MBA and iMac as display and external storage

Hi there,
I currently have only Macbook Air 2012 and I know that buying an iMac I can use it as an external monitor (price is almost the same as Thunderbolt Display). I'm thinking if connecting iMac to my Macbook I could access iMac's HDD (to use it as an external storage for films, photos since my Macbook is only 128GB ssd). Also if I can connect USB devices into iMac's ports and access them on my Macbook like it's possible with the Thunderbolt Display.
Thank you!

OK, i found that apart from Target Display Mode there is also Target Disk Mode. But can I combine them at the same time?
(I want to have iMac as external hdd and display, but browsing OS and apps from my Macbook).
Also, do I have enough ports in my Macbook Air (2012)? Thunderbolt goes for screen sharing, but I heard that for Target Disk Mode I need firewire cable? Do I have this port at all in my MBA?

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My photography is expanding rapidly, such that I have quickly run out of space on my harddrive, although my MacBook Pro is under 1 year old and when I bought it, was over dimensioned.
I'm looking for an updated storage / availability / backup solution.
I have recently purchased Aperture but I still use iPhoto in parallel. I import all photos into iPhoto and mostly sort them there, because I find it easier, not yet having had the time to discover whether Aperture can do it better. I use Aperture primarily for editing.
I also use iPhoto Library Manager, to organize a dozen mostly unimportant libraries on an external drive, available when I'm in the office.
My dilema is that I am traveling extensively and have even been buying small 1TB drives on the road to keep up with my need to back-up my SDHC cards.
I like the convenience of having everything "with me", but with the exponential need for more space I might have to change my thinking. Bandwidth constraints on-the-road and also the "waste of time aspect" suggest that small portable drives are possibly the best solution.
When back in the office however, I would also like to have "everything with me", daisy-chained or however, but I'm primarily looking for a professional workflow solution, which will also accommodate my travel requirements. Exchangeable drives which can be use in an "ice-box" type solution are OK for project based assignments which often can be archived "for ever". However, the (occasional*) need for access in remote countries creates problems and I'm not a friend of Cloud solutions. *Often when I'm away I have more peace and quiet for archiving and sorting old photo shoots then when I'm in the office.
Aperture will possibly become my preferred editor, but I am open.
Sorry if this is long, but I tried to cover everything which occurred to me to avoid excess "ping-pong."
Many thanks in advance!

Another topic has recently been addressing this issue. See:
http://discussions.apple.com/message/23287496#23287496
Ernie

I am out of space on my Macbook Air and have a Time Machine Backup. I want to complete reset my mac, but wonder if I can pick and choose what I restore to my computer? Can I also use my time machine backup and external storage as well?

I am out of space on my Macbook Air and have a Time Machine Backup. I want to complete reset my mac, but wonder if I can pick and choose what I restore to my computer? Can I also use my time machine backup as external storage as well for the files I don't need everyday?

If you are using "Restore from Time Machine Backup" option from OS X Recovery, you can only choose from the broad categories presented.
... Can I also use my time machine backup as external storage as well for the files I don't need everyday?
To be clear, if you are asking if you can use the volume containing your Time Machine backup to store additional, non-Time Machine files, the short answer is yes.
It's not a good idea though, since the Time Machine backup will eventually fill all available space, after which it begins to remove old, "expired" backups to make room for newer ones. The presence of additional files doesn't change that fact, and Time Machine will not erase them, but you will encounter a dilemma should you want to store additional files on that volume when there is no remaining space. You will have to make room for them on your own, by deleting existing files. Furthermore, since Time Machine cannot back up its own volume, those additional files will not be backed up by Time Machine.
The easy solution for what you describe is to purchase additional external storage. External USB hard disk drives have become very inexpensive; about $55 will buy a perfectly suitable 1 TB drive.
You can also choose to replace your MacBook Air's internal storage with a larger capacity one. Look for a suitable replacement from OWC / MacSales:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Air-Retina
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New MBA and external monitor - fan is going full speed

I just got a brand new MBA 13". When I connected via a DVI adapter to my Viewsonic 19" monitor the fan kicked into high gear and hasn't slowed since.
I am using it in dual-screen mode with both screens open, and I even have my MBA on an iLap stand to dissipate heat. The CPU temp is 77C.
Is there anything I can do to reduce the need for the fan to run full blast? Would switching to a VGA connection help? What about a different monitor (this one is 5 years old).
Thanks in advance!

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Want to use Time Capsule as a back up AND external storage device-help!

I know there's been a few variations on this question but I can't seem to find the answer that relates to me so probably being dumb but help would be greatly appreciated.
I bought a 500gb Time Capsule yesterday and finally got it set up through AirPort Utility. I think I've done it right-there's a green light and it's going through the motions of backing up although VERY slowly. It's taken 10 hours to back up 20GB. I've used Time Machine before with an external Seagate drive so I know how to access/check those back ups.
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So, now I just want to see the Time capsule as a normal external drive on my desktop and move other files to it so they can come off my Macbook completely but the only way icon I can see if the white one that says 'Backup of...' I've copied stuff onto this but I suspect that was the wrong thing to do.
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Paretola wrote:
So, now I just want to see the Time capsule as a normal external drive on my desktop and move other files to it so they can come off my Macbook completely but the only way icon I can see if the white one that says 'Backup of...' I've copied stuff onto this but I suspect that was the wrong thing to do.
No. Don't transfer anything into the Back of... sparsebundle. That is your Time Machine backup.
Under Finder -> Shared -> Time Capsule -> Time Capsule Disk. This is where you can create a new folder to store your files. If you want to see this on your Desktop, via Finder, click Preferences. Under General, make sure +Connected servers+ is ticked.
Finally, I only want to TM to use the TC up to a certain max storage so I always have space free on it but can't find settings to allow me to do that.
Since the TC HDD isn't partitionable, you can't really do that. Best thing is to get another HDD for storage as TM works best if you give it enough room to grow.
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My mini's internal hard drive has filled up and I'm now looking for an appropriate external drive to use with GarageBand. I've tried the LaCie mini hub (connected through firewire), but unfortunately it didn't work well in chain with the Miglia HarmonyAudio interface (also firewire), which I use for recording. Since my mini only has one firewire port, I have to chain them together and that seems to cause problems. (For details see my previously posted question:
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I have run out of disc space on my macbook. It is full of photos. Everything is backed up with time machine, but I am going to buy another external HD to store all the old photos. I know I can just copy the whole iPhoto library to the HD, but is there a better way? Perhaps an app that will allow my to incrementally add any new photos, but not try to be an exact copy of the macbook (which will have the older photos deleted). Or should I just start to use iPhoto from an externally stored library (this makes me nervous, and obviously I will need to change Time Machine settings). What is the best system? Many thanks.

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How exactly did you "Move a good bit of you photos"? the iphoto library mot ever be modified - it is a single entity and must always be kept intact
the directions you were given for moving you library moved it all
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1. Quit iPhoto
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Now you have two full versions of the Library.
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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.
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HFS is read-only from Windows. you'd need MacDrive8 to write.
Same with NTFS being read-only in Mac OS without 3rd party NTFS driver if you want to write to NTFS.
Before you couldn't read files. Not everyone likes Windows even reading HFS, and the driver in Boot Camp 3.0 causes trouble and some can only disable by renaming AppleHFS.sys to another name - there is no "on/off" switch to the task or service, and no Services entry to disable or turn off or set to "Manual" like other compliant services.
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The family has gotten a lot of use out of the good old 2.16 iMac Core 2 Duo but it was time to upgrade. So now we have a 27” 3.2 iMac, 2x 4Gb, 1Tb of storage to migrate to.
The mess is this...
There are 4 users on the old iMac.
The old iMac is full to the brim, no room left on the HDD.
Some time ago I hooked it up to a WD 500GB external drive and moved each users music to the WD. In addition I moved the iPhoto libraries to the WD too.
Now it’s time to migrate and I’m not sure where to start. I do know where I want to end up though.
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Use the G Tech as a temporary bridge. Partition the drive, and back up the iMac to one side and the WD external to the other.
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Then from the G Tech move the iPhoto libraries and the iTunes to the new iMac.
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There is a back up of the old iMac on the WD external that may have important information not stored on the old iMac internal drive. Is there a way to merge the files and keep the newest information and dump the redundant?
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Aperture use and external H.D. for workflow and storage of photos

I was giving Aperture 2 a trial run before I buy, and am liking the things it can do. I take alot of Photos
so storage is always going to be something to deal with on a constant basis. My question is this, in order to not impact the speed or amount of HD space I have available on my imac can I download the Aperture program onto my imac then use a external HD as the place where the photos are imported to,
then worked on, and stored? If this is able to be done then what or how do I back up the photos on the external? (burn a dvd, as this is how I do it now). Does any of this make sense? Or am I worrying
to much about my HD space? My files for my photos are large, 11, to 12 mb per image so space is going fast.
As I have been into the apple world for only a year, let alone computer use in general, I am kinda a newbie to alot of this so please forgive my asking what to some maybe a dumb question.
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roverlr3 wrote:
My question is this, in order to not impact the speed or amount of HD space I have available on my imac can I download the Aperture program onto my imac then use a external HD as the place where the photos are imported to, then worked on, and stored?
Yes. You have described the use of Referenced Masters that IMO is very preferable for anyone with hard drive capacity limited in any way, especially for folks with single-internal-drive Macs like yours. Another choice would be to use a Managed external Library setup the way Terence described in the previous post, but putting the Library on an external drive is likely to slow operation.
Hard drives slow as they fill (a good rule of thumb is not to fill any drive more than 70%, and for best speed keep important drives no more than 50% full), so you will want your Masters on one or more external Firewire 800 (not USB2) hard drives. OWC <http://www.owcomputing.com/> drives are one good source.
To "Reference" Master images, when you go to import, on the right hand side of the import window select "Store files in their current location." Trying to keep Master originals on a single internal drive usually sooner or later overfills the internal drive.
The Library itself can usually live on any connected drive, including the (preferable!) internal drive, so long as Masters are stored externally. A Library of in excess of 100k images will remain small enough to keep on most well-managed internal drives. As long as the internal drive is kept underfilled it is preferable from a speed standpoint to have the Referenced-Masters Library reside on the internal drive.
If this is able to be done then what or how do I back up the photos on the external? (burn a dvd, as this is how I do it now). Does any of this make sense? Or am I worrying to much about my HD space?
Again yes, you are making total sense. HD space is a huge issue with modern DSLR capture from a standpoint of speed, security and overall images management. We all need to be concerned! As to burning DVDs, IMO they are ok for delivering work to clients but for photogs' usage multiple redundant on and off-site hard drives are more secure and much, much faster.
Note that iMacs and laptops in general are limiting to the performance of heavy graphics apps. In addition to good hard drives management, maximizing RAM will also help optimize Aperture performance on your iMac.
Good luck!!
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Partition external HD to use it for time machine backup and nas storage

i have a macbook pro with retina display with 500gb of ssd storage runing yosemite and a airport extreme latest model.
what i want to do is to use an external drive (1TB) and use it to hold all my files of my macbook, and i want to make time machine backups for each drive over airport extreme.
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im planning to buy a 4TB external HDD and make 3 partitions, one for my macbook of 500gb, another for my external drive of 1TB and a third to use it as a NAS.
im not an expert in storage but i have read a lot from internet.
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so i have made in my mind a backup plan and im not sure if it will work.
It won't work with TM..
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