2020-04-01 TechLife

you can now switch to Download

Originals to Mac: the full versions of all

your iCloud Photos pics will download to

your Photos Library on the external

drive, continuing as

any new photos are

added. Once you’re

sure everything has

copied correctly and

is working as

expected, delete

Photos Library from

your Macintosh HD

and empty the

Trash.

2

Move your music

Music downloaded from the

iTunes Store or imported into macOS

Catalina’s Music app lives in the Music

folder in your Home folder (if you’re

using an older version of macOS, it’s

much the same, except that the folder is

called iTunes).

As with Photos, you may have

imported music into Music without

Drives to banish your

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FEATURES Transfer up to

540MB/s, USB–C and USB–A

3.0 cables included

This SSD doesn’t need to be

plugged in to the wall. Its speed

is limited by the USB 3 Gen2, but

it’s four–times quicker than most

hard disks and cheaper than

Thunderbolt drives.

Ultra for Mac 4TB

$129.99, shop.westerndigital.com

FEATURES 5,400rpm hard disk,

USB–C cable, USB–A adapter

This USB 3.0 hard disk isn’t fast

but has room to back up a 2TB

Mac and store a large media

collection. Speed won’t really be

an issue once you have completed

the initial bulk file transfer.

$349, shop.westerndigital.com

FEATURES 7,200rpm hard disk,

USB–A cable

This chunky Mac–formatted hard

disk offers a relatively high speed

of up to 165MB/s, which isn’t held

back by the USB 3 Gen1. The

supplied USB–A to B cable will

need an adapter for USB–C.

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check Consolidate Files to bring

everything together. Having done this,

quit Music and, in

the Finder, copy the

whole Music folder

• containing the
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  subfolders – to your
  external drive.
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  music but doesn’t contain it – it’s just
  an index.) Then go to Music >
  Preferences > Files, click Change and
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Shift your shows

If we tell you that videos

belonging to macOS Catalina’s TV app

live in a folder called TV inside the

Movies folder in your Home folder, you

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know about moving it to an external

drive based on the instructions for

Music, above.

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Seag t SD 1TB

$239, seagate.com

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Once you’re sure

everything has copied

correctly and is working as

expected, delete Photos

Library from your

Macintosh HD