07-16-2020, 06:30 PM
jdc wrote:
[quote=d4]
Thank you all for the conversation.
After sleeping on it, I think this is a good plan.
Current:
4TB WD Passport HDD: cheap, slow, and dependable for daily Time Machine backups
Coming tomorrow:
2TB Sandisk Ultra SSD (on sale for $184): monthly cloning of drive with SuperDuper
Future:
2TB NVME drive w/OWC TB3 NVME case: house the Mac Mini's Photos image library.
I think this is backwards... and overkill? -- or something.
What are you using for the boot drive? are you having issues with photos and your 500 GB archive now? what kind of drive is it on?
The boot drive is the 2020 MacMini internal 1TB SSD. The internal SSD is currently 70% full. 500GB of which is the Photos App library of personal photos and videos.
In the near future I am planning on moving the 500GB Photos App library to it's own external drive before it fills the internal drive. Since the Photos App accesses the library when I'm browsing, using the "Live picture" feature, editing and saving photos in the Photos App, saving slideshows, and projects I'm thinking of using the faster NVME drive for this purpose.
The Sandisk ULTRA 2TB SSD is the middle child. To be used for manual drive backup and misc backups. On sale yesterday for $184. Arriving tomorrow.
The 4TB WD HDD is the slowest. It's used for scheduled daily Time Machine backups in the background at night. I sometimes forget it's even there.