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Feb 23, 2014 12:10 PM in response to Kiwalby Terence Devlin,Remember not only are you switching hardware and software, you're also switching to a different set of underlying concepts for computing. WIndows is still very heavily influenced by the "file-is-my-data" paradigm. Macs are a bit further along the curve towards manipulating data directly, rather than just files - mind you Windows is alos moving in that direction.
So, the NAS is a great device for storing files but it's a headless computer with its own operating system and disk structure. When you bear that in mind the fact that databases can't be run from it might make a bit more sense, and iPhoto and Aperture are apps that use a complex series of interlinked sql databases to make the non-destructive workflow.
So, too, Time Machine. It doesn't just make a back up but keeps a rolling back up and preserves all your data for as much space as you give it. The more space it has, the further you can roll back. So, in the case that you, say, trash a 1gb movie file from your HD, it's not removed from your back up until the back up runs out of space. If that takes 3 days or 3 months or 3 years... then that's how far you can roll back.
You can limit the amount of space a TC uses for backing up by partitioning the disk.
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Feb 23, 2014 12:29 PM in response to Kiwalby LarryHN,Yes - Time machine makes hourly backups for at any time you can go back in small increments - and sooner or later it fills the backup volume
PLUS if you put yoru iPhoto library on the backup volume then you would have no backup of your photos
You have a big learning curve and as long as you fight it it will be much more difficult
For more on TM see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US and http://pondini.org/TM/3.html
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Feb 23, 2014 12:34 PM in response to LarryHNby Kiwal,Then let's think out of the box.
I have 2 MAC's with 250GB SSDs. I have app 300GB photos and movies. Next to that app 200MB docs.
What solution I should use to have most benefits and easy to use home environment?
Any solution that would be optimal is welcome, even if it would mean some investment or discontinuation of current setup described above.
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Feb 23, 2014 1:26 PM in response to Kiwalby Terence Devlin,A couple of external HD's formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) connected to the Macs using USB/Firewire or Thunderbolt.
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Feb 25, 2014 9:40 AM in response to léonieby Kiwal,Have given a chance for Picasa.
Think this is a good compromize for my setup of NAS, data share and photo management capabilities of the program.