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kman42 · Aug 11, 2006, 05:02 PM

I am running out of space on my laptop's hard drive and would like to get a new external drive (300GB) to store some data (currently on various work computers, but I need to centralize). I'm going to be getting a new iMac at home in a few months and bringing my PowerMac to work and retiring my laptop from everyday use. I'll then want to transfer all of the stuff from the external drive to my internal drives on my PowerMac and use the external drive for Time Machine.

I know, it seems complicated and future-oriented but it's only six months away. How do I configure the external drive so that I can use it with my powerbook now and then transfer all of the files to my PowerMac when the time comes? Here's an additional wrinkle: When I bring in my PowerMac I will be getting a second internal hard drive. I'm planning on reformatting my PowerMac and using Migration Assistant to transfer my account from my laptop to my boot drive on my PowerMac. I'll then want the stuff from my external drive to be on the second internal drive and the external drive reformatted for backup. Whew! Any help?

kman

TETENAL · Aug 11, 2006, 05:05 PM

I think you are overthinking the matter. Just format the drive as HFS+ (Journaled) and be done with it.

kman42 · Aug 11, 2006, 05:13 PM

I don't need to worry about permissions once I start switching computers? That was my concern.

kman

TETENAL · Aug 11, 2006, 05:19 PM

Every external drive has the "Ignore permissions on this volume" checkbox. I think it's even on by default. So, no, you don't have to worry about it.

dmetzcher · Aug 13, 2006, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

Every external drive has the "Ignore permissions on this volume" checkbox. I think it's even on by default.

Correct. It's on by default for external drives.