Fulwood
Prominent Member
I want to use an iMac with a 256Gb internal SSD for photo editing and subsequent storage.
Means that if I want off-line storage and access to my pictures I need to use an external hard drive as the internal will soon be filled. Fair enough, a 2tb external isn't very expensive so I've just bought one, formatted it in Mac HFS and can now use it store my pics.
My question concerns how best to use the two drives in combination for easy access by my family to our photos.
What's best option in your opinion?
1. Create a fusion drive.
2. JBOD RAID.
3. My preferred option is to keep the two disks separated and create something equivalent to a Windows Library for our photos (where you can link files in different folders/drives to one library).
In option 3 I would like any photo folders to appear in the Pictures folder and for the Pictures folder to store my Mac Photos Library(s) (we use Mac Photos to view/edit our pics). How can I do this, as at the moment you have to navigate to the external HD to access and store pictures? Some family members are unhappy to navigate their way through the folder system and would prefer just to click on Pictures older and see all the pictures stored there.
Option 1 & 2 means that any photo folders will appear in my Pictures folder (providing I post the pics there) regardless of their actual location.
Comments/alternatives appreciated.
Thanks
Henry
PS I'm wanting to keep all our pictures as unedited RAWs/JPEGs in date taken folders as well as in Mac Photos Libraries in case I want to swap from Mac to Windows in the future. These photo original folders to be visible in my Pictures folder.
Means that if I want off-line storage and access to my pictures I need to use an external hard drive as the internal will soon be filled. Fair enough, a 2tb external isn't very expensive so I've just bought one, formatted it in Mac HFS and can now use it store my pics.
My question concerns how best to use the two drives in combination for easy access by my family to our photos.
What's best option in your opinion?
1. Create a fusion drive.
2. JBOD RAID.
3. My preferred option is to keep the two disks separated and create something equivalent to a Windows Library for our photos (where you can link files in different folders/drives to one library).
In option 3 I would like any photo folders to appear in the Pictures folder and for the Pictures folder to store my Mac Photos Library(s) (we use Mac Photos to view/edit our pics). How can I do this, as at the moment you have to navigate to the external HD to access and store pictures? Some family members are unhappy to navigate their way through the folder system and would prefer just to click on Pictures older and see all the pictures stored there.
Option 1 & 2 means that any photo folders will appear in my Pictures folder (providing I post the pics there) regardless of their actual location.
Comments/alternatives appreciated.
Thanks
Henry
PS I'm wanting to keep all our pictures as unedited RAWs/JPEGs in date taken folders as well as in Mac Photos Libraries in case I want to swap from Mac to Windows in the future. These photo original folders to be visible in my Pictures folder.
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