Late 2012 Mini BootCamp Options and Confusion

[Midlandmorgan]

Howdy, 1st post from a totally confused Mac user.

I’ve got a dual partitioned Mini, one side running High Sierra, the other Windows 10. Both operating systems are used exclusively for audio applications (ProTools, Cubase, Studio One, Samplitude)...

New 1TB SSD USB arriving shortly. Would I be better off running each operating system from this, or should I have a separate drive for each? Is it possible to clone both Windows and Mac OS at once?

Been reading on line articles for a week, each says something different. Thanks for your input.

 

[Midlandmorgan]

For follow up...used Carbon Copy Cloner

couldn’t figure out how to load both, so I just cloned High Sierra to a Samsung 1T USB 3 SSD (took about 1.5 hrs), left BootCamp as is.

The Mac boot came up ready to run in less than 20 seconds...had been taking near a minute. ProTools stupidity fast, Cubase never ran faster, even with dedicated drives for orchestra packs, etc..

Booting to Windows via the old drive was significantly faster (no idea why)... audio apps there significantly less taxing to the system.

Anyhow, the desired results achieved albeit in a roundabout way. Mac Mini will continue to rock.