Sorry, am coming back into this thread late. Busy day today. :) I'm looking into Thunderbolt docks at the moment and have only gone the USB SSD route for convenience in the short-term until I decide whether or not to purchase a dedicated PT computer or just use this MBA with external drives.
Until I get settled with the software and evaluate any accessibility quirks it might have, I'll probably just stay with USB / SSD unless it is unbearable. :) If I get a new dedicated machine, I might get a new iMac but I haven't really decided yet. I'm also thinking of another MBA as I really like the portability and convenience. Is anyone using an Air with a TB dock? What do people find their fav set-ups are for using PT effectively?… Thanks much and talk with y'all soon! Smiles, Cara :) On Jul 1, 2013, at 3:38 PM, TheOreoMonster <[email protected]> wrote: THe only new mac since late 2012 that still fw is the mac mini, so apple is start to phase that out as well, requiring you to use fw to thunderbolt adapters. So long as you are not running massive pro tools projects you shouldn't have issues with USB and latency. Its the reason i haven't upgraded to an FW drive yet. On Jul 1, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Robin Kipp <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > perhaps the best option to go with would have been Firewire, it's still > present in most Mac computers and reasonably fast. But I'm afraid that using > USB 2.0 means that latency issues will arise, perhaps sooner than later… :-( > Robin > Am 01.07.2013 um 13:47 schrieb TheOreoMonster <[email protected]>: > >> Yes try, thunderbolt would be the best option or USB 3 would be better if u >> are on a mid 2012 or later mach that has USB3. But i imagine Thunderbolt or >> USB3 interfaces would of driven the cost up significantly. >> On Jul 1, 2013, at 6:54 AM, Robin Kipp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey Cara, >>> glad to hear the guys at the Apple Store could help you out here and all is >>> running fine now! :-) >>> Just one question out of curiosity: did you try to boot up your MacBook Air >>> while pressing CMD+Option+R? On an older Mac that came with 10.7 Lion, this >>> should bring up the Lion recovery setup. >>> The reason for this appears to be that when you press this key combo, your >>> MacBook will not try to boot from the recovery partition, but instead >>> resort to booting from Apple's servers over the internet. Note that this >>> only works with Macs that came with Lion preinstalled, as earlier Macs >>> don't have this internet booting capability. Also, this will install >>> whichever OS version came with your Mac when you purchased it, so if you >>> bought a newer model running 10.8, that's what you're gonna get when you >>> try this… >>> Once again, I'm not 100% exactly sure about this, but it's what seems to be >>> the case from what I know from my own tests and stuff I read online. >>> >>> Also, just curious… Why did you spend so much money on SSDs and then >>> connect them to your Mac using USB? SSDs are a great choice for stuff like >>> PT, but since USB(2.0) is a real bottleneck, connecting them using USB >>> kinda seems to defeat the purpose, unless I'm totally missing something >>> here :-) >>> Robin >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
