E.T., One more question I had forgotten to ask. Is your external drive attached to your network or a single computer on your network? If the former, is it connected to a router? I have a Negear router with two usb ports but I’ve never been able to use a usb drive attached to this netgear r8000 reliably. It sucks.
Simon > On 1 May 2020, at 23:24, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I use Carbon Copy Cloner which, once a first backup is done. will do > incremental backups. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > [email protected] > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 5/1/2020 3:12 PM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries wrote: >> Hi E.T, >> How do you back up such a big library? To a cloud service? Is yours a usb >> western digital disk? >> Simon >>> On 1 May 2020, at 22:58, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I use an external drive made by Western Digital (WD). The model I have is >>> not SSD but if I need to replace it, will look for SSD. >>> >>> A new Mac with a large internal drive is certainly an option but a budget >>> killer. My library on an external drive is about 1.5 TB (music, TV shows >>> and movies), I do not notice any lag time on my Apple TV. And no chance of >>> losing it because I do weekly backups. >>> >>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>> [email protected] >>> Many believe that we have been visited >>> in the past. What if it were true? >>> >>> On 5/1/2020 2:46 PM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> My Music/itunes library’s growing & growing. I’d like to pick your brains >>>> as to how to deal with it. Do I go an external drive way, or a very big >>>> SSD drive on a new mac? I’m concerned that should I relocate my library >>>> onto an external drive and it then develops a problem, I might lose >>>> everything? Also, does having a large library on an external drive slow >>>> down the playback/quality? And if external drive’s a solution, what >>>> drive? Pls be as generous in your opinions as this list allows or else >>>> email offline. >>>> thanks >>>> Simon >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >>> [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >>> [email protected] >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/95688d9b-72b3-014a-2bd5-73511f3c304b%40icloud.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/0a1ab2df-0383-664c-5c82-617196f0e3f1%40icloud.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/17FC6239-8F2A-4174-A978-E3BE6B42BEA3%40me.com.
