Can I use an External Hard Drive To Store my Media and Link to Applications (iTunes, iPhoto)?
Good Afternoon,
I purchased a Macbook Air as a hold over until I could get a Macbook Pro. Unfortunately some things have come up and I am going to have to wait a little longer than anticipated before buying the Macbook Pro. Since I initially intended to have this laptop only for a short time I got the bare bones one with the 128 GB SSD.
Is there a way to set things up so I can move all of my media ( Music, Movies, Pictures etc,, ) onto a external portable hard drive that I can connect to the the laptop before I boot it up and have applications ( iTunes, iPhote etc. ) automatically link to the hard drive and my media?
I called Apple to see what the cost would be, if it was even possible, to have the 128 GB replaced with a 256 GB and I was told that it is possible, but it not a service they offer. So he suggested that I do this instead.
I know this is something that is fairly easy to do on a PC as I have done it before, but my concern is if Apple applications would work. I always had the understanding that iTunes ( for example ) must have its files stored to the local drive.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Eric