Upgrade from 2009 iMac to MacBook Air 3 (2020) model considerations
My wife has an older iMac desktop 27 inch monitor with a 1 TB hard drive that has some issues with certain programs. It also has 29,000 photos and about 6,000 emails messages in the inbox with 1000's more in various smart mailboxes\files. Despite all of these files, it still has 706 GB of 999.3 GB free after 11 years of use. Needless to say not much done on file maintenance but it still has ample memory. I have several questions:
- If I get the MacBook Air with the 256 GB SSD drive, how much of that will be available after the required software? Will a 256 GB drive be enough?
- What sort and size of external SSD drive should I get to hold the photographs that are now on the iMac (about 100 GB)? And, will I be able tp hook-up the Mac Air to the iMac and with what sort of cable? The iMac has older USB 2.0 ports and some weird little ports I don't know what they are??
- As there is still ample hard drive available on the the iMac, I was wondering if there were a way to hook the Mac Air to iMac and use it for a back-up drive? And, the pictures are already on it!
- And, finally, is there a way that the Mac Air may utilize the 27 inch monitor of the iMac when my wife is in her office, and not need to use the small screen on the Mac Air?
Thank you in advance for your help,
P. S. We are older adults and with what is going around, we don't want to risk going to the Apple store to meet with the Genius desk.
Charlie and Susan
iMac, OS X 10.10