Best ways to make silent backups

[ace (Adam Engst)]

@bstein

Tell us how you like your new iMac when you get it. What upgrades did you order and can you explain why you picked that particular configuration?

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@kg.parr

How about a wooden box lined with eg egg boxes under the desk somewhere?

I’d be very worried about heat in such a situation.

@padrecohen

Adam, the least expensive way and least complicated to eliminate that pesky hard-drive noise is https://tinyurl.com/yyj9yhzf .

Way too cheap—I can put fancy AirPods Pro earbuds in my ears if I want silicone in there. :-)

I decided to go for a Samsung T7 2TB drive for $345 (after tax). I just don’t have sufficient regular need for the things that don’t fit on my main boot drive to put up with a NAS or another Mac purely for quieting down the storage.