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    Managing store with small SSD in Laptop

    Posted by Leo Hunter on December 6, 2018 at 11:22 pm

    Hey,

    I have a MacBook Pro (2018) but it only has 512GB SSD.

    I have 2 external drives:

    -2TB Samsung T5 SSD
    -4TB USB 3 Seagate Hard Drive (5,200 rpm)

    What is the best way for me to store my media?

    Should I store everything on the external SSD? Or should I put the actual media, proxies and project on the SSD for fast access and the project file on the HDD ?

    I am thinking I put the media files on the external SSD and everything else on the external HDD and tell FCPX to leave all files in place… so confused. Is this best?

    I am not too sure what needs fast access and what does not.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Brett Sherman replied 7 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Brett Sherman

    December 7, 2018 at 2:12 pm

    You’re going to get better results putting everything on the SSD drive. But, for sure put your cache files there.

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