Seeing that I have already bought a MacBook Air 2011 13" 128 SSD, and a Lacie 1 TB external HDD, I have some questions here, hoping that some of you folks can help me. Thanks in advance.
As you can see, 128 SSD is not big, and neither is 256 SSD. I want to put some of my files on the external HDD but do not know which can be put (because it might affect performance and so on). Please answer where I should put these:
- iTunes Library. Not large, 6 GB.
- Films (well, clear on this one, ext HDD).
- Photos. 1 GB. iPhoto or ext HDD?
- Games buying off the Mac App Store. As far as I am concerned, they can be moved to ext HDD. Some games from Gameloft consume so much storage that I just want to blow my head. Can I move them to ext HDD and still play them? Is the in-game speed affected apart from the time to start up the program?
- iWork.
- iLife '11.
- CS 5 Adobe Master Suite. This whole set is like 20 GB or something.
- Bootcamp. Can I install Windows on the external hard disk (not so important)?
The last question: Is there a benefit of partitioning the external hard disk? For example, 1 TB -> 200 GB for games, apps, documents, media and back up (time capsule) each. Or is it better just to leave it as a whole?
As you can see, 128 SSD is not big, and neither is 256 SSD. I want to put some of my files on the external HDD but do not know which can be put (because it might affect performance and so on). Please answer where I should put these:
- iTunes Library. Not large, 6 GB.
- Films (well, clear on this one, ext HDD).
- Photos. 1 GB. iPhoto or ext HDD?
- Games buying off the Mac App Store. As far as I am concerned, they can be moved to ext HDD. Some games from Gameloft consume so much storage that I just want to blow my head. Can I move them to ext HDD and still play them? Is the in-game speed affected apart from the time to start up the program?
- iWork.
- iLife '11.
- CS 5 Adobe Master Suite. This whole set is like 20 GB or something.
- Bootcamp. Can I install Windows on the external hard disk (not so important)?
The last question: Is there a benefit of partitioning the external hard disk? For example, 1 TB -> 200 GB for games, apps, documents, media and back up (time capsule) each. Or is it better just to leave it as a whole?