RAM! It's just an adapter for mini SD cards. I'm happy plugging my mini SD cards into my existing adapter directly into the MBP.

Where did I say it was for RAM? :/

AbsenceJam · 17 Jul 2012 at 23:18

I saw this last week. The pricing is hilarious, I can buy 3x microSD > SD adaptors for a quid. Sure, they won't sit flush but give it a few weeks after this is out and you'll get ones that do.

mr.sly · 17 Jul 2012 at 23:23

Thanks for this, definitely going to order one. Think I might keep my iTunes library on this and save space on the main drive for apps and games.

shine · 18 Jul 2012 at 00:03

Marky said:
Where did I say it was for RAM? :/

I never said you, I said "they" did. Check your quote in the OP!

Deleted member 77746 · 18 Jul 2012 at 00:20

Thanks for this, I shall be purchasing one with a 64gig mini sd.

Rameses · 18 Jul 2012 at 02:10

Not bad idea to be fair, you can understand it being far cheaper to simply buy a normal SD card but for me if I did have a Air/Pro I know I'd want it to be flush that way it'll fit in your cover/case and basically you or anyone else will not notice it sticking out of the machine which I know would annoy me. Not so sure it'll be much use as a TM unless you do have a 64GB Air, but it can be handy for that extra storage.

uniQ · 18 Jul 2012 at 07:49

Do you not still get the annoying warning "The disk was not ejected properly" after sleep/wake and various scenarios that you do with USB unless you eject the drive first?

Marky · 18 Jul 2012 at 08:47

mr.sly said:
Thanks for this, definitely going to order one. Think I might keep my iTunes library on this and save space on the main drive for apps and games.

Good times

Yeah it'd be great for holding your music and other small documents on.

shine said:
I never said you, I said "they" did. Check your quote in the OP!

Ah my apologies, I thought you meant that I had said it was for RAM

PaulyD · 18 Jul 2012 at 09:18

uniQ said:
Do you not still get the annoying warning "The disk was not ejected properly" after sleep/wake and various scenarios that you do with USB unless you eject the drive first?

This would be good to know, never tried SD card in my macbook before

Deleted member 77746 · 18 Jul 2012 at 12:39

I love how they are flush so can be a hidden device as part of the Macbook.

GeX · 18 Jul 2012 at 13:16

That's nifty.

POB · 18 Jul 2012 at 18:50

Neat, shame there is no SD on my 11"

slinxy · 18 Jul 2012 at 19:44

I dont get it :confused:

Its a microSD to SD card convertor.. ok so its flush to the macbook but at that price.. :eek:

its not nifty...

If this was a dragons den idea.. I certainly wont be backing it..

mr.sly · 18 Jul 2012 at 19:45

slinxy said:
I dont get it Its a microSD to SD card convertor.. ok so its flush to the macbook but at that price.. its not nifty...

If this was a dragons den idea.. I certainly wont be backing it..

Sounds like you get it, just not the price.

whitecrook · 18 Jul 2012 at 19:55

I wish they would make usb cables sit flush against the machine. e.g Like the thin wire that comes out the PSU -- make that plug in like the power cable of the mac pros.

GeX · 18 Jul 2012 at 21:56

That would encourage people to pull them out by the cable.. which is bad.

mp101 · 19 Jul 2012 at 23:19

Backed this myself for 2, really neat idea, sure it will get copied at some point

durbs · 25 Jul 2012 at 01:24

PaulyD said:
This would be good to know, never tried SD card in my macbook before

Neither had I, in fact it used to annoy me, I'd look at it and think when would I EVER need to plug an SD card into my laptop, that space could be another USB port, I could use that.

...........then I lost the stupid proprietary cable that one of my cameras came with and suddenly that SD slot is the best thing since sliced bread