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Old 11-21-2012, 08:02 AM
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Just got a iMac 21,5", 1 Tb HDD. It comes with Thunderbolt, firewire 800 and four USB 2.0. Since I know it´s not a good practice to have sessions to write/read in the same disk than OS, which should be the best way to have session files to work with? The firewire port is used by DIGI 003. Should I use an external USB 2.0 disk? It would be ok to work in a dedicated partition of the internal disk?
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Old 11-21-2012, 09:47 AM
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You have a couple options, but the best way would be to get the $29 Apple Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter and run a firewire drive from that for your audio.

Alternatively, you could just daisy chain the firewire drive with the 003 off the one port, but the adapter would be a better solution.
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Old 11-21-2012, 10:27 AM
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How about a Thunderbolt drive for sessions?
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Old 11-21-2012, 06:32 PM
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They're very expensive right now.
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Old 11-22-2012, 04:24 AM
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I think the thunderbot to firewire is a great option! I'll do it that way.
Thunderbolt drives are still very expensive

Thanks a lot!
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Old 11-24-2012, 06:56 PM
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Default Re: iMac 2011

Ever since I had some firewire issues with some older, dodgy drives I started running sessions from the desktop of my iMac. I have had no problems for years. There's no harm in trying. (PT LE 8.0, digi 002, ancient iMac 2.8 Intel Duo, 2 gig RAM)
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