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Hang/Hook/Hold/Stick/Mount Portable Hard Drive to Laptop/Notebook Lid/Top/Case with Suction Cup

Posted At : August 9, 2009 6:40 PM | Posted By : Josh Adams
Related Categories: Creative Solutions,Travel,MacBook Pro

Eh...sorry if the title of this post is a little hard to read--it's because I really want others to be able to find this info when they do an Internet search 'cause I sure couldn't find any info about anything like this!

I wanted a way to hang/hook/hold/stick/mount/something! my portable hard drive onto the back of my MacBook Pro's lid/top/case/display/whatever. I wanted something that I could attach and remove quickly and easily and that, when removed, wouldn't leave any traces of its presence on the laptop (so no modifications of any type to the laptop). I was more open to modifying the portable hard drive case, but I wasn't wild about that. Really, that left me only 2 options: suction and hanging hooks--and what I discovered is that the best approach is a combination of both: suction for the portable hard drive and a hook to hang it all from the laptop lid. :) I found a wreath hook at Jo-Ann that is perfect! Check it out:

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Jon Davidson's Gravatar That is very cool Josh, you are the Man! I admire your sticktoitiveness.
# Posted By Jon Davidson | 8/9/09 8:15 PM
charlie arehart's Gravatar Yes, very clever, Josh. Thanks for sharing. I can appreciate the value of that, when you're on the road a lot with the laptop and want to have such a spare drive. They're often flopping around.

And Jon, that was very punny (sticktoitiveness). :-)
# Posted By charlie arehart | 8/9/09 8:49 PM
Eric's Gravatar any long term stress on the computer from hanging the hard drive?
# Posted By Eric | 12/14/09 6:18 PM
Josh Adams's Gravatar Good question, Eric. I don't know if it's fair to give a general answer to that question but what I can tell you is that I've been using this set up without issue for quite a while on my 15-inch MacBook Pro (circa February 2008; it's prior to the aluminum uni-body design or whatever it is that they call it; incidentally, I hear that on those uni-body MacBook Pros that the display hinge is too weak to support the weight of a set up such as this).
# Posted By Josh Adams | 12/16/09 12:26 PM
Erik's Gravatar Been searching for some type of solution to this very problem so I'm glad you used so many terms in your title. Very creating solution! Was combing the computer stores for some ideas but didn't find anything even remotely as functional as yours. Thanks for the idea!
# Posted By Erik | 2/21/10 7:54 PM
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