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dangerly

macrumors regular
Original poster
Oct 27, 2009
151
5
European Dis-Union
Good morning,
i have a 24" iMac with 1Tb internal HDD, almost full. Would like to move all my data to an external HDD:
-documents folder
-iPhoto libraries
-iTunes library
-Photoshop elements photo library
-Premiere elements video library

My questions:
1. which is the best way to do it so that the OS and applications will find the moved data right away and with no or minor hassles on my part?

2. after i move the data to the external HDD i can still rely on Time Machine to back up both the internal HDD and the external HDD, and still use Time Machine for a future migration to a new iMac?
Thanks for any helpful advice
 
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