So Upgraded 2010 MBP to SSD now what?

[Reach9]

Hey all,

So I just upgraded my 2010 13" MacBook Pro to a 250GB SSD and removed my SuperDrive to put in the original 256GB HD in it's place.

Now that I restored my files from my backup, my SSD has about 80GBs remaining. I want to free up some space from my SSD and put it in the HD.

What types of files can I and/or should I put in my HD to make room in my SSD?
What are some best practices?

Any advice would be great, thanks!

 

[Ries]

Anything not that is not Mac OSX, Apps or stuff you touched in the last month?

 

[JTToft]

Stuff you use less often will be best as it will minimise your dependence on the hard drive. If you don't have anything you don't use often, photo libraries and iTunes libraries are probably the best candidates. Certainly no system files or applications if you can avoid it.

You might also consider using it as an on-board Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner backup rather than for extra storage.

 

[Freyqq]

Hey all,

So I just upgraded my 2010 13" MacBook Pro to a 250GB SSD and removed my SuperDrive to put in the original 256GB HD in it's place.

Now that I restored my files from my backup, my SSD has about 80GBs remaining. I want to free up some space from my SSD and put it in the HD.

What types of files can I and/or should I put in my HD to make room in my SSD?
What are some best practices?

Any advice would be great, thanks!

Make symbolic links and move over some folders that don't need fast disk access (example: itunes). I have a similar config and did that successfully.

 

[r6mile]

You could make it into a 500GB Fusion Drive so you don't have to think about any of this. It's quite an easy process, though you will need to first backup all your files into an external drive.

 

[CooperBox]

You could make it into a 500GB Fusion Drive so you don't have to think about any of this. It's quite an easy process, though you will need to first backup all your files into an external drive.

I'm intrigued. What's the procedure to transform into a Fusion Drive?

 

[r6mile]

These are the instructions I used, both in a 2012 Mac Mini (120GB Samsung 850 EVO + 500GB HDD) and in a 2008 Mac Pro (250GB Samsung 850 EVO + 500GB HDD). It's quite simple, just requires use of the terminal and the recovery partition but the instructions are quite clear.

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/pro-tip-how-to-create-and-disable-a-fusion-drive/

 

[Channan]

Basically just put media on the HDD and everything else on the SSD.

 

[Dave Felix]

Hey all,

So I just upgraded my 2010 13" MacBook Pro to a 250GB SSD and removed my SuperDrive to put in the original 256GB HD in it's place.

Now that I restored my files from my backup, my SSD has about 80GBs remaining. I want to free up some space from my SSD and put it in the HD.

What types of files can I and/or should I put in my HD to make room in my SSD?
What are some best practices?

Any advice would be great, thanks!

Did you get yours on Amazon? I just happen to see one for 150 - 500GB and I'm really interested in ordering it.

I wouldn't have removed my Superdrive, but thats up to you.