Thanks Sam, thats encouraging. However, I doubt its the most “Elegant” path forward, having to have two additional drives semi permanently hanging off my lap top, particularly if I want to make use of playlists and iCloud photo options on my iPhone.
I must say, I find it disappointing that in order to properly replace my ageing 3TB 27” iMac I now have to buy TWO expensive pieces of kit, the Studio display and an “M” architecture based machine, and that to do this with a similar amount of built in storage, (4TB.) is in my view cost prohibitive, (Don’t even get me started on the extra £400 needed for the hight adjustable screen option!) Thanks again for the feedback, much appreciated, Steve. Sent from my phone On 25 Jul 2022, at 22:29, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: They should be fine as long as you format as macOS Extended (Journaled). APFS performance on spinning disk drives is abysmal. _ Regards Sam Mullen +44 (0)7747778022 [email protected] www.macambulance.com MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > On 25 Jul 2022, at 22:18, 'Steve Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Smuggers, > Does anyone run Photos or iTunes from an external hard drive and would you > recommend it? > I am about to purchase a new MacBook Pro, but don't fancy paying Apples price > for a 4TB ssd drive, so I am contemplating using a couple of external > spinning drives for one or possibly both these applications. > Cheers, > Steve. > > Sent from my phone > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" 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/smug/7A06527C-DA7D-428C-88A7-6ABF4CF1DD19%40btinternet.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" 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/smug/AB92CBB8-9489-4691-B7C8-D89D64A154F3%40macambulance.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" 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/smug/4A8E4014-9B71-44D4-8CBA-CD0DA298F508%40btinternet.com.
