LaCrie External Drive Toolkit vs. Mac Time Machine

Jack

- thank you so much!  I will definitely do what you suggest. I’m really

looking forward to using the iMac, Logic Pro X in particular. 😎 And since you seem so knowledgeable, a follow up question

if you don’t mind: Should I store my Logic Pro project files on the Mac’s

internal drive (2TB capacity) or save them to an external drive? (I do plan on

putting the Logic Pro Library & Sound files on a second external drive,

which is suggested by all I’ve read.) This second drive is an OWC solid state

with 2TB capacity. That said, I’m wondering if saving the Logic Pro project

files on that drive (along with the Library files) would be preferable to

saving the projects on the internal drive. And just to clarify, I’m talking

about my ‘active’ project files (those that I will be working with). In other

words, the LaCrie drive (4TB, HDD) will ONLY be used to backup/archive the project

files, as well as all the other stuff that will be backed up. Make sense?

(Sorry, don’t mean to sound so oblivious here. Just trying to maximize my set

up starting at ground zero so I don’t have to rearrange stuff later).

Again, thanks in advance for your valuable input! -

John 

Jack - Sorry, another follow-up question. This one refers to your response to my original question (as opposed to the 'novel' I wrote in my replay to it about the Logic Pro scenario thing) when it comes to erasing the LaCrie and using it with Time Machine. Anyway, in the steps you provided you said that, after selecting the Erase option, I should choose the APFS format and the GUID scheme. Unfortunately, I'm a bit confused because when the pop-up window appears it that the format is ExFAT. I'm assuming this is the format currently associated with the LaCrie. Therefore, I want to make sure that you DO want me to select the APFS before I do the erasing, correct? In other words, I'm not sure why it matters whether I just leave it at ExFAT as opposed to selecting the APFS since I'm going to be erasing the disk anyway. Still, I don't want my (potentially bad) assumptions to hose things up. Also, the GUID scheme thing: At this point that info doesn't show up on the pop-up window. All that said, I'm now wondering that the APFS and GUID selections are part of the 'Mount' procedure, which I'm (once again) assuming will/should take place after the erasure. Anyway, don't want to come across (to quote Jethro Tull) as being thick as a brick. Then again, when it comes to communicating with the iMac, I guess that it's obvious I am. Sorry.

John

Thanks!