- #New hard drive for imac 2008 archive#
- #New hard drive for imac 2008 pro#
- #New hard drive for imac 2008 free#
You can call it whatever you want, such as +My Data+. WHAT IT DO instead is just create a top-level folder on the external drive. Then, I'm not sure what would happen, because my user account folder would not be accessible.
#New hard drive for imac 2008 pro#
I might use that feature if I had a Mac Pro with multiple internal drives, but with an external drive, I would be afraid of starting up and not having the external drive turned on. Right (Control) click on your user account in the sidebar and select +Advanced Options+.īUT I don't do it that way. With Leopard and Snow Leopard, you can actually use System PreferencesĪccounts pane to put your user home folder on a different drive. How do I get all this stuff configured so I have my apps and OS on the new iMac and the user data on the external? The catch is this - the old IMac G5 has over 300 gigs of info, apps and OS on it so I cannot put it all on the new iMac and the move it around. are backed up on my 500gb Time Capsule (as well as still on the old iMAc G5 which can turn on but when it goes to sleep it does not come back on without a restart and other issues.) I just bought a 1 TB drive that I thought would go into the iMac but if I use your set-up I will get a case for it and use it externally. Here's what I've got - iMac with 250 gb HD no info on it yet but the OS and apps that come with it. It has a 250 gig HD which I thought I would swap with a 1 TB drive but I have just discovered that the interior is not as accessible as the G5 and drive swapping needs to be done by a pro.īut I would like to do your set-up using the 250 gb drive for the OS and apps and the 1 TB drive as an external for the user data.
I just bought a refurbished Intel iMac from (not the newest version). Your set up sounds great and looks like it would work for me and the quandary I am in. Just do a +zero out data+ erase, reinstall original OS and apps, and sell it. I won't have to take my iMac apart again to remove that big drive, or even do any extensive data transfer off the internal drive, since it is mostly the OS and apps. When I replace my trusty iMac a few years from now (probably about the time Snow Leopard ends its run), all I have to do is take my external drives with my data and backup to my new Mac.
#New hard drive for imac 2008 archive#
If that 320GB drive becomes too full, I would put my 750GB drive in the FireWire case, and get an even bigger drive for the Time Machine archive connected by USB 2.0. This is a flexible arrangement, and it runs quite well for a +late 2006+ model, especially since going to 10.6.1.
And I have a 750GB USB 2.0 drive that is my Time Machine archive drive, which backs up the internal drive and FireWire drive. I have a 320GB FireWire (400) drive that holds most of my user data.
#New hard drive for imac 2008 free#
Most of my user data is on an external drive, so more than 50% is free space on that internal drive. My setup is the stock 160GB internal drive which is mostly used for the OS and apps. There is operational efficiency to running the OS and apps off a limited size volume, about 160GB to 250GB, and storing user data on a separate drive.
I prefer to expand the primary storage with FireWire. is having a 10% off sale this weekend on all their hard drives Green lineup is marketed as being low-power. Green drive that I use externally, as my Time Machine archive drive, and it is extremely quiet and barely gets warm the Any 3.5-inch SATA drive should work, as long as it does not exceed the power and thermal limitation of being inside an iMac case.
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