Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

I just purchased a 500GB Maxtor drive, 800Mb FireWire.  My system is a new iMac, 2GHz cpu, 
2GB memory, 320GB drive.  Since I've loaded on the software and some video footage, 
already I'm 'down' to 200GB free.  

So I bought this external drive and realize I'm unclear exactly how I want to use it.  There's 
several large video and music projects in the near future.

I hear Logic works better when the audio files are on a fast external drive.  I'm also tempted 
to simply import new video footage onto the external drive.  But this scenario simply expands 
my available space and does nothing to protect my data.

I could partition the drive, part as backup, part as overflow.  But that gets nonsensical.. if 
part of it's a backup area, using SuperDuper or CCC or even (gasp) Time Machine, and then I 
use the other partition for audio or video storage, all I'm doing is NOT backing up that stuff 
and also betting that the external drive will last longer before failure than the system drive!

So.. help me think my way out of this paper bag.

thanks!

My solution involves spending more money, which you should be doing  
to help the economy anyway.

I have FW800 external for all audio, samples, loops, songs, and  
MP3's.  That way I can take it on the road with my laptop and not be  
missing anything.  I would take the garageband and logic audio  
content and move it from the iMac to the 500gb, putting aliases in  
the original locations so Logic knows where to find them.

Then I would buy a bigger, slower backup drive that you can fit both  
your internal and external data on.  OK, slower isn't crucial, but  
may save you some dough, which is bad for the economy, but good for you.

That way you have a system drive, a media drive, and a backup drive.   
I don't know how elegant it is, but it meets all your needs.

Gregory

On Apr 24, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Karl M wrote:

> I just purchased a 500GB Maxtor drive, 800Mb FireWire. My system is  
> a new iMac, 2GHz cpu,
> 2GB memory, 320GB drive. Since I've loaded on the software and some  
> video footage,
> already I'm 'down' to 200GB free.
>
> So I bought this external drive and realize I'm unclear exactly how  
> I want to use it. There's
> several large video and music projects in the near future.
>
> I hear Logic works better when the audio files are on a fast  
> external drive. I'm also tempted
> to simply import new video footage onto the external drive. But  
> this scenario simply expands
> my available space and does nothing to protect my data.
>
> I could partition the drive, part as backup, part as overflow. But  
> that gets nonsensical.. if
> part of it's a backup area, using SuperDuper or CCC or even (gasp)  
> Time Machine, and then I
> use the other partition for audio or video storage, all I'm doing  
> is NOT backing up that stuff
> and also betting that the external drive will last longer before  
> failure than the system drive!
>
> So.. help me think my way out of this paper bag.
>
> thanks!
>
>
> 



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Thanks. A 1TB backup-only drive, maybe USB to keep the cost down, used a couple of 
times/week, makes a lot of sense.

best

--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, Gregory Anderson <glists@...> wrote:

>
> My solution involves spending more money, which you should be doing  
> to help the economy anyway.
> 
> I have FW800 external for all audio, samples, loops, songs, and  
> MP3's.  That way I can take it on the road with my laptop and not be  
> missing anything.  I would take the garageband and logic audio  
> content and move it from the iMac to the 500gb, putting aliases in  
> the original locations so Logic knows where to find them.
> 
> Then I would buy a bigger, slower backup drive that you can fit both  
> your internal and external data on.  OK, slower isn't crucial, but  
> may save you some dough, which is bad for the economy, but good for you.
> 
> That way you have a system drive, a media drive, and a backup drive.   
> I don't know how elegant it is, but it meets all your needs.
> 
> Gregory
> 
> On Apr 24, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Karl M wrote:
> 
> > I just purchased a 500GB Maxtor drive, 800Mb FireWire. My system is  
> > a new iMac, 2GHz cpu,
> > 2GB memory, 320GB drive. Since I've loaded on the software and some  
> > video footage,
> > already I'm 'down' to 200GB free.
> >
> > So I bought this external drive and realize I'm unclear exactly how  
> > I want to use it. There's
> > several large video and music projects in the near future.
> >
> > I hear Logic works better when the audio files are on a fast  
> > external drive. I'm also tempted
> > to simply import new video footage onto the external drive. But  
> > this scenario simply expands
> > my available space and does nothing to protect my data.
> >
> > I could partition the drive, part as backup, part as overflow. But  
> > that gets nonsensical.. if
> > part of it's a backup area, using SuperDuper or CCC or even (gasp)  
> > Time Machine, and then I
> > use the other partition for audio or video storage, all I'm doing  
> > is NOT backing up that stuff
> > and also betting that the external drive will last longer before  
> > failure than the system drive!
> >
> > So.. help me think my way out of this paper bag.
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> >
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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>