Switching scratch disks mid-project

I'm moving a project from my old Vaio laptop to my new iMac. I've transferred the media and project file fairly easily. Are there any pitfalls to be aware of if I now change scratch disks settings to an external drive? Previously everything was on one and the same disk. Now I've got  2 external SSDs and the iMac's internal SSD.

MM was very buggy in v4 and v5. So much so it was generally referred to as "Media Mangler" .
It was greatly improved in v6 and v7. I haven't had issues with the later versions.
The main problem with it now is the documentation is not exceptionally clear and a poor choice for how to handle the media can lead to a disaster.
Cheers,
x

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    Hello all,
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    2.  It was running out of space.
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    MM was very buggy in v4 and v5. So much so it was generally referred to as "Media Mangler" .
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    The main problem with it now is the documentation is not exceptionally clear and a poor choice for how to handle the media can lead to a disaster.
    Cheers,
    x

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