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exsilio · Jul 18, 2007, 05:17 PM

Hey guys,

So I am finally retiring my G5 Tower and simplifying to a MacBook. This presents a few issues:

My G5 has 2x250GB hard drives. I use one as a backup of the main drive. The new MacBook has only a 160GB drive.

My concern of course is that:

a) I want to still be able to have a bootable copy of my MacBook's hard drive AND
b) I need to be able to copy over ALL of my iTunes info. I have about 90GB in music, and much of that has been rated and organized to an almost OCD level; I can't lose that information.

Also in the house, I have 2 other Macs, a MBP I use for work, and my wife's PowerBook. I need to sync files from the work MBP to the MB so that I can access them if need be and as a backup. Also, I would like to be able to wireless backup my wife's PB drive wirelessly.

So what is the best way to do this? My thinking right now is this:

External HD, roughly 500GB in size for backing up my new MB, and the PB. Also, I would like to put my iTunes there if possible, but I still would need to be able to rate my music - so does that mean I would need to keep my music in my User folder? Not sure.

Also, are there wireless HDs out there now, if so, are they good?

Any advice is much appreciated.

exsilio · Jul 19, 2007, 11:56 AM

Nobody? Where are the Mac experts?

Big Mac · Jul 19, 2007, 01:49 PM

Replacing a mighty G5 with a MacBook is just about criminal.

peeb · Jul 19, 2007, 02:00 PM

What you're doing doesn't seem to make that much sense - why are you replacing the G5?

exsilio · Jul 19, 2007, 10:13 PM

Thanks for your remarkable insight Peeb. I don't recall asking if people thought it made sense to them; what matters, is if it makes sense to me.