So I recently had a hard drive failure and the replacement makes my MBP feel brand new. Basically, I want to know what you guys do to keep your Apple computer running at peak performance.
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Keeping my MacBook Pro speedy
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I've been looking more and more into getting an SSD and moving my HDD into my the optibay but because I would only put the OS and apps on it I haven't yet been able to figure out what size I should get. Obviously, SSD's are not the cheapest and I don't want to pay for something I'll only use half of.
Any ideas for a good size SSD that will only hold the OS and apps?
Any ideas for a good size SSD that will only hold the OS and apps?
You haven't mentioned what apps you run, therefore we cannot give you an accurate answer.
In my case I am using about 132GB. 96GB of that is in my home directory. So as a rough estimate 36GB is being used by apps and the OS. That means I could use a 64GB SSD which would allow for growth. Why don't you try to figure out how much space you are currently using for apps plus the OS?