Hello,
I have a MacBook Air 2013 Mid 2013 with 500 GB of storage.
I am trying to figure out the best way to increase storage and backup my files.
I currently backup my computer to a 2 TB WD MyPassport for Mac (A)
I have a bunch of videos that I have scattered on SD cards, some on my computer, and some in back up drives. I plan on making this more consistent by combining all my video files into one drive, another 2 TB WD MyPassport for Mac (B). Although I am also looking at a WD My Book.
So I have my Master Backup (A) and my Video Storage (B). I want to be able to store my videos ONLY on the Video Storage and have THAT drive have a backup of it's own (another 2 TB WD MyPassport for Mac). This would be C.
Several months ago I asked the best way to copy the contents of a device, and was told that cloning may be the best option, that is, cloning B onto C.
However, I wonder if it would be okay to drag & drop/copy & paste instead? Otherwise I would have to clone the drive every time I add new videos to B.
For example, say I have 20 GB of video on an SD card. I would save it from the SD card to Video Drive (B). In turn, I would copy and paste it from B to C.
I don't know if this would raise any issues, but I would like to be able to clear my SD cards. Right now most of my videos have been sitting on them for months.
Then, when I go to edit videos in iMovie, I will hook in Video Drive (B) to my MacBook Air, copy the files to my computer, and then edit them. Then I would in turn backup the edited videos to Video Drive (B), and then in turn copy and paste to C.
I have read about cloning, but I am using the same computer and same external hard drives for my data. It's a bunch of .mov and .mp4 files I am dealing with, and I don't think cloning is necessary for me. Plus I would have to clone the entire drive every time I save videos to B.
What I am basically asking is what kind of issues might I deal with if I drag & drop as opposed to clone, especially since I am not too familiar with cloning.
I just want to be able to get to files on C in the event that B becomes damaged/corrupt. That is, for C to become the new B, and then I would get another drive to backup C.
Thanks for any advice!
I have a MacBook Air 2013 Mid 2013 with 500 GB of storage.
I am trying to figure out the best way to increase storage and backup my files.
I currently backup my computer to a 2 TB WD MyPassport for Mac (A)
I have a bunch of videos that I have scattered on SD cards, some on my computer, and some in back up drives. I plan on making this more consistent by combining all my video files into one drive, another 2 TB WD MyPassport for Mac (B). Although I am also looking at a WD My Book.
So I have my Master Backup (A) and my Video Storage (B). I want to be able to store my videos ONLY on the Video Storage and have THAT drive have a backup of it's own (another 2 TB WD MyPassport for Mac). This would be C.
Several months ago I asked the best way to copy the contents of a device, and was told that cloning may be the best option, that is, cloning B onto C.
However, I wonder if it would be okay to drag & drop/copy & paste instead? Otherwise I would have to clone the drive every time I add new videos to B.
For example, say I have 20 GB of video on an SD card. I would save it from the SD card to Video Drive (B). In turn, I would copy and paste it from B to C.
I don't know if this would raise any issues, but I would like to be able to clear my SD cards. Right now most of my videos have been sitting on them for months.
Then, when I go to edit videos in iMovie, I will hook in Video Drive (B) to my MacBook Air, copy the files to my computer, and then edit them. Then I would in turn backup the edited videos to Video Drive (B), and then in turn copy and paste to C.
I have read about cloning, but I am using the same computer and same external hard drives for my data. It's a bunch of .mov and .mp4 files I am dealing with, and I don't think cloning is necessary for me. Plus I would have to clone the entire drive every time I save videos to B.
What I am basically asking is what kind of issues might I deal with if I drag & drop as opposed to clone, especially since I am not too familiar with cloning.
I just want to be able to get to files on C in the event that B becomes damaged/corrupt. That is, for C to become the new B, and then I would get another drive to backup C.
Thanks for any advice!