SSD: not necessary, but no moving parts. > On 7 Sep 2020, at 15:14, garym <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > if the only issue you have is running out of storage space on the Mac, > just buy a USB HDD of appropriate size, copy all your music to it, and > attach it to your Mac. Your music files don't need to be on an SSD > drive. Regular USB portable (self powered) spinning drive is fine. The > value of the SSD drive is for LMS core activities (cache, etc.), and not > in the loading up of your music files. > > p.s. I'm also a fan of the rPi approach and have several setups using > rPi4B and attached 4TB USB drive. > > > > *Home:* VBA 4TB (2.5) -or- rPi4B/pCP6.1/4TB>LMS 7.9.3>Transporter, > Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) > *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.4) -or- rPi4B/pCP6.1/4TB>LMS 7.9.1>Touch>Benchmark > DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (ethernet, Radio WIFI) > *Office:* Win10(64)>LMS 7.9.3>Squeezelite > *The Wild: *rPi3B+/pCP4.0, hifiberry Dac+Pro, 4TB USB (LMS & > Squeezelite) > *Controllers:* iPhone11 & iPadAir2 (iPeng), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay > 7.8 on Win10(64) > *Files:* ripping: dbpa > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; > Streaming: Spotify > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112897 > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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