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Hi
I'm a recent switcher to mac and I'm now using both mac and Windows on iMac and windows on my laptop. I haven't fully transferred my existing files from my laptop to the imac and i'm looking around for a good strategy to manage my files. The reason is i want to start my filing the right way between the multiple OSes so I don't have to mess around with fixing it later on.
Main file categories that I have are: photos, documents, music and videos. I would need my documents to be accessible easily between my imac and laptop as I neeed to work on the laptop from time to time. I would be working on my photos on my imac mainly using Lightroom. Music would be accessed using iTunes from mac as well. For videos, I just need a place to dump all the videos and access to it from either mac or windows and play using vlc.
For the above usage, I'm not very sure how I should partition my 2TB hard drive and also planning a back up. I have a 1TB external hard drive about 1/3 filled with back up from windows and videos.
Any tips for partitioning, where to store the files, backup, etc?
I'm thinking of partitioning 1TB each for OSX and windows and then use time machine on my 1TB ext drive. What do you think? Is a third partition in the iMac accessible to both OSX and windows necessary?
Thanks,
looking forward to a great experience with mac
I'm a recent switcher to mac and I'm now using both mac and Windows on iMac and windows on my laptop. I haven't fully transferred my existing files from my laptop to the imac and i'm looking around for a good strategy to manage my files. The reason is i want to start my filing the right way between the multiple OSes so I don't have to mess around with fixing it later on.
Main file categories that I have are: photos, documents, music and videos. I would need my documents to be accessible easily between my imac and laptop as I neeed to work on the laptop from time to time. I would be working on my photos on my imac mainly using Lightroom. Music would be accessed using iTunes from mac as well. For videos, I just need a place to dump all the videos and access to it from either mac or windows and play using vlc.
For the above usage, I'm not very sure how I should partition my 2TB hard drive and also planning a back up. I have a 1TB external hard drive about 1/3 filled with back up from windows and videos.
Any tips for partitioning, where to store the files, backup, etc?
I'm thinking of partitioning 1TB each for OSX and windows and then use time machine on my 1TB ext drive. What do you think? Is a third partition in the iMac accessible to both OSX and windows necessary?
Thanks,
looking forward to a great experience with mac