Right here goes.
At the moment I have all my data on a 2Tb USB hard drive (Only using around 300Gig) which is about to give up the ghost. Lots of clicking, need to plug the usb in around 10 or 20 times before MAC will recognise it. I have also tried my work laptop, same issue so it's not the mac at fault.
I have ordered a 1Tb Netgear Stora NAS drive (2 slots, 1 pre filled with 1Tb drive) on the recommendation of a friend at work who knows about these things. I will probably get a second 1Tb for the other slot and run Raid 1.
1. What is the best way to format the drive before copying my music across? Flaky drive is FAT32.
2. Whats the best method to copy the music across between drives?
3. My itunes music is all on the HD (lossless) in location /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/ Music.fpbf Is this the optimal location? I will also be using the NAS drive for Time Machine.
4. All my music is on the hard drive but the artwork is on the mac itself. Is this the best way to do things? I would think they should they be on the same drive? If so how do I go about doing this?
5. Any other suggestions on itunes settings? I have use perform error correction when importing audio CDs, keep itunes media folder organised,and copy tunes to itunes media folder when adding to library all checked, streaming buffer size is set to medium. Pretty much everything else is unchecked.
The NAS drive will work as an Itunes server apparently although I've been told this can be flaky with macs.
I want to get this done right first time. Sorry I have asked so many questions. Any other tips would be well appreciated. If anyone needs any more information on my setup please dont hesitate to ask.
Thanks in advance.
At the moment I have all my data on a 2Tb USB hard drive (Only using around 300Gig) which is about to give up the ghost. Lots of clicking, need to plug the usb in around 10 or 20 times before MAC will recognise it. I have also tried my work laptop, same issue so it's not the mac at fault.
I have ordered a 1Tb Netgear Stora NAS drive (2 slots, 1 pre filled with 1Tb drive) on the recommendation of a friend at work who knows about these things. I will probably get a second 1Tb for the other slot and run Raid 1.
1. What is the best way to format the drive before copying my music across? Flaky drive is FAT32.
2. Whats the best method to copy the music across between drives?
3. My itunes music is all on the HD (lossless) in location /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/ Music.fpbf Is this the optimal location? I will also be using the NAS drive for Time Machine.
4. All my music is on the hard drive but the artwork is on the mac itself. Is this the best way to do things? I would think they should they be on the same drive? If so how do I go about doing this?
5. Any other suggestions on itunes settings? I have use perform error correction when importing audio CDs, keep itunes media folder organised,and copy tunes to itunes media folder when adding to library all checked, streaming buffer size is set to medium. Pretty much everything else is unchecked.
The NAS drive will work as an Itunes server apparently although I've been told this can be flaky with macs.
I want to get this done right first time. Sorry I have asked so many questions. Any other tips would be well appreciated. If anyone needs any more information on my setup please dont hesitate to ask.
Thanks in advance.