Hi, I've used Intel Mac Minis for my two recording studios for many years. I maintain a legacy Mojave OS setup for editing software I don't want to part with that isn't usable with OS generations beyond 10.14. (10.15 and above --the 64-bit only standard)
Anyway, I've been using external Samsung 870 drives for quite awhile as my "write-to" disk, connected via the USB 3.2 port. I've decided to pick up some newer gen Samsung SSDs for faster write times/lower latency. From what I can gather this should roughly double my transfer speeds...and they could be even higher with other, newer drives via the TB port(s)...but for my purposes 3.2 speed should be plenty fast.
In the past when I've made a simple change like swapping out drives that are associated with an existing user architecture, i recall running into problems with Permissions. Like, this ain't as drop dead simple as early generation Macs where you could just change a drive and the recognition would not change. It just worked. What I'd LIKE to do after formatting them HFS+ (also a requirement of the "Legacy" editor DAW I use) - is transfer all the existing content on the old HDs over to the new drives and ideally, just start 'writing' to them like nothing changed. I also recall, last time i made a change like this...there were some internal things to adjust such as disabling "SIP" and enabling TRIM. (Anything else?)
I want to make this switch on two different but identical i7 2018 Minis as seamlessly as possible. What's the best way to move the stuff on the old drives to the new drives that are replacing them. What if anything do i need to do to avoid any weird anomalies like lockouts of certain folders or files ("Priveleges"). This sort of stuff is why I always get anxious making changes like this.
Shouldn't be a big deal...but always seems to have some catch.
Thanks for any thoughts!
Anyway, I've been using external Samsung 870 drives for quite awhile as my "write-to" disk, connected via the USB 3.2 port. I've decided to pick up some newer gen Samsung SSDs for faster write times/lower latency. From what I can gather this should roughly double my transfer speeds...and they could be even higher with other, newer drives via the TB port(s)...but for my purposes 3.2 speed should be plenty fast.
In the past when I've made a simple change like swapping out drives that are associated with an existing user architecture, i recall running into problems with Permissions. Like, this ain't as drop dead simple as early generation Macs where you could just change a drive and the recognition would not change. It just worked. What I'd LIKE to do after formatting them HFS+ (also a requirement of the "Legacy" editor DAW I use) - is transfer all the existing content on the old HDs over to the new drives and ideally, just start 'writing' to them like nothing changed. I also recall, last time i made a change like this...there were some internal things to adjust such as disabling "SIP" and enabling TRIM. (Anything else?)
I want to make this switch on two different but identical i7 2018 Minis as seamlessly as possible. What's the best way to move the stuff on the old drives to the new drives that are replacing them. What if anything do i need to do to avoid any weird anomalies like lockouts of certain folders or files ("Priveleges"). This sort of stuff is why I always get anxious making changes like this.
Shouldn't be a big deal...but always seems to have some catch.
Thanks for any thoughts!
