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<blockquote data-quote="James" data-source="post: 1808613" data-attributes="member: 7582"><p>Hey Kenny, sounds like your system and mine are about the same only I went for the larger SSD, but I also went with a larger external drive to do the same type of thing you are thinking about. With the price of T drives I would recommend going with the largest you can afford. I went with a 4T WD drive that I partitioned into 4 1T sections and keep my music in 1 of the 1T partitions and use a 1T partition to use for Time Machine backups. I use a third 1 T partition for my graphics & photos and the forth 1 T partition as a file archive. This way the only thing on my 1T SSD is the operating system and programs that can take advantage of the extra speed.</p><p></p><p>What pigoo3 and Sly are telling you is good advice and would certainly work well for you if you took that path. I prefer the way I went for the simple reason is when I turn the unit on every thing is there ready for use without having to hook up another drive, but that is a matter of personal preference and either will get the job done. I'm a great believer in getting drives with enough room to expand. I remember my old days when I bought my first 20 meg hard drive and thought my God I will never fill that up...now I use programs that are bigger than 20 megs...<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Evil.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Evil:" title="Evil :Evil:" data-shortname=":Evil:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James, post: 1808613, member: 7582"] Hey Kenny, sounds like your system and mine are about the same only I went for the larger SSD, but I also went with a larger external drive to do the same type of thing you are thinking about. With the price of T drives I would recommend going with the largest you can afford. I went with a 4T WD drive that I partitioned into 4 1T sections and keep my music in 1 of the 1T partitions and use a 1T partition to use for Time Machine backups. I use a third 1 T partition for my graphics & photos and the forth 1 T partition as a file archive. This way the only thing on my 1T SSD is the operating system and programs that can take advantage of the extra speed. What pigoo3 and Sly are telling you is good advice and would certainly work well for you if you took that path. I prefer the way I went for the simple reason is when I turn the unit on every thing is there ready for use without having to hook up another drive, but that is a matter of personal preference and either will get the job done. I'm a great believer in getting drives with enough room to expand. I remember my old days when I bought my first 20 meg hard drive and thought my God I will never fill that up...now I use programs that are bigger than 20 megs...:Evil: [/QUOTE]
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