XML Based Flash fla in Catalyst?

is it possible? would be nice.

What exactly do you mean by an XML Based Flash fla? Do you mean the new file format that is supported in Flash CS5? Catalyst supports Flash swfs, but not flas directly.

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2 player web-based Flash game problem

I have a two player web-based Flash game. The Flash calls a
JavaScript function on the webpage to get and store the user's IP.
Then an XML file with user's game data is loaded and parsed. The IP
address is used to identify which player is player 1 and which is
player 2 according to the XML file. There is a Java applet to send
and receive messages between the players.
The first player loads everything just fine. All the first
player's messages regarding the progress in loading different parts
of the code sent by the game for debugging are displayed in the
Java applet's text box, but none of the second player's messages
sent by the game for debugging are displayed.
The problem is that the second player's ActionScript code
appears not to be executing except that I do get a message in the
game that the XML file attempted to load but was not successful.
The IP address call is not made and no messages can be sent to the
other player. The second player's Java applet displays only the
messages for debugging that came from the first player's game and
any chat messages sent by the first player.
This problem always happens to the second player, never to
the first player. Both player's are always using IE6 or IE7.
Does anyone have some idea(s) what could cause only the
second player's ActionScript code not to execute and/or not to load
an XML file correctly?
This is just a general question, so any general answers would
be appreciated. Code specific answers are hopefully not required.
Thank You in advance.

Hi,
I am not very familiar with the multiplayer Game development. For multiplayer games, you'll need to set up a matchmaking server and have the clients connect to it. It can then pair them off and facilitate communications. If the clients have publicly available
network addresses then it can introduce them and they can talk directly to each other.There isn't anything built in for this so you'll need to either build your own or find a third party implementation. If you are using Unity3d then check out
http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/Components/net-MasterServer.html
Also, you can use Xbox services, and I find an article below:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb975801.aspx
For windows Azure problem, you should go to windows Azure forum.
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FLV xml-based Captioning (Subtitles)

Hi everyone!
I am following a tutorial from actionscript.org about
creating xml-based subtitles in flash through actionscript.
Although I have followed the instructions and explanations closely,
I can't seem to make the thing work. Take note, there are no error
notifications when I test the movie - I have all the classes
required as well as a sample FLV. Can someone please point out
what's wrong with this script?
This is basically the cached link of the tutorial I followed.
Actionscript.org appears to be inaccessible at the moment.
FLV
Xml-based Captioning

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Pre-loading external images for XML-based gallery

I'm working-on an XML-based photo gallery here:
http://www.unionandparkwood.com/demo/flash_gallery/
It works how I want it, except that the first time a
thumbnail is clicked for an image, it pauses long enough to skip
the fade. If you click-through the images a second time, you'll see
that it works smoothly. My guess is that the first time the
thumbnail is clicked, the image isn't cached, yet.
I tried to fix this by creating a JavaScript file for the
page to pre-load each image and thumbnail:
0003a = new Image;
0003a.src = "images/Down-Range.jpg";
0003b = new Image;
0003b.src = "thumbnails/Down-Range.jpg";
But that didn't work. What would be the best way to do this?
I included a link to "Download ZIP" of the FLA project on
this page, too, because it wouldn't be easy for me to describe
what's happening. In a nutshell, a thumbnail click launches a
function that loads the appropriate image into the main image
holder. What seems to be happening the first time is the image
isn't loaded before the fade is finished, so the image just appears
after a short pause the first time.

>>What seems to be happening the first time is the
image isn't loaded before
>>the fade is finished, so the image just appears after
a short pause the
>>first time.
As has been said many times in thos forum - use the
MovieClipLoader class to
load images, and then use that class' onLoadInit method to do
things with
the loaded image. Loading is asynchronous - you _have_ to
wait until the
image is done loading before doing a fade.
Dave -
www.offroadfire.com
Head Developer
http://www.blurredistinction.com
Adobe Community Expert
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

Can I 'sort' XML in Flash

Hello,
Is it possible to sort XML in any way in Flash?
For example in MYSQL I can SELECT a column and ORDER BY...
In Flash I need to SELECT an XML child object and sort all
parent items
accordingly.
Thanks,
David

It would be great if there was a way in Flash 8 to sort XML
based on a
certain element without duplicating work making an array?
See a simple XML example below:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<data>
<item>
<title>Apple</title>
<price>7</ price>
</item>
<item>
<title>Carrot</title>
<price>2</ price>
</item>
<item>
<title>Banana</title>
<price>6</ price>
</item>
</data>
If I could sort this by cheapest price, this would give
results -
1. Carrot
2. Banana
3. Apple
Or by Alphabetical order:
1. Apple
2. Banana
3. Carrot
Any suggestions - is this possible with the Flash XML object?
On 15/2/07 16:41, in article
er22gb$rpp$[email protected], "albee"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Why not organize the XML data into an Array, and then
use Array.sort() or
> Array.sortOn()?
>
> Albee

Using Coldfusion with XML for Flash photogallery

Hello community. I have created a site for my son's
kindergarten for free because I wanted to say thanks, since my son
was very happy.
The site has been created using coldfusion because I gave
them some control on news, new children, waiting list, etc.
They just asked me they want to be able to modify all the
content of the site, so I started working on a CMS for it.
There are two section on the site, video gallery and photo
gallery that are flash - XML based galleries.
I know that if I explain to them how to modify the XML files
in order to change photos and videos, they'll screw the gallery.
Is there any way I can access the content of my XML file from
coldfusion and allow modification, like adding new photos to the
existing ones, or modifying the caption on the existing ones?
So basically I need to them to be able to click on "Modify
photo gallery", then see all the childs (photos) and be able to
modify/add.
Thank you so much for any info or help.

quote:
Originally posted by:
DaniFusionWeb
Hello community. I have created a site for my son's
kindergarten for free because I wanted to say thanks, since my son
was very happy.
The site has been created using coldfusion because I gave
them some control on news, new children, waiting list, etc.
They just asked me they want to be able to modify all the
content of the site, so I started working on a CMS for it.
There are two section on the site, video gallery and photo
gallery that are flash - XML based galleries.
I know that if I explain to them how to modify the XML files
in order to change photos and videos, they'll screw the gallery.
Is there any way I can access the content of my XML file from
coldfusion and allow modification, like adding new photos to the
existing ones, or modifying the caption on the existing ones?
So basically I need to them to be able to click on "Modify
photo gallery", then see all the childs (photos) and be able to
modify/add.
Thank you so much for any info or help.
If you are using ColdFusion 7/8 this should be quite easy.
You'd basically:
1) Read the XML file into ColdFusion memory
2) Loop through the nodes you need etc outputting them to a
page or dynamically built form fields
3) Allow the user to edit these fields then on submit have
ColdFusion tale the variable holding the form data and write it to
an XML file again via a loop, overwriting the previous file.
Clearly you'll need to be careful on validating the input but
it should be pretty straightforward.
I didn't have time to write any code but look at the
following functions and tags to find out more:
<cffile />
<cfxml />
Here's some more info:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=Tags_u-z_4.html
Cheers,
Mikey.

XML based scrolling thumbnails

IMPORTANT: My first time with flash and actionscript but am a computer science student so code is ok.
that said I wanna build a xml based scrolling thumbnails in an horizontal bar.
each pic should have some effect when the mouse is over it +
the scrolling bar should scrol left or right depending on the mouse pos+
the bar stops when am over a pic (with some conditions)
I think this i all
PS: I have only two days to do it :s
I know it would be better if I do it from scratch this is how I do normaly but here am completly snowed under
plz help thx

Your best bet for getting a solution handed to you is to do a Google search for "AS3 scrolling menu tutorial" Since code isn't an issue for you, you should be able to modify whatever you find to suit your detail needs once you understand how it is designed.

Looking for a non XML driven Flash banner rotator

I am looking for a non XML driven Flash banner rotator, something where I can load my images into the FLA and publish. The only rotators I can seem to find have external XML/image files, etc.
All I want to do is create simple SWF's that I can use to display rotating images preferably is a smooth and stylish manner. Does anyone know of any, or could point me in the right direction?
Many thanks for any help you may be able to offer and I am willing to follow any tutorials.

Hi
I wonder why not show you how to use Quicktime.
Because I would use the html5 audio, that way the browser chooses the 'player' to use, and I wanted to give the OP the choice -
<audio controls preload="auto" autobuffer>
<source src="elvis.mp3" />
<source src="elvis.ogg" />

</audio>
PZ

How do I get rid of the security warning for disc based Flash product

I have a project that use a program called Articulate to turn
powerpoint shows into a more rich flash product with audio, search
capacities, quiz etc. There are multiple sections from multiple
powerpoint files that generate a dozen or so flash files. The flash
files reside in an html shell to allow for navigation. The whole
thing is delivered on disc as a browser based training product.
The problem is that viewing flash from a disc results in a
security alert every time the viewer goes to a flash file. There is
an Articulate theme blog that suggests using a product called
server2go to make the disc function as a server to kinda fool
browsers on the local machine into thinking the disc is a web
server. My client wants the product to allow the users' default
browser. So far, although server2go is supposed to allow this, it
doesn't with the latest version of firefox (client's preferred
browser). I can only get it to work on a select machine or 2 in my
office with IE (server2go default) but it takes forever to launch.
I haven't gotten it to work on any of the client's machines. The
disc (auto launch) just freezes the machines.
Can anyone recommend a better server emulation product, or
tell me another solution to delivering a disc based flash product
without getting the security warning and without making the viewer
change settings on their machine to allow flash to play?
I understand security issues but this makes flash virtually
unusable for this application and I'm dead in the water if I can't
fix it.

Sorry, Ralph has already answered your question. If you need to get your security questions reset, you will have to contact iTunes Support:
ACCOUNT SECURITY CONTACT NUMBERS
Cheers,
GB

Using XML-based object structures to represent data in code/at run-time

Hello,
I have quite a "high level" question which has be bothering me for some time, and I haven't found the subject tackled in any books. I believe J2SE/J2EE is not an important divide here.
Lets say I want to develop a J2SE game application with two programs: a "level designer", and a "level viewer", and I want to store the level files in an XML format.
My question, and I use this example only to try and illustrate it, is:
when coding the level designer or viewer, is it reasonable to use an XML-based object hierarchy for representing a level in code/at run-time, i.e. using the standard Java DOM APIs? Or should one (as I would have done before XML came along) develop a set of classes much closer to modelling the real form of a level, and then add a means to convert those objects to/from to XML format?
This second option of course I would use/would have used if I wasn't thinking about XML, but isn't it sometimes easier to just read in an XML file into a DOM representation and just use the data straight out of that structure, rather than go through the bother of parsing the XML into a set of unrelated objects defined by a different family of classes? What shapes your decision here? And if the second option is best, what is the easiest way of converting to/from the XML?
Thank you for any advice.
Greg

Hi Christian,
Can I ask: what about if your domain was quite 'close' to an object/DOM representation of XML?
For instance, what if a game operated by acting out a theatrical script, a spoken conversation, between two characters, perhaps somehow influenced at points by the user, and a particular level was just a different script for the characters.
One could imagine that the object representation of this would in the end be quite similar to how you'd represent XML, i.e. like a tree of nodes, where each node was a line from the script, and some nodes were a decision point where different nodes could be chosen from.
Would you still want to avoid using XML-based classes to represent the underlying 'game', or is there a point where you would 'give it' to the similarity and use existing XML structures directly?
Thank you for any advice
Greg

Is the "512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage" on the new mac worth the extra cost? I am comparing with a refurb with better specs (faster CPU, larger hard drive) and from what I undersand the PCIe flash storage is the big differentiator in cost.

hello - i am considering two macbook pros
NEW - http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=ME294LL/A&step=config#
REFURB - http://store.apple.com/us/product/G0ML1LL/A/refurbished-macbook-pro-27ghz-quad-c ore-intel-i7-with-retina-display
The refurb actually has a faster processor and a larger hard drive. From what I understand, the big difference in cost is the new macbook pro contains "512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage" versus the refurb "768GB Flash Storage".
Is the PCIe flash storage really worth the extra cost (and smaller size)?
PS - Also I believe the brand new one has 2 GB graphics memory as opposed to 1 GB graphics memory. I don't really care about that as much as I won't be doing a lot of video editing or gaming.

RestonManJavaLuver wrote:
Is she wrong - are these actually going to people's homes, being used, then returned and resold?
Some are some are not. Otherwise Apple has a ton of Mac's sitting around that have been returned by customers under their 14 day No Questions Asked return policy.
But they not just Returned and Resold. They go back to Apple, checked out (Tested) any parts that are not up to spec replaced and then repackaged in a plain white box to be sold as refurbs.

How to edit bitmap which is imported in flash using xml and save the edited bitmap back to xml in flash.

hi all
It would be appreciated if any one let me know how to edit
bitmap which is imported in flash using xml and save the edited
bitmap back to xml in flash.
Is it posible to save the bitmap data in flash?
thanks in advance

Yes you can... but like I said before you need to upload the
data from the changes you make to a server.
In terms of the solution... its unlikely that you'll find one
specifically for your needs. You will have to learn whatever you
don't know how already and maybe adapt some existing examples to
your needs.
To change the visual state of a movie clip... you just do all
the regular things that you want to do to it using flash... scale,
rotation, drawing API , textfields etc in actionscript. If you
don't know how to how to do that stuff, then you need to learn that
first. That's basic actionscript.
You can capture the visual state of a movieclip using the
BitmapData class. That includes a loaded jpeg. You can also
manipulate bimatp data using the same class. You should read up on
that if you don't know how to use it or check out the examples
below for uploading info.
For uploading to the server:
Here's an as2 solution that took 15 secs to find using
google:
http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000645.php
If you're using as3, google search for "jpeg encoder as3" and
look through that info. There are also historical answers in the
forums here related to this type of thing that might help as
well.

How to use/access XML based DVMs in ODI 11.1.1.5.0

Hi All,
I want to use XML based DVMs in interface on ODI 11.1.1.5.0.
I have tried something like this. However while "Load Data" step, i am facing the error "
-4850 : 3F000 : java.sql.SQLException: invalid schema name: CURRENCYCODE
java.sql.SQLException: invalid schema name: CURRENCYCODE
at org.hsqldb.jdbc.Util.sqlException(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCPreparedStatement.<init>(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCConnection.prepareStatement(Unknown Source)
at com.sunopsis.jdbc.driver.xml.SnpsXmlConnection.prepareStatement(SnpsXmlConnection.java:1192)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor314.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at oracle.odi.core.datasource.dwgobject.support.OnConnectOnDisconnectDataSourceAdapter$OnDisconnectCommandExecutionHandler.invoke(OnConnectOnDisconnectDataSourceAdapter.java:200)
at $Proxy138.prepareStatement(Unknown Source)
at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.execution.sql.SQLCommand.doInitializeStatement(SQLCommand.java:83)
at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.execution.sql.SQLCommand.getStatement(SQLCommand.java:117)
at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.execution.sql.SQLCommand.getStatement(SQLCommand.java:111)
at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.execution.sql.SQLDataProvider.readData(SQLDataProvider.java:76)
at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.execution.sql.SQLDataProvider.readData(SQLDataProvider.java:1)
at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.execution.DataMovementTaskExecutionHandler.handleTask(DataMovementTaskExecutionHandler.java:67)
at com.sunopsis.dwg.dbobj.SnpSessTaskSql.processTask(SnpSessTaskSql.java:2906)
at com.sunopsis.dwg.dbobj.SnpSessTaskSql.treatTask(SnpSessTaskSql.java:2609)
at com.sunopsis.dwg.dbobj.SnpSessStep.treatAttachedTasks(SnpSessStep.java:537)
at com.sunopsis.dwg.dbobj.SnpSessStep.treatSessStep(SnpSessStep.java:453)
at com.sunopsis.dwg.dbobj.SnpSession.treatSession(SnpSession.java:1740)
at com.sunopsis.dwg.dbobj.SnpSession.treatSession(SnpSession.java:1595)
at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.processor.impl.StartScenRequestProcessor$2.doAction(StartScenRequestProcessor.java:580)
at oracle.odi.core.persistence.dwgobject.DwgObjectTemplate.execute(DwgObjectTemplate.java:214)
at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.processor.impl.StartScenRequestProcessor.doProcessStartScenTask(StartScenRequestProcessor.java:513)
at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.processor.impl.StartScenRequestProcessor$StartScenTask.doExecute(StartScenRequestProcessor.java:1070)
at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.processor.task.AgentTask.execute(AgentTask.java:123)
at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.support.DefaultAgentTaskExecutor$2.run(DefaultAgentTaskExecutor.java:82)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: org.hsqldb.HsqlException: invalid schema name: CURRENCYCODE
at org.hsqldb.error.Error.error(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.SchemaManager.getSchemaHsqlName(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.SchemaManager.getSchemaName(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.Session.getSchemaName(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.SchemaManager.getTable(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.ParserDQL.readTableName(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.ParserDQL.readTableOrSubquery(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.ParserDQL.XreadTableReference(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.ParserDQL.XreadFromClause(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.ParserDQL.XreadTableExpression(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.ParserDQL.XreadQuerySpecification(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.ParserDQL.XreadSimpleTable(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.ParserDQL.XreadQueryPrimary(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.ParserDQL.XreadQueryTerm(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.ParserDQL.XreadQueryExpressionBody(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.ParserDQL.XreadQueryExpression(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.ParserDQL.compileCursorSpecification(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.ParserCommand.compilePart(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.ParserCommand.compileStatement(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.Session.compileStatement(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.StatementManager.compile(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.Session.execute(Unknown Source)
... 27 more"
Steps followed:
1. Created data server with below values.
JDBS Driver : com.sunopsis.jdbc.driver.xml.SnpsXmlDriver
JDBC URL : jdbc:snps:xml?f=/appl/oracle/dev/fmw/11g/product/Oracle_ODI1/oracledi/xml_odi/CURRENCY95CODE.xml&s=CURRENCYCODE&case_sens=true
2. Created a physical schemas out of it and passed SCHEMA as "CURRENCYCODE". Please note that it dint showup automatically. I had to type the schema name "CURRENCYCODE".
3. Implemented logic in interface and facing the above error when tried executing interface at "Load Data" step.
Note : Test Connection is working fine. And i have all the permissions to execute.
Kindly suggest the right way if i am doing something wrong.

Hello,
Your filemaker install should have come with a jdbc driver (.jar file). You'll need to check your filemaker pro documentation to confirm. Once you have the file, place it in the ODI/oracledi/agent/drivers folder where your agent lives (also place it on your client if you want to use the local agent for testing). You can then create a custom Technology in the Topology tab in ODI.
There are many options in the Technology definition which you will need to figure out based on what filemaker pro can handle and how it processes queries. Once the technology is created, add a Data Server and Physical Schema as you would any other technology. Then, build the model, datastores, interfaces, etc. just like any other tech.
Hope this gets you started.
Thank you,
Michael R.

Dynamic element binding between XML based PDF form and WDA context

Hi Experts,
I am working on a XML based interactive form.There is a table node in the XML interface which generated by WDA context, and binding on a subform in the PDF form.
I tried to add instances to the subform using javascript. Unfortunately, I can not get the internal table in WDA.
If I initialize the table to 10 lines in WDA , and then add 5 line to it in PDF, when I submit the PDF, I can only get 10 lines in the WDA framework. It seems that the element which is create dynamically can not be past to the interface.
Could you tell me why? And is there any other better solution? I just want build a table in PDF form in runtime and pass it to WDA context.
Thanks a lot!
Best Regards,
Guo Guo Qing

Hi Thomas,
Thank you for your reply.
I think the performance will be a problem if I create the elment in WDA using submit event. I need to create hundreds of record dynamically. I must find some way to reduce the communication between the WDA and PDF form. Maybe I can set a container with a number of elements before the PDF output. Do you have some better ideas?
Best Regards,
Guo Guo Qing

How to buy the 1TB PCIe-based Flash Storage ?

Hi,
I own a MacBook Pro retina 2012/2013 with 256GB ssd,
I want to upgrade to the new 1TB PCIe-based Flash Storage.
I tried talking to apple support and was told they wont upgrade my macbook.
And that i should buy the SSD as a stand alone part and install it myself.
I have no problem installing it myself but I cant find it as a stand alone product.
The guy in support told me I can get it in the apple store. I went there and they dont sell it.
Anyone have the same problem?
Thanks

I want to upgrade to the new 1TB PCIe-based Flash Storage.
Honestly, do you NEED 1tb SSD?
You need to change the premise of your SSD use.
see here:
Your Solid State Drive and having enough space inside your Macbook Air & Pro
Solid State Drive usage premise, or the “more space / upgrade SSD” question
There have been questions posed and positions taken by many people who are trying to use their Macbook Air or Pro’s solid state drive (SSD) as a mass media storage device, for either pictures, videos, massive music collections or all three combined; but this should not be the working premise of a ‘limited’ SSD and its use.
In which, it’s the case of those users with either 128GB, 256GB, or even 512GB of internal SSD space, that have or are running “out of space”, that questions are raised. The immediate premise of some users can sometimes be “(how to / if) upgrading my SSD” when in fact in nearly all instances another approach is the logical and sensible one that needs to be looked into and exercised.
Any Macbook containing a SSD should be idealized as a ‘working platform’ notebook containing all your applications, documents, and weekly or bi-weekly necessary files. All collections of media files such as pictures, music, and videos, unless directly needed should be kept off the notebook and on an external hard drive or likewise. While the ‘working platform’ premise is also the case with larger internal conventional hard drives of 1TB+, its implementation isn't as critical except in terms of data protection.
Realistically, you should at most coordinate roughly 20 to 25% of your total SSD space to all audio-video personal use media (picture / music / video collections), leaving the remaining amount on an external HD.
Nobody should consider any notebook a data storage device at any time under any circumstance, rather a data creation, sending, and manipulation device; and in the case of a SSD, this is more important for purposes of having sufficient working space on the SSD and reducing SSD ‘bloat’ in which cases someone is wrongly attempting to use the SSD space as a large media storage nexus.
The rare exception to the collective usage and premise of SSD use in which a much larger SSD is truly needed are for those in video and photography professions that require both the extremely fast speeds of the SSD and the onboard storage for large and or many video and photography files. However this also falls under the premise of a ‘working platform’ for such peoples rather than the intent of many who are using the SSD as passive and static data storage for media files very infrequently needed or accessed.
All on-notebook data collections should be logically approached as to necessity, and evaluated as to whether it is active or passive data that likely doesn’t need to be on the notebook, allocations of space-percentages to as-needed work and use, apportioning space for your entertainment media, and questioning whether it should it be on the notebook for more than short-term consumption.
Considerations should be made in the mind of any user in differentiating the necessary system data (System hub) comprising the Mac OSX, applications, necessary documents that both must and should be on your internal SSD, and that of the users personal data (Data hub) comprising created files, pictures, music, videos, PDF files, data created or being created and otherwise, that likely unless being used soon or often should be parked on an external hard drive for consumption, or temporarily loading onto the internal SSD.
You both can and should purchase whichever SSD size you need or see fit, but even in the case of the largest of SSD, unless use-considerations are made, and SSD spaces are allocated as should be the case indicated above, one can easily and immediately run into this quandary of “needing more internal SSD space”, in which instance a different approach in usage must then be implemented.
However it is almost always the case, that such large media files are wanted to be stored internally rather than actually needed, in which case the external HD is both prudent as well as necessary. Additionally costs per MB are infinitely less on an external HD than an internal SSD in any consideration of data expansion needs.
A Professional Example
In the case of a Macbook Air or Macbook Pro Retina with ‘limited’ storage on the SSD, this distinction becomes more important in that in an ever rapidly increasing file-size world, you keep vital large media files, pics, video, PDF collections, music off your SSD and archived on external storage, for sake of the necessary room for your system to have free space to operate, store future applications and general workspace.
You should also never be put in the position of considering “deleting things” on your Macbook SSD in order to ‘make space’. This is especially what your external HD is for.
Professionals who create and import very large amounts of data have almost no change in the available space on their notebooks internal SSD because they are constantly archiving data to arrays of external or networked HD.
Or in the case of the consumer this means you keep folders for large imported or created data and you ritually offload and archive this data for safekeeping, not only to safeguard the data in case your Macbook has a SSD crash, or gets stolen, but importantly in keeping the ‘breathing room’ open for your notebook to operate, expand, create files, add applications, for your APPS to create temp files, and for general operation.
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External Hard Drives
External hard drives are both extremely cheap and regardless of the size of your internal SSD (or even internal hard drive if the case), you need an external hard drive with your SSD equipped Macbook for several reasons:
1. Data backup and protection.
2. Redundancy for important data.
3. Necessitated ideal space for large media files for collections of pictures, videos, and music etc.
While ever changing in price, typical portable 2.5” external hard drives in USB3 run roughly $65 for 1TB or $120 for 2TB small portable USB3 hard drives. Such drives range in thickness between 5mm and 15mm, with recent improvements in storage of 500GB drives in 5mm profiles.
There is almost no premise in which a small 12mm thick 1 Terabyte USB hard drive cannot be taken along with any Macbook as an external large storage extension inside any Macbook carry case or pouch. Typically such external HD profiles are not much bigger than a deck of cards.
External hard drives are a foregone necessity for purchase with any Macbook for at the very least Time Machine backups, data redundancies, and ideally for large media storage.

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