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<blockquote data-quote="parasbuy" data-source="post: 1625930" data-attributes="member: 189066">Hi Folks... I just received a 250GB SSD for Christmas and would like to use it as the primary boot drive.&nbsp; I currently have a 1TB as my primary and another 1TB as a Backup on a Mac Pro 5,1.&nbsp; I was wondering what the best strategy was in terms of maximizing performance?&nbsp; I should add that I also have a 250GB SSD on my MacBook Pro and regularly work with my DropBox files because they are synced everywhere.&nbsp; However, I use Lightroom quite a bit on the MacPro and also have Movies and MP3s that are using up most of the space on the drives.I suppose what I would like to do is have all my Applications on the SSD as well as the DropBox and everything else on the 1TB drive.&nbsp; Is there a way to partition the SSD + 1TB Primary as a single partition?&nbsp; Would this be a good idea?&nbsp; I am thinking that my DropBox would be my Backup for current files and I can setup CCCloner to backup the 1TB drive to its current Backup.I would have to transfer Mail to the new SSD and will Archive to reduce space.&nbsp; Lightroom, iMovie, and iTunes would have to be directed to the 1TB drive for the folders, though I don't know if there will be issues with this?Thanks for the input.Paras.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="parasbuy, post: 1625930, member: 189066"] Hi Folks... I just received a 250GB SSD for Christmas and would like to use it as the primary boot drive. I currently have a 1TB as my primary and another 1TB as a Backup on a Mac Pro 5,1. I was wondering what the best strategy was in terms of maximizing performance? I should add that I also have a 250GB SSD on my MacBook Pro and regularly work with my DropBox files because they are synced everywhere. However, I use Lightroom quite a bit on the MacPro and also have Movies and MP3s that are using up most of the space on the drives. I suppose what I would like to do is have all my Applications on the SSD as well as the DropBox and everything else on the 1TB drive. Is there a way to partition the SSD + 1TB Primary as a single partition? Would this be a good idea? I am thinking that my DropBox would be my Backup for current files and I can setup CCCloner to backup the 1TB drive to its current Backup. I would have to transfer Mail to the new SSD and will Archive to reduce space. Lightroom, iMovie, and iTunes would have to be directed to the 1TB drive for the folders, though I don't know if there will be issues with this? Thanks for the input. Paras. [/QUOTE]

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