Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create ...

The best external hard drives transfer files quickly, are durable enough to withstand a few knocks, and offer a wide range of storage sizes to meet your needs and budget. We've tested hard disk drives ...

Welcome to TUAW's 2011 Holiday Gift Guide! We're here to help you choose the best gifts this holiday season, and once you've received your gifts we'll tell you what apps and accessories we think are ...

Dump that poky portable hard drive! External solid-state drives are faster and more affordable than ever. Check out our ...

While OS X makes external drives available to all users on the system, you can change this to ensure your files are only accessible by you. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

Recently we published a set of benchmarks comparing how the eSATA, USB, and FireWire interfaces compare in data storage applications. The external storage article detailed three sets of benchmarks ...

Apple on Monday released Lion Recovery Disk Assistant software to enable users to create recovery partitions on external drives. The company also issued an update to its Logic Express and Logic Pro ...

You can still make an external macOS bootable drive, but Apple's tighter security procedures mean you have to prepare for it before your internal drive fails. Here's how to do it all, and what's been ...