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I've been a mac user for over 10 years, and feel like I know quite a bit about them. But until recently (I just got married), I've never owned more than one mac at a time, and now I am in uncharted territory.
A few questions:
1) What is the best way to do file management between our iMac and MacBook Pro? For example: Trying to find a photo - did we load that one onto the iMac or the laptop? Or iTunes - "Dang it - I bought that song on the laptop, but I'm on the iMac."
2) In reference to the above question, if we decided to have the iMac be the "master" computer that gets all the photos and songs purchased on it, what is the best way to transfer them to the laptop? (CDR's, thumb drives, or emailing every time I want to transfer a file could get annoying - is there a better way?)
3) I need to buy a wireless router, and I see that the Airport Extreme has a USB port for an external hard drive. Would I want that so that I can transfer files between the two computers, or can I set that up without needing an extra hard drive and the Airport Extreme? (i.e., using "sharing", which I've never done).
I realize this is a lot of info here, but they are all related questions so I didn't want to split them up into separate threads. An advice would be appreciated.
A few questions:
1) What is the best way to do file management between our iMac and MacBook Pro? For example: Trying to find a photo - did we load that one onto the iMac or the laptop? Or iTunes - "Dang it - I bought that song on the laptop, but I'm on the iMac."
2) In reference to the above question, if we decided to have the iMac be the "master" computer that gets all the photos and songs purchased on it, what is the best way to transfer them to the laptop? (CDR's, thumb drives, or emailing every time I want to transfer a file could get annoying - is there a better way?)
3) I need to buy a wireless router, and I see that the Airport Extreme has a USB port for an external hard drive. Would I want that so that I can transfer files between the two computers, or can I set that up without needing an extra hard drive and the Airport Extreme? (i.e., using "sharing", which I've never done).
I realize this is a lot of info here, but they are all related questions so I didn't want to split them up into separate threads. An advice would be appreciated.