Hi guys
I currently own a 2015 13" MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM and 0.5TB of SSD storage. I've just acquired the 16" MacBook Pro with 64GB of RAM and 8TB of SSD storage.
BACK UP
I currently back up the contents of my Mac, on which I keep my music projects and photos, on a portable 1TB G:Drive via Time Machine.
GLYPH EXTERNAL HARD DISK
I also have a Glyph 2TB external hard disk on which I store music sample libraries (drum sounds, guitar samples etc) because my my current Mac has not got enough storage for them. My samples currently take up about 1TB.
PLAN
My plan is to migrate everything from my current Mac to my new Mac.
(1) What is the most efficient way to do this please?
(2) Once this has been done, will the various third-party software plug-ins that I own be recognised/activated automatically or will have to go through some kind of reactivation process?
I also want to move all the music sample libraries to my new Mac so I can dispense with Glyph hard disk.
(3) What's the best way to achieve this?
(4) Will I need to remap the pathways so that samples used in current projects are recognised by the new Mac? If so, what's the best way of doing this?
Finally, I assume I'll need to get a new portable drive to backup everything on the new Mac via Time Machine.
(5) Will a 2TB drive be sufficient given that my current total documents plus libraries come to about 1.5TB?
Many thanks