Opinions re: Dual "Startup Disks" or "Extension Sets"?

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Hi all,

What methods are you using to manage the Mac's role between a dedicated DAW, and the Internet and other such luxuries?

Do you have a single Startup Disk/System Folder (and wait until the computer has fully booted up, then open the Extensions Manager and restart with your required set of extensions)?

Or, do you have a dedicated hard drive partition containing another System Folder (with minimum Digi extensions) and Pro Tools?

I've been using the first method but it seems a pain to wait until the wrong extensions for the task have loaded before I can restart with the correct set.

A multiple startup disk scenario, where you can hold down [alt/option] on the initial boot and select the ProTools/System drive you wish to load up seems to be a better, almost cleaner method.

What are you all doing? Any special tricks or things to watch out for?

Cheers,

Phil [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]