I am receiving my 1tb WD Scorpio blue in the mail today, I am wondering how i should set it up...
I am not a super heavy user, but I do do lots of photo editing- i have 400gb in photos thus far (about 50,000 pictures).
I have some 20-30 gb of apps. And I will not delete them, many of them I actually do use, and adobe software takes up a lot...
I also have some 350gb of iTunes and other media data.
So this is how I was planning to partition my drive:
1st partition: System files and apps. Put it on first for speed issues. Problem is, I dont know how big to make it.... I was thinking 50-100gb
2nd partition: Photos. Make it my photo drive, and I can use aperture to link to it no problem. Probably make it a 450gb or so partition, I am going to go through photos a lot and try to thin it down by 10,000 or so pictures.
3rd. Partition: Media. Put my some 350gb of movies on it, and use it for video editing as well.
So basically, the first partition is for everyday use, so I want to have my web design files on it (right now cruising along at 6gb), as well as downloads, documents, etc. What size should I make this partition???
Edit: Also, how do I set up a drive for mac? I'll google while I wait...
I am not a super heavy user, but I do do lots of photo editing- i have 400gb in photos thus far (about 50,000 pictures).
I have some 20-30 gb of apps. And I will not delete them, many of them I actually do use, and adobe software takes up a lot...
I also have some 350gb of iTunes and other media data.
So this is how I was planning to partition my drive:
1st partition: System files and apps. Put it on first for speed issues. Problem is, I dont know how big to make it.... I was thinking 50-100gb
2nd partition: Photos. Make it my photo drive, and I can use aperture to link to it no problem. Probably make it a 450gb or so partition, I am going to go through photos a lot and try to thin it down by 10,000 or so pictures.
3rd. Partition: Media. Put my some 350gb of movies on it, and use it for video editing as well.
So basically, the first partition is for everyday use, so I want to have my web design files on it (right now cruising along at 6gb), as well as downloads, documents, etc. What size should I make this partition???
Edit: Also, how do I set up a drive for mac? I'll google while I wait...