Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/04

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Subject: [Leica] Disc size
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 20:13:47 +0000
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I would add the 4TB to your existing setup, consolidate your 4x 1TB contents 
into it in existing folders then configure "Time Machine" to back those 
folders up to their original locations. I do not like single disks for data 
storage.....

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Jeffery,
> Thanks for correcting me. They are tb discs. A slip of the keyboard, or 
> maybe
> the little grey cells.
> Larry Z
> 
> 
> - - -?
>  Are they gb or tb? A 4 gb disc is tiny, even by thumb drive standards.?
> 
> Jeffery
> 
> 
> On Jan 4, 2014, at 11:48 AM,?lrzeitlin at aol.com?wrote:
> 
> Here is a question for the computer savvy. B&H photo is offering external 4
> gb Western Digital discs for $149. I currently use four 1 gb WD discs on my
> iMac to store and edit photos. But the iMac has become slow to boot up as
> the discs fill up. I attribute this to having to load the content files of 
> each disc
> on the screen. If I dump all the files on a single 4 gb disc will the 
> computer
> boot up any faster?. Are 4 gb discs are reliable as 1 gb discs? I'm of the 
> school
> that says that you can't have too much disc space so is the B&H offer a 
> good
> deal.
> Larry Z
> 


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