btompsett Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Hi, I am updating my main machine from an early 2008 Mac Pro to the new iMac. The old Mac Pro has 4 500gb 7200rpm hard drives in the 4 pull out bays and I am wondering what is the best way to make use of these/connect them to the new iMac? One was a system drive so could probably live without that one but the other three were one for Audio and the other two for sample libraries, BFD, Vienna, Ivory etc. and I would want to be able to access and make use of these drives from the new iMac. I will be using Logic Pro X, Any thoughts? Thanks, Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRobinson Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 If you look on Amazon for "multiple hard drive enclosure," you will see some of the options that exist. You can also purchase individual enclosures with FireWire (say ...) and daisy-chain the drives together as you did in the "old SCSI days." (But with cables that are now a helluva lot thinner 8) ...) The whole thing would connect to a single FW port. Be sure to re-label drives as needed to avoid conflicts. (For instance, the name of my internal drive is not "Macintosh HD.") In addition, I would "from the outset" purchase a (new ...) external drive, which can now be had in multi-terabyte sizes even at an office supply store(!), for use as a Time Machine backup device. "From day one," Time Machine is running all the time, doing what it does best, directing its attention to a brand new disk drive or solid-state drive which is directly cabled to the machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRF_Audio Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Yeah, I'd just get an external enclosure for the drives so you can continue using them. If budget's not an issue, then go for a Thunderbolt RAID enclosure. If budget is an issue, then just get two USB 3 enclosures, and a hub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efiebke Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I am a satisfied customer of OWC http://www.macsales.com . They have USB 3 based external enclosures that go for $30.00 each. They work great! (I have three of them that I use for my refurbished 2009/2010 Mac Pro via eSATA ports.) http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/U3S3HD/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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