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or Mac. “I spent 140 days travelling for work last year, doing documentaries, campaign commercials and educating TV professionals, so this drive has been a big time saver for me,” he says. “I can actually do my 4K workflow from my MacBook Pro with that drive.” ONE SYSTEM Without needing to transcode his 4K footage to a lower resolution or transfer it to an internal HDD/SDD, Nicolai sold his iMac. “I now have one system and I always have it with me. It’s more flexible,” he says. Nicolai’s improved set-up consists of a 2017 MacBook Pro, an external GPU – for additional processing power – and the G-DRIVE mobile Pro SSD, but he says the biggest difference to his workflow has been the drive. It’s bus powered too, so it doesn’t need external powering. This makes it possible for Nicolai to take his G-DRIVE mobile Pro SSD wherever the story takes him: “I can edit on-set, at the airport or when I’m travelling. It doesn’t matter where I am, I can start working right away. The most important thing for me is that it’s so versatile. I can have the power of my iMac in a small drive have your laptop, the weak part is the hard drive. The G-DRIVE is more secure” At up to 2TB, the G-DRIVE mobile Pro SSD can handle almost anything you can throw at it. Weighing just 0.2kg, it has a 454kg crush-proof and 3m drop-proof rating, making it the ideal companion for travelling pros. “When you’re travelling, and you have your laptop on you, the weak part is always the hard drive. The G-DRIVE is much more secure,” says Nicolai. Portable and durable, the G-DRIVE mobile Pro SSD is pocket-sized. Engineered for purpose, inside and out, the integrated “When you’re travelling, and you that can also run my 4K footage.” PORTABLE AND DURABLE
IMAGES The G-DRIVE Mobile Pro SSD enables Nicolai to edit on-set, at the airport or when he’s travelling. It doesn’t matter where he is, Nicolai can start working immediately.
aluminium heatshield ensures sustained write performance without thermal throttling and keeps it cool to the touch. “It’s a money-saver, too,” Nicolai adds. “With that drive, I can get the transfer speeds I need for editing my 4K footage without taking my RAIDs with me, which are always extra cost for baggage,” he explains. The G-DRIVE mobile Pro SSD is approx £624/$699 for 1TB, making it more cost-effective than upgrading 1TB of your new MacBook Pro. Plus, the mobility of the drive means it’s easier to carry with you and since it’s a solid-state drive, it contains no moving parts, so it’s at less risk of becoming damaged or lost in transit. GAME CHANGER Nicolai’s future travels will take him to Oslo, Norway, Istanbul and the United States,
where he’ll be educating TV professionals. He’s also working with Canon and on various TV documentaries that are due to air later in the year. Nicolai’s time may seem spent, but the G-DRIVE mobile Pro SSD is helping him gain some of that back. He concludes: “I never thought a drive would change my workflow and my set-up, but that’s what it did.”
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