OS X :: IMac And Macbook - How Do You Store Files On?
Feb 7, 2009
I'm about to buy a new Macbook and I was wondering how people stored their files. For example, I have all my music on my iMac - do people normally share music and photos between their computers?
I'm thinking that having two computers can be quite frustrating if some of the files are on a desktop and you're out and about with a laptop.
I don't want to have all my data spread across two machines - I think this might be confusing!
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Sep 24, 2009
im looking for an external hard drive or solid state drive that i can use to store additional files and partition and use as a time machine.
the only thing that i really want is bus powered, i cant be bothered with carrying round another AC adapter.
any recommendations?
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Apr 26, 2009
There is some refubs in the store for the 3.06 imac with the 8800 cards.Will this be quicker than my unibody MBP 2.53 and 9600 video card?I use ilife 09, firefox, alittle gaming using bootcamp and XP.I don't know if I should sell the MBP and buy the Imac because I don't ever move the MBP and like the 24" monitor
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I was told yesterday that i should have an external drive dedicated to my itunes and all my music, videos etc. i have more then enough space on my imac's HD to store everything i need, but this person was telling me it helps with application loads if i store the itunes files on a separate, external HD.
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Jan 3, 2010
I wanted to store files on a Time Capsule that is also a Time Machine target. Problem is that Time Machine eats up all the space with time.
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As a dirty hack, I created a disk image on TC's hard-disk and I mount it via an AppleScript. The concept is the same as Loopback devices in Linux or Solaris except for the fact that disk files cannot be shared among multiple users at the same time.
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