Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Bread Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 14:42:38 -0800 Organization: lined up neatly Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1387752158 13259 127.0.0.1 (22 Dec 2013 22:42:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:42:38 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Unison/2.1.10 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:20118 On 2013-12-22 16:50:50 +0000, Sandman said: > In article , Michael > Vilain wrote: > >>>> i understand that. AS SAID: A handyman might be able to put on a 1TB SSD >>>> into it... Whatever. If you really need a portable 1TB SSD today your >>>> beast shot, IMNSHO, would be to buy the drive separately, put it in a >>>> USB3 enclosure awaiting one with Thunderbolt too. I can't find the >>>> latter either. >>> >>> Indeed. If such an enclosure existed, I would probably do just that. But it >>> has to have both USB3 *and* Thunderbolt. It's thunderbolt I want, and USB >>> is for my iMac at home, that would only do USB2 speeds, which won't cut it >>> unless it's an emergency. >>> >>> Or, I'll get a new Mac Pro for work and move my work iMac home. :) >> >> Well, maybe next year. Such and enclosure most likely doesn't exist. >> So Santa is leaving you a Windows Surface RT tablet instead. He get them >> really cheap and heard they make great gifts. >> >> Good luck with your quest for mythical hardware. It's good to reach for >> that which doesn't exist yet. > > The drobo 4-bay enclosure seems to be the best bet right now I have one. I love it. I don't keep my primary iPhoto repository on it. It's slow. I keep my iPhoto repository on a separate FW800 external HD, and Time Machine backs it up to the Drobo. (And CrashPlan backs it up across town to an external HD attached to another computer completely). Drobos are great. But they aren't fast, at least in my experience.