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Apple Computing Products:
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HHD --> SSD + HDD with a clean install of the OS; how would you do it?
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1657744" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>You have a lot going on... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> What we usually recommend is to place the SSD in the SATA drive slot (in other words replacing your original 500 GB HDD) and the 1 TB HDD in the Optical Drive Bay. The only complication you'll run into is if you intend to install Windows using Boot Camp. If you do not intend to install Windows, there should be no glitches.</p><p></p><p>As far as what to put on which drive, the simple answer is put everything you need for speed on the SSD (programs) and other data on the HDD. Obviously video files take up more space and probably should go on the HDD.</p><p></p><p>If you intend to do a clean install of OS X (Yosemite, Mavericks, ?) make sure you have an adequate tested backup to restore your data from. I make and keep two backups: Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner on two separate external hard drives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1657744, member: 46727"] You have a lot going on... ;) What we usually recommend is to place the SSD in the SATA drive slot (in other words replacing your original 500 GB HDD) and the 1 TB HDD in the Optical Drive Bay. The only complication you'll run into is if you intend to install Windows using Boot Camp. If you do not intend to install Windows, there should be no glitches. As far as what to put on which drive, the simple answer is put everything you need for speed on the SSD (programs) and other data on the HDD. Obviously video files take up more space and probably should go on the HDD. If you intend to do a clean install of OS X (Yosemite, Mavericks, ?) make sure you have an adequate tested backup to restore your data from. I make and keep two backups: Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner on two separate external hard drives. [/QUOTE]
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