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iMac w/ SSD + 1TB --how do I default data to TB drive
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1104239"><p>By and large, this is a bad idea.</p><p></p><p>First off, you are on a Mac. It does not require so much "management" as a PC does.</p><p></p><p>Second, some apps depend on the data being on the boot drive (as an example, fonts). Most of the ones that generate a lot of data (iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie as examples) certainly do allow you to store those libraries on external drives if you like, and some (like Photoshop) even let you assign external disks as scratch space.</p><p></p><p>But apart from the obvious culprits, most applications one uses generate negligible amounts of data. All the documents you have ever written in your entire life wouldn't fill up an 80GB drive. For many people, make that 40GB.</p><p></p><p>All my email for the last three years -- including every attachment I've gotten (I get about 100 emails a day, often with graphics file attachments) adds up to 5.77GB on a 320GB drive.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line: relax. You just don't need to fret about this stuff, as there's really only a few applications that even have the POTENTIAL to fill your HD and every one of them lets you store data wherever you want very simply and easily.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1104239"] By and large, this is a bad idea. First off, you are on a Mac. It does not require so much "management" as a PC does. Second, some apps depend on the data being on the boot drive (as an example, fonts). Most of the ones that generate a lot of data (iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie as examples) certainly do allow you to store those libraries on external drives if you like, and some (like Photoshop) even let you assign external disks as scratch space. But apart from the obvious culprits, most applications one uses generate negligible amounts of data. All the documents you have ever written in your entire life wouldn't fill up an 80GB drive. For many people, make that 40GB. All my email for the last three years -- including every attachment I've gotten (I get about 100 emails a day, often with graphics file attachments) adds up to 5.77GB on a 320GB drive. Bottom line: relax. You just don't need to fret about this stuff, as there's really only a few applications that even have the POTENTIAL to fill your HD and every one of them lets you store data wherever you want very simply and easily. [/QUOTE]
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