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SSD + HD Partitioning
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<blockquote data-quote="parasbuy" data-source="post: 1626238" data-attributes="member: 189066"><p>Wow... thank you, ManoaHi... I appreciate the time you must have put in to provide these suggestions. I've learned a lot and it has already been very helpful, for sure. Thank you!</p><p></p><p>Current Setup:</p><p>MacPro Late 2010.</p><p>Currently have two 1 TB HDDs. One is primary and one is backup.</p><p>Have a new 250 GB SSD</p><p>OS X version: 10.10.1</p><p></p><p>Macbook Pro Early 2014</p><p>250GB SSD</p><p>OS X version: 10.10.1</p><p></p><p>The risks you outlined in #3 A+B were too high for me, so I've taken and implemented a lot of your suggestions...</p><p></p><p>1. Installed the new SSD as the Primary</p><p></p><p>2. Installed the OS, Apps, and Dropbox folder integrated in Finder onto the SSD</p><p></p><p>3. Kept the former Primary 1TB HDD as a Secondary and the 1TB Backup as still being a 1TB backup for the Secondary. The Secondary is still a bootable drive and I can get into via pressing Option during the boot-up sequence.</p><p></p><p>4. Continuing to use CCCloner to clone from the Secondary to the Backup on a daily and monthly basis. The Secondary also has Dropbox (integrated into Finder) so I expect that as long as I use only documents that are in Dropbox while on the Primary SSD, everything should be copied to the Secondary, and then cloned to the Backup drive.</p><p></p><p>5. Same thing with the SSD on the Macbook Pro, as I use only documents that are in Dropbox (integrated into Finder), everything should sync through with the other drives in the same manner. I bring up the MBP because, similar to your setup, it is my travel buddy for my most current files, just as the Primary SSD is on the MacPro.</p><p></p><p>6. Finally, via an alias to the Documents folder to the Secondary HD, I can still readily access the music, video, and photography files. </p><p></p><p></p><p>So, a few questions...</p><p></p><p>A. I've implemented the SSD into the data connection located in the second (empty) DVD-drive bay of the MacPro. Is this slower or the same as inserting where all the other HDD drive bays are?</p><p></p><p>B. Is the assumption in #4 true? Will CCC do a backup from the Secondary to the Backup without my actually being in it. What if I am using the SSD while the scheduled backup time comes up (it's scheduled to do this in a few hours so I guess I'll find out what happens the hard way. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>C. What I was trying to avoid via putting a single partition with the SSD + (now) Secondary HD was the split in the file structure of having some things on the SSD and others on the Secondary. So, I am currently only using Lightroom by booting into the Secondary. This is obviously inconvenient and inefficient, so I would like to transition to using Lightroom via the SSD instead. However, I'm not familiar with how to implement this properly yet within Lightroom. It seems as if I will have to manually move files from Lightroom on the SSD into Lightroom on the Secondary, but I am not sure. I cherish my photos immensely so I want to be sure I don't inadvertently lose files while working across the different disks.</p><p></p><p>D. To make things more practical, I've erased using Apple Mail on the Secondary and now kept it only on the Primary SSD. This takes up a lot of space, however, so I will need to Archive, etc. Same with Calendar, it's too confusing and too much downloading and syncing going on.</p><p></p><p>E. Similar issues with other apps... Mendeley / Zotero has too many and large files for the SSD. iMovie and Blender for videos. iTunes for music. Is there a better way?</p><p></p><p>F. I using engineering software.. Solidworks, Matlab, etc. via a Windows drive and have a backup for it, as well. I was hoping to use Windows and these apps via a dual-boot partition on the SSD as well, but it seems I won't have enough space and things seem convoluted enough already.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I must say, as well, that the SSD is really very nice compared to using the HDD. It's amazingly quiet and booting up / down is so much faster than before.</p><p></p><p>Thank you again for your input!</p><p></p><p>Best regards,</p><p>Paras.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="parasbuy, post: 1626238, member: 189066"] Wow... thank you, ManoaHi... I appreciate the time you must have put in to provide these suggestions. I've learned a lot and it has already been very helpful, for sure. Thank you! Current Setup: MacPro Late 2010. Currently have two 1 TB HDDs. One is primary and one is backup. Have a new 250 GB SSD OS X version: 10.10.1 Macbook Pro Early 2014 250GB SSD OS X version: 10.10.1 The risks you outlined in #3 A+B were too high for me, so I've taken and implemented a lot of your suggestions... 1. Installed the new SSD as the Primary 2. Installed the OS, Apps, and Dropbox folder integrated in Finder onto the SSD 3. Kept the former Primary 1TB HDD as a Secondary and the 1TB Backup as still being a 1TB backup for the Secondary. The Secondary is still a bootable drive and I can get into via pressing Option during the boot-up sequence. 4. Continuing to use CCCloner to clone from the Secondary to the Backup on a daily and monthly basis. The Secondary also has Dropbox (integrated into Finder) so I expect that as long as I use only documents that are in Dropbox while on the Primary SSD, everything should be copied to the Secondary, and then cloned to the Backup drive. 5. Same thing with the SSD on the Macbook Pro, as I use only documents that are in Dropbox (integrated into Finder), everything should sync through with the other drives in the same manner. I bring up the MBP because, similar to your setup, it is my travel buddy for my most current files, just as the Primary SSD is on the MacPro. 6. Finally, via an alias to the Documents folder to the Secondary HD, I can still readily access the music, video, and photography files. So, a few questions... A. I've implemented the SSD into the data connection located in the second (empty) DVD-drive bay of the MacPro. Is this slower or the same as inserting where all the other HDD drive bays are? B. Is the assumption in #4 true? Will CCC do a backup from the Secondary to the Backup without my actually being in it. What if I am using the SSD while the scheduled backup time comes up (it's scheduled to do this in a few hours so I guess I'll find out what happens the hard way. ;) C. What I was trying to avoid via putting a single partition with the SSD + (now) Secondary HD was the split in the file structure of having some things on the SSD and others on the Secondary. So, I am currently only using Lightroom by booting into the Secondary. This is obviously inconvenient and inefficient, so I would like to transition to using Lightroom via the SSD instead. However, I'm not familiar with how to implement this properly yet within Lightroom. It seems as if I will have to manually move files from Lightroom on the SSD into Lightroom on the Secondary, but I am not sure. I cherish my photos immensely so I want to be sure I don't inadvertently lose files while working across the different disks. D. To make things more practical, I've erased using Apple Mail on the Secondary and now kept it only on the Primary SSD. This takes up a lot of space, however, so I will need to Archive, etc. Same with Calendar, it's too confusing and too much downloading and syncing going on. E. Similar issues with other apps... Mendeley / Zotero has too many and large files for the SSD. iMovie and Blender for videos. iTunes for music. Is there a better way? F. I using engineering software.. Solidworks, Matlab, etc. via a Windows drive and have a backup for it, as well. I was hoping to use Windows and these apps via a dual-boot partition on the SSD as well, but it seems I won't have enough space and things seem convoluted enough already. I must say, as well, that the SSD is really very nice compared to using the HDD. It's amazingly quiet and booting up / down is so much faster than before. Thank you again for your input! Best regards, Paras. [/QUOTE]
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