System on USB SSD, user data on internal drive?

I have an iMac with a 1TB internal spinning disk at home, and the same system at work except it has an internal SSD. The SSD system is unsurprisingly much more responsive and it's increasingly painful to use the machine with the spinning disk. I looked into replacing the internal drive with an SSD but it is cost prohibitive, both to buy the drive and have it installed (I considered doing it myself but the how to video is beyond my skill level). So I started to see if there are other options. I have between 500 GB and 700 GB or user data, much of which is my iPhoto and iTunes libraries.
One idea I had was to either (a) buy a small external solid-state drive and hook it up via USB or Thunderbolt, and install the system on that, but have my user folder (or possibly even just my iTunes and iPhoto libraries) on the internal drive.
Another idea is to buy a giant USB key (128 GB?) and install the system on that, and just leave it mounted all the time.
Other than the fact that I'd have my data spread across two disks, are there reasons why this is a bad idea? And does anyone have any insight into whether or not it would improve performance noticeably?

Stick to Thunderbolt. It is faster than USB 3.0 in actual use. Seagate sells a small Thunderbolt adaptor - Seagate STAE133 Ext.
I can recommend the OCZ Vertex 3 series or the OWC Mercury 6G series. The former can be purchased from many different vendors like Newegg.com. For best performance you want to enable TRIM using Trim Enabler 3.2.2.

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Hi everybody,
This is my very first post here and it's in desperate need for help. Here's what has happened so far.
I was using my MacBook Pro normally until suddenly it froze. Everything froze and I tried to end process but that didn't help either. I was in the middle of something important so I took the quick way out of it - presses the power button to turn it off.
When I turned my mac on, the flashing question mark appeared. At first I didn't know what to do, but then after a quick search through apple support pages I understood that the problem was with the startup disk and mac wasn't able to locate it.
I have now reached safely to Disk Utility using the recovery mode. My main problem in this is that I do not have a backup of my data. And it is really important for me to recover it all. When I am at the disk utility screen, I can see that my data is still on the hard drive. I have an external hard disk that I wana use to backup all my data and then fix my mac later.
I first tried to create an image of my internal drive onto the external drive but this isn't happening. I see an error when it tries to create an image: Input/output error. Is it possible to use the restore option, using my internal drive as the source and external disk as the destination? I was nervous about trying this before confirming.
Please help me recover my data somehow - I have a feeling it can be done somehow, I am just not sure what's the right way to do it.
Thanks a tonne in advance!

Reinstalling Lion/Mountain Lion Without Erasing the Drive
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
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Ssd not recognized as internal drive on Macbook pro

I instaled Samsung EVO SSD on my 2012 MacBook Pro for about 1 year ago and evrithing worked perfect until yesterday. MBP restarted for him selfs and on screan I have file folder with blinking question mark.I took my iPad and start search Internet about this problem. After that I instaled original 500GB HD in MBP and evrithing start working perfect. After that I put EVO SSD in external enclosure and connect with MBP with USB and I boot MBP with EVO and evrithing work perfect.This meen original and EVO SSD work perfect in external enclosure but like internal only original HD work perfect.
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After some search MBP working like new. I am happyest person in the world.

Is it possible to backup data from internal drive to the external?

I use the Time Capsule to Backup my MacBook Air. But what is about the Time Capsule itself?
I hoped it is easyly possible to use the external USB-Drive to do the backup for the time capsule.
This seemed to be not possible yet.
Is there a way to create a symbolic link on my MacBook an bring up the Time machine to make a backup from Time Capsule?
Best regards sportingt

There is no backup in the TC.. it is unable to back itself up..
If you use 5.6 utility there is archive.. which is a full backup of the whole TC disk to the USB drive plugged into it.. there is no automation.. no incremental.. the whole disk or nothing.. manually initiated.. and it will knock your TC out of action for as long as it takes.. which is a long time.. USB drive is slow... half the speed of the same drive on your computer USB.
You can do it with a software backup program from the Mac itself.. that works with network drives.. so not TM.
And will be doubly slow as it copies files to the computer and back to the TC usb drive... it is 3x or more faster to backup to USB drive plugged into the computer..
TC as I keep repeating is a backup target for TM.. and is designed by apple with the absolute min of smarts required to do that and nothing more. It is not a NAS.. the most basic NAS includes automated backup.

Urgen: SRM and BW user data Synchronization problem

Dear Buddies:
I'm a BWer in a SRM project. These days I meet a very strange problem in the user data Synchronization configuration between SUS and BW system.
The symptom is:
I config the user data Synchronization parameters in SUS system:
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The function of the config above is that:
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Moving all user data and applications

Ok, so my previous problem was moving from an old HD to a new one. Now I know how to do that by booting to the HD Recovery Disk and using Disk Utility. The problem I have is that DU won't move my files from the 2TB to the 1TB because it says the 1TB has enough space. I know for certain that the files on the 2TB are totalling less than 1TB by using "get info."
So my question is two-fold:
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2. Is there a way to just move the OS, applications, and user information (ie logins, passwords, bookmarks)? I can manually move the documents, photos, music, and videos to a third hard drive temporarily. What if I installed OSX Mavericks on the new 1TB hard drive first, could I then port the applications and user info?

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Depends on what the 1TB drive has on it. DU would not do a smart update, it would want to erase and restore or install a new system.
Erase and clone. Or erase and install. Setup Assistant afterwards can import files, but many of us want to isolate the user from the syst em and have each on separate drives, less I/O contention, better performace. One drive does not need to wait on the other.
How to relocate system and user data to another drive:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4337
http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-move-the-home-folder-in-os-x-and-why/
I would hope folks save the system inst aller first before running the install or update so they don't need to redownload again.
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http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone-backup.html
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone.html
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
http://www.macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/20120711_2-MacPro-internal-clone-ba ckup.html
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I have a question about upgrading to Mavericks with a separate user drive that I haven't been able to find an answer to, so I thought I'd ask for some guidance before actually trying to attempt it.
I have a late-model Macbook Pro (A1260) running 10.8.5 happily with 2 hard drives inside - a smaller SSD boot drive let's call BOOT 1 DRIVE, and a larger drive I use for my user folder which I'll call USER DRIVE. Now it's time to upgrade to a little larger SSD let's call BOOT 2 DRIVE. I have Mavericks already freshly installed on it (10.9.1) with a temporary blank user account. The MBP boots fine into the drive connected externally so I know it's all ready to go - all I have to do is swap out the drives and I'm good on the OS.
Now the tricky part: I want to transfer my user data from my old system 10.8.5 to the new 10.9.1 and ultimately have it reside in the same fashion - on the larger USER DRIVE. How do I do this? A few scenarios I ponder:
A) I'm assuming because this is migrating from an older system to newer system, you can't just create a new user in 10.9.1 with the same user name and point it to the existing home folder in USER DRIVE, but instead have to use Migration Assistant to transfer and update 10.8 user data to 10.9 user data?
B) Locially, you would boot into BOOT 2 DRIVE (10.9.1), and use Migration Assistant to transfer user data from the old 10.8 system (the system knows that the user data resides on USER DRIVE) to the new one but there's not enough space on the new BOOT 2 DRIVE to house all the data and even if it could, then what ? - transfer the user folder directly to a clean USER DRIVE and then point to it?
C) I have both BOOT 1 DRIVE and USER DRIVE cloned on separate volumes, so I could boot into BOOT 2 DRIVE, wipe clean USER DRIVE, and then migrate from the cloned drives - except in Migration Assistant, it says to transfer from "another Mac or Time Machine, or a startup disk". Would I be able to pull from the USER DRIVE CLONE and then have Migration Assistant write to the freshly wiped USER DRIVE?
Perhaps I'm overthinking this? Google pointed me to this post which seems to have some of this information covered even though it feels dated. Reading through it makes me believe that Senario A is actually my closest bet with some user account name swapping or something? Is it that User data doesn't need to be "updated" for the newer OS and you can just create a new user account with the same name and point it to the older USER DRIVE?
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Thanks!

SOLVED!
In case anyone stumbles upon this and is wondering what I did:
My hypothesis was correct - waaayyyy over thinking it.
I installed BOOT 2 DRIVE, swapping out the old BOOT 1 DRIVE. Then I renamed the new account to the same name as my previous account, users -> advanced options -> and pointed to the same home folder on USER DRIVE.
DONE
Initially, I made a new account and screwed things up a bit - after reading the post of the above, understood that the new user account should have the same UID as the previous one....
Anyway, all good now - happy camper.

SUS user data not replicated to SRM

In service SRMSUS in the SUS system, we have user w/ role SAP_EC_SUS_ADMIN_VENDOR.
When this user modifies his own user data such as name/email/time zone, the change in user data is NOT replicated to the SRM system. The SRM user data still contains the original user information.
I believe user data update is done via a RFC call, and not XI. I've checked for security auth object and there are no authorization issues.
Are there any additional configs we're missing?
We're on SRM 4.0 / SAPKIBKS10 / SAPKB64019
I've already checked all the OSS Notes including, but they don't help, or pertain to my situation:
Note 893714 - SUS30: Replication of bidding users from SUS to EBP
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Hi,
you need to maintain the system details where the changed data needs to be replicated at the following customizing in SUS
1) Transaction SPRO --->
2) Path ---> Supplier Relationship Management ---> Supplier Self Services --->
Master Data --->Maintain Systems For Synchronization of User Data
( check help available with the customizing for more details ).
3) Maintain New Entry for the external systems ---> this should be your SRM system and then use the following data .
F. Mod.: Create User BAPI_USER_CREATE
F. Mod.: Change User BAPI_USER_CHANGE
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Synchronizing user data from SUS

Hi,
We are on SRM 7.0 and have setup MM-SUS scenario with XI as the interface.
We are trying to replicate the users(Contact persons) created by the admin person of a company in SUS into SRM also with 'Bidder' role.
For this I have made the following settings as per SAP document.
1. In Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management under SAP Implementation Guide SAP Supplier Relationship
Management -- Supplier Self-Services -- Master Data -- Maintain Systems for Synchronization of User Data
2. In the External Systems view, select New Entries.
3. Under Logical System, select the system to which you want to connect the SUS User Management.
4. Set the Activated indicator to activate the synchronization of user data with this system.
5. In the System Name field, enter the reference name of your choice.
6. Enter a role, /SAPSRM/BIDDER, that can be assigned to the user in this system.
However after creation of users(Contact persons) , when the Admin user saves this data he gets the following error: "You are not authorized to create users in group".
Kindly advise on how to proceed.
Thanks & regards,
Nikhil
Edited by: Pbponikhil on Nov 15, 2010 4:04 PM

Hi Masa,
Had another query. Now that we have made this synchronization in SUS that whenever a user is created in SUS, he will be created as a bidder in SRM. Can I restrict this? Is it possible for the admin supplier to not create some contact persons as bidders? (Some contact persons should be for Order collaboration and others for bidding? )
Regards,
Nikhil

Lost user data after upgrade bios in G580

HI
I have strange problem with Lenovo G580 with Windows 7. After upgrade bios to newest version and reboot my system start without any user data (no documents, no programs installed earlier), All reboot take short time, about 1-2 minutes. Only username stay the same.
Is it possible that upgrade BIOS was bring recover system to factory?
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I need help because there was important databases of company.
Thanks
Dariusz

hi Dariusz,
Welcome to the Lenovo Forums.
That's really strange indeed and very unusual as I've never seen a BIOS update delete a user's data before. Perhaps you're logged-in to a temporary user profile?
To check if you're logged-in to a temp profile, show hidden files and navigate to C:\Users and check if you have an identical username with a dollar sign right next to it and apply this fix:
Fix Corrupt Windows 7 Temporary Profile
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How to relocate Home folder to second internal drive

What is the process to migrate my Home Folder from the boot drive (256Gb SSD) to a new internal drive (960Gb SSD)? Can this be accomplished in finder or should one use the Terminal window?

Interesting, I'm having the same issue on my MacBook Pro that has both an SSD (for the OS and Apps) and a Hard Disk in place of the Superdrive. This config worked just fine with Mountain Lion; since upgrading to Mavericks this morning, I am unable to log into my personal account that has its home folder on the hard disk.
Unfortunately, it also seems to be an issue with the library folder, as I've been able to solve this issue with symlinks just fine with the exception of Library: the system keeps asking me to key in my password because the Library folder "needs to be repaired".
I can't move my Library folder to the SSD, as it is way too big (for whatever reason) - the SSD is only 96 Gig.
What is so different here is that the hard disk in the system is encrypted - I think this is the problem. I don't understand why, though, because under ML, I just logged in as admin after every reboot, which mounted the encrypted disk and then logged out / logged back in with my user account - it worked just fine.
Something seems to have changed with Mavericks regarding making available the encrypted HD...
Oddly enough, on my Mac Mini at home, which also has the SSD/HD pair, the moved home folder works fine - of course, here the HD isn't encrypted...
I hope someone has a fix for this, otherwise I'll have to go back to ML!

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I have OS X Lion on my boot drive and data on two other internals. I just aded a 4th internal which I would like to install OS-X ML on and then use Migration Assistant to transfer apps and user data to that drive and use it as a boot drive. That way if there are issues I can set my orig OS-X Lion start-up drive as my boot drive. Will this create issues? Thanks.

You can setup whatever drive you want to be the boot drive, as long as it is bootable, jsut by going to System Preferences > Startup disk, unlock the lock, select the startup drive, and relock the lock.
During startup you can select another drive just by holding the opt key and then select a drive from those that appear.

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To make a very tedious story short, My Mac decided that it would crash and not reboot the OS. I decided to bite the bullet and just reformat, sacrificing my very important data. I have tried just about every trick in the book. There is one one major problem I am facing. When I try to reformat the internal HDD using Disk Utility. It fails to unmount. "Make sure that all applications and files are closed on this disk.", Suggesting that the computer is ignoring my command at startup to boot from my external recovery drive, and using the Recovery partition on the problem drive, making it impossible to reformat the drive. When the internal drive is removed and connected by another method it is not recognized.
I failed to read the fine print on the box that suggested I purchase another Mac to fix problems with my primary Mac because any utility with the potential to fix the problem can only be run on a functioning Mac.

Booting to any version of the Recovery system, the built in partition on the internal drive, a recovery partition on an external drive or from the Online internet system will not stop you from formatting the Macintosh HD partition on the internal drive. So your problem is not that you are booting from the internal Recovery HD partition. It is probably your internal hard drive has problems, failing.
You could try booting the system from the Online system. At startup hold down the Option/Alt + Command + r keys and keep them held down until you see a globe on the screen. That will boot the system from across the internet from the Apple servers completely removing the internal drive as a boot source. If you still can't erase and format or repartition and format the internal drive then your drive has problems and will need to be replaced.

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Solid state drives are still pretty expensive, but the main benefit of SSD we all want doesn't require a lot of space. How do I keep the OS and Applications on the solid state, and the user data on an additional HDD inside of a Mac Pro?
I'm afraid that if I just store my media/docs folders on the second drive (which, obviously take up the most space), I'm still operating within a small (ideally 64GB SSD) solid state. Which means any time I save something to my desktop or downloads folder I'm taking up space on the SSD rather then the HDD. On the flip side, I dont want put my whole user folder on the HDD because (correct me if I'm wrong) won't the apps launch from the HDD? Then you would lose the benefit of solid state (other then I/O times...).
Does this make sense? I feel like there has the be a straight forward way to do this.
Thanks for your help!

ds store wrote:
Naturally, which you have to enable of course or else if your users drives has directory issues you wouldn't have a user to boot into to fix it.
When I said I always have backups I neglected to mention that one of those backups is always mounted so it is always available to boot from.
The hatter wrote:
A small home folder - yours - on the SSD is a way to improve performance because it does take a lot of hits and I/O's and while there is the "protect your SSD from writes" drives are also there to be used and as long as it isn't too tiny and has 40GB+ of free space, a month's worth if writes, use it and let the firmware and controller inside do all the agressive background work, even w/o TRIM.
As I said I only want my key apps on the SSD and less used stuff off it. If I wanted to fully maximize the disk performance then of course I would keep everything on the SSD. But I prefer the convenience of having a common home dir across any volume I can to boot from.
Putting the /Users on another drive via hard link didn't always work.
I certainly never suggested that and I agree, its problematic.
Not having a small user makes it harder.
As I said above I always have another boot drive available to fall back on I also always have root (and lets not debate the pros and cons about root). And then there's also my unmounted external backups too.

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I have an iMac with 2 internal drives and a multiple user account set-up. Hw do I create a path to store data files on the second drive within an application?

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