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Setting up your new Macbook Pro
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<blockquote data-quote="joshbrez" data-source="post: 966615" data-attributes="member: 26453"><p>There is no need to do any of this partitioning on a Mac. I used to set up the PCs I built in a similar fashion, but on the Mac it's not needed. The OS X system files sandbox themselves away nicely in their own directory of the drive without needing to be moved. </p><p></p><p>Applications do not spread component files out on the system anywhere nearly as much as Windows programs do either. You'll start with a directory at ~/Applications, where you'll install things (much easier process for this on a Mac as well, but that's for another post). Most apps are single, self-contained files.</p><p></p><p>As for keeping personal data, that's what the home folder (at ~/) is intended for. Keep your stuff there, and regularly run back ups.</p><p></p><p>I definitely understand the urge to separate stuff out, but on a Mac you can enjoy not having to do that anymore.</p><p></p><p>Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joshbrez, post: 966615, member: 26453"] There is no need to do any of this partitioning on a Mac. I used to set up the PCs I built in a similar fashion, but on the Mac it's not needed. The OS X system files sandbox themselves away nicely in their own directory of the drive without needing to be moved. Applications do not spread component files out on the system anywhere nearly as much as Windows programs do either. You'll start with a directory at ~/Applications, where you'll install things (much easier process for this on a Mac as well, but that's for another post). Most apps are single, self-contained files. As for keeping personal data, that's what the home folder (at ~/) is intended for. Keep your stuff there, and regularly run back ups. I definitely understand the urge to separate stuff out, but on a Mac you can enjoy not having to do that anymore. Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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