Transcend JetDrive Lite

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Nübox is the only one I know that sells JetDrive Lite here in Singapore.
 
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Just bought the JetDrive Lite 330 for rMBP 13" at Nubox. $125 for 128GB which is pretty ok. But limited to USB speeds though....Using for iTunes and iPhoto libraries

Works as advertised.... ;-)
 
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Heard jetdrive will heat up computer or drain battery fast..

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evirob said:
Woah, where did you read bout that? Was transferring the files earlier, seems pretty ok....
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"*Edited my review after 1 full month of use. Down from 5-stars to 3-stars. The reason being is that my battery life has drastically reduced. Typically on my MBA 2013, I was getting around 8-11 hours while traveling. Now, I'm only maxing around 3.5 hours at full charge. The battery drainage compared to what this card offers is just not worth it. So as a secondary card, I really like the speeds as I reported. However, to always have it mounted as an external, completely not worth it.

I purchased the JetDrive Lite 130 128GB here on Amazon for my 2013 13" MacBookAir.

First, it is formatted in ExFAT and I had to research to understand why. It seems it does have a speed edge over HFS+ so I'll be keeping it as is (plus the I don't have a PC if I want to reformat back to ExFAT). I have no problems with Read/Write, works right out of the box so not sure what the issue is of others reporting that it's write only. I renamed the drive and have copied files back and forth.

I ran BlackMagic Speed Test and I'm getting avg 52MB/s Write and 85MB/s Read as you can see the photo I uploaded. I ran this with a 5GB file.

Overall, I'm quite happy with it. My only complaint is how I might use this. I was so excited to get it I didn't really think through what I would store on here. Because of how almost flush it fits, it's not good for sharing files as it'll be incompatible to place into other SD supported devices. It really is just a secondary hard drive. And since I primarily use my laptop at home connected to a Thunderbolt display with a Thunderbolt drive, I don't need it as a scratch drive (my Thunderbolt drive gets 240MB/s Write and 320MB/s Read speeds so no need to change). I might just store it with movies and such that I might need while traveling.

Anyway, if my only problem is finding what to put on it, then I'll be fine. I was thinking of using it as a Time Machine backup but it's too small compared to my internal HD size. But then again, to always have it mounted might be a good thing."

http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-JetDrive-Storage-Expansion-TS128GJDL130/product-reviews/B00K73NT0S
 
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Thanks for the info.

To mitigate this issue, just download Transcend's JetDrive ToolBox to enable sleep mode.

As for performance, never benchmarked it, using it for iTunes and photos only..
 
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am using the nifty drive though... exclusive in the apple online store. use your own micro sd card. i am using the Sony class 10 microsd card 64gb. running windows 8.1 pro of it... no issues. but yes still has battery drain issues. seems that if there is anything in the sd card slot, there will be battery drain when the mac is ZZzzz-ing.
 
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manofsorrows said:
am using the nifty drive though... exclusive in the apple online store. use your own micro sd card. i am using the Sony class 10 microsd card 64gb. running windows 8.1 pro of it... no issues. but yes still has battery drain issues. seems that if there is anything in the sd card slot, there will be battery drain when the mac is ZZzzz-ing.
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try using Jettison app search google 'Jettison Sd'. It will eject your selected device when mac go the sleep. Im using it and everytime it will eject the sdcard hope it helps you.
 
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