First post. After 30 years with MS, and 20 years as a professional developer on the Windows platform, I've finally had enough.
I have a new 27" iMac 5k with the 1TB SSD coming next week, and a Synology NAS to go with. The intent is to use the SSD as a "working" drive, and keep the bulk of photos, music, and videos on the NAS, as well as using the NAS for backups.
My impression is that the native Mac apps for dealing with media files tend to want to manage the files themselves and put them where they want, on the root drive. I realize that as a newbie I should try and go with the flow, and try and adopt the Zen of Apple - but the SSD won't come close to holding my files, and I don't want to have some terrible time unsorting a mess.
I would also prefer to keep the bulk of my personal files on the NAS if possible.
If I am mistaken in my impressions, great, please let me know. If not, some advice on how to approach this so I don't have to do it over 3 or 4 times would be appreciated.
I have a new 27" iMac 5k with the 1TB SSD coming next week, and a Synology NAS to go with. The intent is to use the SSD as a "working" drive, and keep the bulk of photos, music, and videos on the NAS, as well as using the NAS for backups.
My impression is that the native Mac apps for dealing with media files tend to want to manage the files themselves and put them where they want, on the root drive. I realize that as a newbie I should try and go with the flow, and try and adopt the Zen of Apple - but the SSD won't come close to holding my files, and I don't want to have some terrible time unsorting a mess.
I would also prefer to keep the bulk of my personal files on the NAS if possible.
If I am mistaken in my impressions, great, please let me know. If not, some advice on how to approach this so I don't have to do it over 3 or 4 times would be appreciated.