Hi Thanks Ronni & Daniel, for your support and suggestions.
Hi Ronni Thanks for the info about the notification about the configuration - I must have missed this. I guess that'll teach me not to read the small print! There could, however, be some benefits to this configuration, as shared by Daniel. Thanks Again. .Hi Daniel Thanks for your info on the configuration with it's pro's & con's, and transfer options. I've decided to go with your first option. As I am transferring data from Tiger to Lion, many programs will no longer be compatible, so a manual transfer won't take as much time as it might if I was transferring data & programs from a later Mac operating system. Thanks again for your invaluable support. Regards Rosie On 03/06/2012, at 9:46 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote r > Hi Rosie > > Quick reply also as just running out the door. > > As Ronni has mentioned it is possible to use both drives as the > boot drive, though to get the most out of it, you'd want the SSD > drive as the boot drive and the larger drive as your "storage" > drive. This way you get the access speed of your SSD and the size > of the standard Hard Drive. > There are a few ways to do it (as I've done both for clients). You > can either start from a clean install of OSX. Migrate across to the > SSD just the Applications, and "most" of your user account data. > (If you want to migrate it to get all your settings etc). Just > don't migrate the largest files (e.g. Music, Photos, Movies). You > then manually copy these to the larger drive and tell each program > (iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes) that the content is on that drive. > > The other way to do is to Migrate all the data to the SSD, then > once there copy back your User directory to the normal drive. You > then set up what is called symbolic links from the SSD drive > referring to the larger hard drive. What this does is make the OS > "think" it's all on the one drive but actually refers to the other > drive. > Have a google for symbolic links in OSX and you're get an idea on > that one. (Once set up you then delete the larger folders from the > SSD to give you all the room back. But you want to ensure it's all > working before removing, and that you have a good backup. (Before > and definitely after starting). > > Obviously each has it's benefits to doing it, and all take time as > you're copying large data back and forwards. But both ways work > quite well overall. > Once set up, you have to ensure that your backup procedure you have > in place (or are setting up) covers both drives to get backed up, > otherwise you won't be getting all the data saved. If you have > quite a bit of data you need to ensure you have a fairly large > external drive(s) to back it all up. > > Hope that helps > > Kind regards > Daniel > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Apple** > > On 03/06/2012, at 8:17 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Hi Rosie, >> >> Just a quick reply as I'm rushing out for awhile. Hopefully one of >> the Tech people will enlarge on this for you. Did you purchase >> from the Apple Store online, or a local supplier? >> >> The new iMacs with SSD Drive & Serial ATA Hard Drive; Apple >> specifically states: "if you configure your iMac with both the >> solid-state drive and a Serial ATA hard drive, it will come >> preformatted with Mac OS X and all your applications on the solid- >> state drive (SSD). >> Then you can use the hard drive for videos, photos, and other files." >> >> So the SSD comes configured as the boot drive out of the box; it's >> where the OS and all of your apps live. The HDD is used as a >> storage drive. >> You do have control over the setup though, and can use Disk >> Utility to change how things are configured. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> Sent from Ronni's iPad >> >> On 03/06/2012, at 6:42 AM, Rosie Cable <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi fellow WAMUG members >>> >>> I'm hoping someone may have some suggestions to assist in my current >>> Mac dramas. >>> >>> I have been trying to set up my new iMac, which was delivered with >>> Lion on the hard drive, ready to install on initial startup. >>> >>> I was able to install Lion with no problems, so I went ahead and >>> transferred relevant folders and files from the old iMac. After >>> spending around 10 hours trying to get everything set up, I >>> discovered that I was running out of disk space, as everything had >>> installed on the smaller of the 2 drives, by default. When >>> installing, I had assumed that the larger drive would be the default >>> startup disk (i was unfortunately mistaken - now I understand what >>> they say about assuming...). >>> >>> When I bought the machine, I got a 356GB SSD drive which I intended >>> to use as an internal backup, and a 2TB normal Hard drive which I >>> intended to use for everyday stuff and storage. It seems that the >>> machine will only recognise the smaller disk as a startup disk. >>> >>> After much exhaustive unsuccessful googling for an answer, I decided >>> to erase the installation and try to start again. After erasing the >>> transferred material, and starting again, with the option to >>> reinstall Lion, I have found that it will still only allow me to use >>> the smaller disk to install on, and it tells me that the bigger >>> drive is locked. I can't find any way to unlock it. >>> >>> Is there something I can do, or is this a job for a tech? >>> >>> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Thanking you in anticipation >>> >>> Rosie >>> >>> Specs: >>> Mac 27" >>> 3.4GHz >>> i7 >>> 4x4GB >>> 2TB + 256SSD >>> SD >>> 2GB AMD Radeon HD697OM >>> >>> (I think these specs are right - they're off the receipt for the >>> unit) >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/ >>> wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/ >> wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/ > wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
