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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jpdemers" data-source="post: 1941600" data-attributes="member: 117810">My two cents:  Given your situation, a 512GB internal drive will not leave you short of space.  The default memory on the new iMacs is more than enough, unless you want to edit large video files. Use one EHD for your photo storage, the other (larger) one for Time Machine, and get a copy of Carbon Copy Cloner - it will smoothly duplicate your photos folder(s) onto the Time Machine EHD on command or on a schedule.  If either drive fails, you don't lose anything (other than the older versions of files that Time Machine stores, if that's the drive that dies.)My "documents" folder is fairly large, so I keep that with my photos, on an EHD, with an alias in my home folder. Works like a charm, my internal SSD remains roomy, and CCCloner keeps it backed up.</blockquote>