Half internal hard drive half external

i buy alot of movies but do not have enough room on my internal to hold them all so i hold it in a tb external harddrive. is there anyway to have one itunes lib list and combine what i have on my external with my internal and not have the movies there when i do not have my harddrive plugged in? or do i need to continue using two different lib list for my itunes? one lib list for external one for internal.

By default Time Machine will not back up all files, i.e. temp file, cache, and system files. Also you can set Time Machine to exclude some folders/files, take a look at this link for more information. http://pondini.org/TM/11.html

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If I move the oldest 2/3 of my iPhoto library to an external hard drive, will I still be able to access those older photos? I assume that I will be able to select the source (internal hard drive or external hard drive)?

If I move the oldest 2/3 of my iPhoto library to an external hard drive, will I still be able to access those older photos? I assume that I will be able to select the source (internal hard drive or external hard drive)?

Yes, if you have a second library.
Here's one way to do what you want:
Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
Now you have two full versions of the Library.
3. On the Internal library, trash the Events you don't want there
Now you have a full copy of the Library on the External and a smaller subset on the Internal
Some Notes:
As a general rule: when deleting photos do them in batches of about 100 at a time. iPhoto can baulk at trashing large numbers at one go.
You can choose which Library to open: Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
You can keep the Library on the external updated with new imports using iPhoto Library Manager

HT1553 How to backup an image of internal hard drive on external hard drive with disk utility

I've followed the instructions under the paragraphph 'Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility
in this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1553. My external hard drive is plugged in. I mount my install DVD of Leopard and restart. Press C to boot on the DVD, select the language and go to Utilities -> Disk utility.
However I'm blocked in step 9 when I have to choose the destination. I don't have the option to select my hard drive to back up the image. I only have 2 options: root or Applications to save the image. Nevertheless, I can see my external hard on the left.
- Could it be because the internal hard drive is encrypted?
- Could it be because the external hard drive is encrypted?
Note also that the button 'Verify disk' is greyed out.
Any clue?

I always advise Mac users to never:
encrypt a disk
set a firmware password
In my experience they cause more loss of data than they are worth.
On Leopard I always use the latest free Carbon Copy Cloner to backup and clone disks - it is so simple to clone to either a disk or disk image. The free version may not be compatible with later OSs.
As you appear to be on the wrong forum I will follow this with my standard message.
Whilst it may not be your fault I am afraid it appears that your post is on a forum which is not the best for your OS. It will save the time of the unpaid volunteers here, and may resolve your issue faster, if you could examine the list below and see if there is a more appropriate forum to which you could direct your question.
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How to backup an image of internal hard drive on external hard drive with disk utility

I've followed the instructions under the paragraphph 'Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility
in this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1553. My external hard drive is plugged in. I mount my install DVD of Leopard and restart. Press C to boot on the DVD, select the language and go to Utilities -> Disk utility.
However I'm blocked in step 9 when I have to choose the destination. I don't have the option to select my hard drive to back up the image. I only have 2 options: root or Applications to save the image. Nevertheless, I can see my external hard on the left.
- Could it be because the internal hard drive is encrypted?
- Could it be because the external hard drive is encrypted?
Note also that the button 'Verify disk' is greyed out.
Any clue?

forget about that and just use the free APP Superduper
HD cloning software options:
1. SuperDuper HD cloning software APP (free)
2. Carbon Copy Cloner APP (will copy the recovery partition as well)

Problem backing up multiple internal hard drives to external

SITUATION:
We have 4 internal hard drives dedicated to media + another running the programs. The FCP projects are all saved on one of the media hard drives which also has captured media on it. The other 3 media drives hold the rest of the media for these projects. I have copied them all, one hard drive at a time, onto a La Cie external hard drive.
PROBLEM:
When I go into the La Cie drive, double click on HardDrive1 and open a project, the only "on line" clips in the browser are from the HardDrive1. It can't seem to link up to the media on the other three hard drives even though all the media is there.
QUESTION:
Anyone know how to set up the La Cie disk so that the projects on HD1 can find all their media from the 3 other media hard drives?

OK, had coffee, thinking straight(er)...almost not confused.
Your recent post would indicate that you have 7 harddrives inside your Mac.?.?. I think I understand what you have going on, and may be able to help, but it'll take a bit more info...
Are each of the 'desktop icon' harddrives individual harddrives, or partitioned HDs. If any are partitioned, can you tell me which?
I understand PROMAX has a good name, so I'm inclined to believe that whatever they did, was done properly and with good reason.
Anyway, I copied all of these hard drives onto the LaCie starting with the FCP HD and set that one up as a "bootable" hard drive. The rest followed, one HD at a time (took forever!).
"I copied all of these hard drives"... How did you copy...CCCloner? MediaManager, Drag and drop. This may be part of the issue...a little beyond my scope, but let us know how you copied the drive contents from internal to Lacie.
Can you open any of the 'non-findable' clips on the Lacie in QuickTime..just to make sure they're on the drive and usable?
When you open FCP on the lacie (and it only connects to files from same 'drive')...do you get the normal 'reconnect media' prompt, or are you getting a window that says 'The movie file "------" cannot be found. Without this file, the movie cannot play properly.
If the standard 'reconnect media' prompt..., have you tried selecting 'reconnect' then when that window comes up select, 'search' and uncheck 'Matched Name Only'...keep 'Reconnect all files in relative path' checked as this will link all files from that drive at the same time.
Try this and post back.
K

Moving iTunes from internal hard drive to external hard drive

I would like to know if it is possible for me to move my iTunes library and all iTunes files from my internal hard drive to the external drive that I just purchased. My Laptop is running out of memory and I assume if I move it to the external drive it will free up space. Can anyone here help me?

If you have iTunes 7, then you can just drag the entire iTunes folder to your desired location. Then hold down the Shift key while launching iTunes. You'll be given a dialog box where you can select the iTunes library you want to use. Navigate to and select the iTunes folder in it's new location.
Forum Tip: Since you're new here, you've probably not discovered the Search feature available on every Discussions page, but next time, it might save you time (and everyone else from having to answer the same question multiple times) if you search a couple of ways for a topic, both in the relevant forums, in the User Tips Library and in the Apple Knowledge Base before you post a question.
Regards.

Which is faster for music production? internal hard drive or external drive

hey there. simple question. i'm looking to run music poductin software on an apple mac - would sound files be retrieved faster from a new mac book pro internal hard drive or an external drive? (am thinking one of those lacie orange rugged things that spin at 7200 rpm)
and if the sound files would play better coming form the internal hard drive, would it compromise processor speed for running soft synths / effects units etc etc?
please note am not talking about my current mac book, but a new mac book pro
chanx in advance - horton ;o)

For what it is worth here is my tuppence worth on the subject, horton. (and a warm welcome to the forums , by the way!)
One of the major reasons why many sound professionals (and others worried about speed) use fast external FW800 or (when possible) eSata drives for their work, rather than the internal drive of an MBP or the like, is that the internal boot drive is already carrying the OS and a bunch of apps on its fast, outer sectors. It is usually doing a fair bit of work keeping things running, too. An external FW 800 drive can be kept unencumbered of such things.
On top of this the 2.5" drives in notebooks are slower at the best of times than 3.5" drives. If you want real speed, my suggestion would be that you keep the internal drive for your OS and Apps as much as possible, and get a fast 7200 rpm 3.5" FW800 external with its own power supply for your sound files (assuming you will have access to mains power).
If you use the internal for this sort of purpose too, you are going to find that the internal fills up fast, that it soon develops free space fragmentation issues, and that it gradually slows to the speed of mollasses!
Cheers
Rod

Internal Hard Drive Backup + External Hard Drive Backup

Hi everyone and thanks for your attention.
My question is about Backup for two different hard disk.
I've got an internal 500 gb hard disk and a 4 tb external hard disk and my computer is a Macbook pro 15 Unibody 10.6.8.
I need daily (or better hourly) back up for the internal and the external. On the internal I've got system and applications, on the external my work project folders.
My solution at the moment are two other hard disk raid mounted as backup drives. They form together 5tb back up space. I'm using time machine, so it manage my internal 500 gb disk and my external 4tb disk together.
Today I had to recover my system from Time Machine. The app is recovering the documents, but I have a doubt. Before starting recovering I had to choose the hard drive where to recover the system. I had to decide between the internal and the external, and I've chosen the internal, because the OS was installed there.
Will Time Machine put the files, that were on the internal drive, in the internal drive and the ones that were on the external on the external?
My complete back up is 2.4 tb so my 500 gb won't surely be enough.
Moreover. I'm assuming that is so much better to divide the back up. One backup system for the internal and one for the external. It seems to me that my version of Time Machine (10.6.8) does not allow to assign different back up drive for different is use drive. Eg. an external drive to use for the internal drive and another external drive for the external drive in use.
What about next Time Machine versions?
Or maybe would be better to use Time Machine for the internal drive with an external drive as back up, and the use an another application such as Carbon Copy Cloner to back up the external drive to another different external drive.
To be more clear, the solution I'd like to have is:
Internal Drive (500 gb) > time machine > External Drive (1tb)
External Drive (4tb) > Carbon Copy Cloner > External Drive (5tb)
Thanks a lot!
Nicola

The best source for those questions, Nicola, is the Pondini Tips Page, and then go to the specific sections of his website which has everything there is to know about Time Machine.

Moving iPhoto from internal hard drive to external hard drive

My computer is almost full, so bought a new external hard drive to move my iPhoto to. Here is the problem.
I followed the directions on quitting iPhoto and by going into the Pictures folder, I copied to the external hard drive. That worked just fine.
I tested the pictures and videos on the external and work. Same events, amount of pictures, movies, etc.
So I went into my internal iPhoto and deleted one event (not an important one thankfully). I then went into my external hard drive and opened up iPhoto. The event was also deleted there. Why?
I only have one library for the photos. I also have version 8.1.2.
How can I delete the photos on my internal to free up space on my computer, but have it not affect the photo library on the external hard drive? The only reason I purchased an external hard drive was to move my photos from my internal and free up much needed space.
Did I do something wrong, or miss a step? If somebody can help me in "very easy" instructions on how to fix this problem, I would greatly appreciate it! I am not a computer whiz, so need the instructions given to me very simply.
Thank you!

This is really quite simple.
There are two possibilities here only:
1. You keep opening the same Library.
or
2. You failed to make a copy at all.
Stop doing this:
I am opening both by double clicking on my internal or my external
Do this instead:
Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
You will see two Libraries Listed.
If you don't then you didn't copy it properly.
If you do, then select the internal Library. Make a deletion.
Then repeat:
Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
This time select the external. Is the change reflected there?

Can time machine backup internal hard drive and external hard drive?

Hi, I have an iMac that I recently bought Leopard for specifically for Time Machine, which I heard rave reviews. I have a 160gb internal drive that I use for the OS and a 750gb external drive that I use for storing all my media (pics, music, movies). I recently bought an additional external hard drive, capacity 1tb. The original intention was to backup both my internal drive and my external drive to the new 1 tb drive through time machine.
When I go into the Time Machine preferences/options, it lists that the 750 drive is not to be backed up and I cannot remove it from the list. I called Apple support and they stated that you cannot backup an external drive through Time Machine which I think is ridiculous.
Both drives are connected to the computer via Firewire. Is there something I'm not doing right? Does anyone have a possible solution?
Please help as I incredibly annoyed with Apple if this is actually the case. Thanks

Andrew Graceffa wrote:
Hi, I have an iMac that I recently bought Leopard for specifically for Time Machine, which I heard rave reviews. I have a 160gb internal drive that I use for the OS and a 750gb external drive that I use for storing all my media (pics, music, movies). I recently bought an additional external hard drive, capacity 1tb. The original intention was to backup both my internal drive and my external drive to the new 1 tb drive through time machine.
When I go into the Time Machine preferences/options, it lists that the 750 drive is not to be backed up and I cannot remove it from the list. I called Apple support and they stated that you cannot backup an external drive through Time Machine
they told you that?! unbelievable. that's quite false. TM will back up any directly attached drive (external or internal) provided it's properly formatted. it has to be formatted mac os extended. how is your drive formatted?
which I think is ridiculous.
Both drives are connected to the computer via Firewire. Is there something I'm not doing right? Does anyone have a possible solution?
Please help as I incredibly annoyed with Apple if this is actually the case. Thanks!!!
Message was edited by: V.K.

How do i move imovie projects from my internal hard drive to external hard

When I import imovie projects or import imovies, the "save to" drop down box won't drop down to show any options other than the int hard drive (although the ext drive is recognized by finder.
I read that the ext drive (a iTB western digital mybook) is supposed to be in a certain format for this, but I dont know if this is true, or how to even check if its formatted correctly

Your drive needs to be formatted as Mac OS Extended (journaled) - not FAT32. You can check by right clicking on your drive icon in the Finder and selecting GET INFO.
You can reformat if necessary by using Disk Utility, but it will erase everything on the external drive.
Let me know if you need help with Disk Utility.
Now, check your version of iMovie. This discussion group is for version 7.1.4, so if you are on Version 8.0.4, different instructions will apply.
In iMovie, click VIEW/EVENTS BY VOLUME. You external drive should be visible in the iMovie Event Library. Now you can drag and drop your Events to the icon for the external drive in the Event Library list. This must be done in iMovie (not the Finder) or you will break your projects.

Swapping internal Hard drive vs external Hard drive

My iMac G5's logic board is dying. I just bought a refurbished Intel iMac from Apple.com (not the newest version). It has a 250 gig HD which I thought I would swap with a 1 TB drive but I have just discovered that the interior is not as accessible as the G5 and drive swapping needs to be done by a pro.
But I would like to do the following set-up culled from the archives instead:
"There is operational efficiency to running the OS and apps off a limited size volume, about 160GB to 250GB, and storing user data on a separate drive. My setup is the stock 160GB internal drive which is mostly used for the OS and apps. Most of my user data is on an external drive, so more than 50% is free space on that internal drive. I have a 320GB FireWire (400) drive that holds most of my user data. And I have a 750GB USB 2.0 drive that is my Time Machine archive drive, which backs up the internal drive and FireWire drive."
I wold like to do this set-up using the 250 gb iMac drive for the OS and apps and the 1 TB drive as an external for the user data. Here's what I've got -- iMac with 250 gb HD no info on it yet but the OS and apps that come with it. My old system, setting, files etc. are backed up on my 500gb Time Capsule (as well as still on the old iMAc G5 which can turn on but when it goes to sleep it does not come back on without a restart and other issues.) I just bought a 1 TB drive that I thought would go into the iMac but if I use your set-up I will get a case for it and use it externally.
How do I get all this stuff configured so I have my apps and OS on the new iMac and the user data on the external? The catch is this -- the old IMac G5 has over 300 gigs of info, apps and OS on it so I cannot put it all on the new iMac and the move it around.
Thanks
Robert

Hi Robert
I did put a larger HD in my Early Cord Duo, but as you have noticed it is a lot harder that the G5.
If you do decide to take on the challenge, take your time peeling back the foil EM shielding around the display as it rips real easy. You will also have to carefully pry the temp sensor from the old drive and re-cement it onto the new one so that the SMC is getting the correct feedback to properly control the fans..
First study > http://home.comcast.net/~woojo/DFFA53A0-F23D-4541-9015-481FD3B6532E/iMac_Disasse mbly.html
See part 1 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVgL9u7ySUk&feature=related
and part 2 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI_QmBueWg4&feature=related
Also note that when setting up the new drive for the Intel iMac's they use GUID Partition Table instead of Apple Partition Map.
Dennis

Transfering Music Files From Internal Hard-drive to External Drive

Per the instructions in a Missing Manual Book, I copied my itunes music folder from my internal drive to my new, portable external drive. The files copied fine, but the book said all I needed to do to insure file recognition was to change the location in the itunes>preferences>advanced location, which I did. But the only way the files are recognized by itunes is to, song by song, direct itunes to the new file. Is this really the only way to have it recognize the files? Is there no automatic method? The book implies that all is needed is changing the preferences location.

I'd make sure that the 'Keep iTunes folder organised' setting is on. (Preferences>Advanced>general)
Failing that, make sure that the 'Copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library' setting is also on.

C50-AST2NX2 will not read internal hard drive in external box

Purchased HGST (Hitachi) Deskstar 3.5 in. 3 TB internal drive and put it in a StarTech external drive box (that claims to work for up to 4 TB drives). When I fired it up, computer loaded up the driver just fine, but Windows Explorer does not show the drive. Swapped the internal drive into another StarTech box (which had a Hitachi 500 GB internal drive in it, and worked fine), same problem; swapped USB cables, same problem. Plugged the StarTech box into my old Toshiba L455 Satellite computer, didn't work there either (the 500 GB internal drive worked fine there, also). Thinking the new drive was bad, ordered another; just hooked it up, and - Same Problem! Saw another thread about another drive not being recognized, and that the problem was that the drive was a USB 3.0. Tried in this computer's USB 3.0; still doesn't work. I couldn't determine if the new 3TB was a 3.0 or 2.0 USB. So what do I do now? The other thread mentioned a Y-cable, so could get power from 2 USB ports; which ones-the two 2.0 ports? This is frustrating, and sure could use some help and/or advice. Thanks.
9/28/13 Update:
Wow, 49 people have looked at this, and NO ONE could think of a solution? I'm disappointed.
I had a techie come over, and she figured that it was the chipset on my Toshiba (supposedly a brand-new computer-must have been an older model, though the actual box was new) that was the problem; it was so old, it wouldn't allow any drive higher than 2TB. We tried downloading updates to the chipset; no good. What I'll end up doing is buying a NAS enclosure (bought it yesterday, as a matter of fact, from Newegg, a Synology DS212J enclosure, based on the compatibility of my existing 3TB drive (Synology has a list of compatible drives for it enclosures on its site)), and add the 3TB drive as a network drive. I then purchased a 2TB Hitachi drive off Amazon (again getting a compatible drive from the Synology site) to fill the existing StarTech enclosure. The DS212J is a two-bay enclosure, so I can add another 3 TB drive later on. That should take care of my storage needs for some time to come. Later.

Answer has been found. The internal drive SATA cable was replaced and the system is now working correctly.

How to connect my MacBook's internal hard drive as an external drive to another computer?

My MacBook suddenly became extremely slow, so slow that it takes over an hour to display login screen.
Therefore I'd like to clean our my hard drive but i have a couple things I'd like keep before i do that. It's not possible to transfer these files using Mac so is there a way I can connect Mac internal hard drive as external one via USB to a Windows computer?
I have a MacBook Pro 2010 17"

I was actually looking at enclosures butwasn't sure which ones would be suitable. Would something like this work? http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00A0HBJLW?cache=76a97cdbbf58eb4ad66ed32bb2668f0 6&pi=SY200_QL40&qid=1408052242&sr=8-2#ref=mp_s_a_1_2

External hard drive shows up under internal hard drive volume?

History:
Purchased new Macbook Pro and Lightroom 2.
Migrated old Macbook to new Macbook Pro, including Lightroom 1.
Installed Lightroom 2 and updated to Lightroom 2.2.
Had Lightroom 1 images on multiple external hard drives. Moved all images to new 1tb and 1.5tb Lacie external drives.
Imported old catalog into Lightroom 2.2 and now one of the external (1.5tb) shows up under my internal hard drive in Lightroom.
internal hard drive>Volumes>external hard drive>empty image folders
A partial part of this external hard drive (some image folders) also shows up as it's own volume.
I started by selecting missing image folders and using the locate missing folder method. the folders then show up on: internal hard drive>Volumes>external hard drive>image folders
Any suggestions on how to remedy this problem?
thank you, Shawn

This is reparable, but an Adobe Tech did it. I had this problem some time ago and they fixed it. Dan Tull, one of the Adobe Techs, was accepting Catalogs for investigation and repair. Not sure if he still is.
I have not heard of such problems for a while.
Don

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