Alastair,
Thanks for that, I should have said that part of my thinking was to use
Thunderbolt's speed capability, at least I now know it can be done, I will have
to find out what the pros and cons of the various Thunderbolt storage options
are, then take the plunge.
Kind regards,
Steve.
On 1
Well, looks like it's the new iMac 3TB fusion and a usb3 back up hard drive
then.
So, do I use the 3TB hard drive for a cloned back up, (Super duper / Carbon
Copy.) OR rely on time machine, OR do I need the 3tb for a clone and a 4tb for
time machine, OR, if I am gong to clone my machine, can I a
+1 to that suggestion.
I've found USB3 to be very fast and much better value than Thunderbolt
equivalents.
All the best,
Jason
On 17 Sep 2013, at 20:25, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote:
> Why not get the iMac with 3TB fusion drive, then just back up to an external
> usb3 hard drive? It's the simple
With usb3.1 speeds reaching 10gb/sec, there isn't much need for thunderbolt
these days. That's probably why thunderbolt 2 is up to 20gb/sec, not that your
average user would ever need that sort of bandwidth.
Sam
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On 17 Sep 2013, at
Now there's an option I hadn't thought of, will look into it, thanks.
Steve.
On 17 Sep 2013, at 20:25, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote:
Why not get the iMac with 3TB fusion drive, then just back up to an external
usb3 hard drive? It's the simplest way of storing your data and making sure
everything
Folks,
I have a 2008 iMac which I updated with 4 GB of Ram and a 1TB hard drive.
I have almost 2000 music albums and 24,000 images in iPhoto / Aperture.
The system is getting a little sluggish and I am about to buy a new replacement
iMac.
When I get the new machine I want to limit the amount o
You can have either library on secondary disks (physically connected or remote)
but performance will depend on the connection speed
You could use an external Thunderbolt enclosure which would offer you the
ability for drive redundancy and expansion.
Alastair
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On 17 Sep 2013
Why not get the iMac with 3TB fusion drive, then just back up to an external
usb3 hard drive? It's the simplest way of storing your data and making sure
everything is backed up properly.
The fusion drive makes everything snappier, and you'll get a speed boost from
the iMac's processor and graph
Great input folks,
Thank you,
Steve.
On 17 Sep 2013, at 20:10, Toby Leighton wrote:
iTunes is a lot happier than iPhoto running from "not local" hard disks, but
both programs are very easy to make work in this way. If the drive is locally
attached - i.e. A drobo or similar attached with USB
It's basically the setup I've got using a 2008 iMac connected to a 4 bay
Drobo using Firewire 800.
If your going with a Drobo then plan your partitions, as I had issues due
to Timemachine wanting to take over the whole partitions. So had to give
each timemachine it's own partition so they play nic
iTunes is a lot happier than iPhoto running from "not local" hard disks,
but both programs are very easy to make work in this way. If the drive is
locally attached - i.e. A drobo or similar attached with USB thunderbolt or
firewire, then it should be possible to format the drive to the same
standa
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