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How would you use 1TB of storage on 13" MacBook Pro?

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HiFiGuy528

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I just installed a second hard drive in my 13" MBP. Here thread here. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/757885/

With almost 1TB of onboard storage I plan to put all my movies and music on it. Here's how I plan to use it.

Use Handbrake to convert all my DVDs to iPhone/iPod Touch format and load them all on the MBP. It should ba about 1.5gb per movie. This will allow me to freely add movies to my iPod Touch very quickly as I please.

Rip all my CDs to 256kb (iTunes Plus) and manage in iTunes. This will allow me to have all my music on my 160gb iPod Classic.

How would you use 1TB on your laptop? :)
 
I'd tote my entire anime collection around with me. The only problem is that 1TB still isn't enough;)
 
I think I am going to do this later this year. Just not sure if I should go with 2x 500gb or a 80gb intel ssd and a 500gb hard drive?
 
I'd get a 1TB external and make damn sure everything is backed up, if one drive goes and that's half your media, well, I'd be pissed.
 
I don't need that much on a laptop and I'd rather have my DVD drive instead of another HD.

So I would buy an external FW800 one and store my movie/TVshows/VODs on it.
 
eXan said:
I don't need that much on a laptop and I'd rather have my DVD drive instead of another HD.

So I would buy an external FW800 one and store my movie/TVshows/VODs on it.
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i dont see the point in having 1TB of storage for the amount of media that i need to have on me at all times. i have my entire music collection and plenty of videos on my 250GB hdd. id love to get an external hdd and load it up with all of the seasons of my favorite tv shows though.
 
Most of my hard drive space is taken up by photos. I volunteer with a summer camp for kids, and one of my responsibilities is to take photos, and collect photos taken by others. Ultimately these end up on the website, on DVD slideshows, etc. There has been an exponential increase in the amount of space taken up by photos! I think I pulled in 10 gigs of pictures for this past summer alone.

I just bought a 1 TB hard drive last week, and installed it in a D-Link DNS-323 network attached storage device. My plan is to turn it into a repository, both for all those camp photos, and for my own files including my collection of mp3's and videos. The DNS-323 can be turned into a web server and it does FTP and UPnP media sharing out of the box, so I'm looking forward to being able to access my files from anywhere!
 
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