Very basic question - need advice on how to configure mac (hw and sw) to be safe and recoverable.
Background:
PPC G5, DP 2.0, 3gb RAM, 2x160 SATAs, OSX 10.4.9
Currently have OS on one drive, use other for recreational video-editing. I was storing all iTunes (close to 100gb and growing) and iPhoto (10gb) files on network drive (NAS in RAID5) for backup. I was backing up local documents and stuff using DataBackup application to second internal drive.
Long story short, the NAS mount has been acting funny since I took one of the recent security updates and it doesn't always mount. When it doesn't mount and I try to use iPhoto/iTunes, it either gives me the warning that it can't find a library or even worse, it points me back to a default location on my local drive and all of the sudden, I have 2 libaries that are out of sync.
I have 3 basic needs for space: OS/Docs, Music/Pics, video workspace.
Do most folks keep your music/photos local and if so are you using one giant disk for your OS that you backup to somewhere else? I think I have all the pieces, just need to know how other folks are tackling the same problem.
Background:
PPC G5, DP 2.0, 3gb RAM, 2x160 SATAs, OSX 10.4.9
Currently have OS on one drive, use other for recreational video-editing. I was storing all iTunes (close to 100gb and growing) and iPhoto (10gb) files on network drive (NAS in RAID5) for backup. I was backing up local documents and stuff using DataBackup application to second internal drive.
Long story short, the NAS mount has been acting funny since I took one of the recent security updates and it doesn't always mount. When it doesn't mount and I try to use iPhoto/iTunes, it either gives me the warning that it can't find a library or even worse, it points me back to a default location on my local drive and all of the sudden, I have 2 libaries that are out of sync.
I have 3 basic needs for space: OS/Docs, Music/Pics, video workspace.
Do most folks keep your music/photos local and if so are you using one giant disk for your OS that you backup to somewhere else? I think I have all the pieces, just need to know how other folks are tackling the same problem.