There are probably some things you can do to free up some hard drive space too- get rid of the MS Office Test Drive, iWork '06 30 Day Trial, Garageband Demo Songs (\Library\Applications Support\GarageBand\GarageBand Demo Songs), Remove printer drivers you don't need (\Library\Printers), etc. I don't know of any disadvantage other than you won't be able to run the software unless you're connected to the drive, so you'll have to carry the external drive around with you. Just use Disk Utility (\Applications\Utilities\Disk Utility) to format the drive. I'm not sure I understand the second question, but there will be some settings and files that will end up on the main drive but depending on what software you're installing, it is not likely to be much. You don't HAVE to reformat the drive to Mac as the Mac will read PC formatting, but I think you'll have better stability if you initially format it as a Mac drive. Yes, you can run software from an external drive. If you plan on doing video work, you'll probably want to find a Firewire drive. Firewire has faster sustained transfer speeds, USB 2 has faster initial transfer. I have a USB 2 and Firewire external drives and both work fine. Mac disk utility Select the external hard disk youre having issues with by clicking on it. I'm not sure I understand the second question, but there will be some settings and files that will end up on the main drive but depending on what software you're installing, it is not likely to be much. You can see the current icon for the application in the image above. Yes, you can run software from an external drive. My Passport for Mac portable storage is an external hard drive for Mac devices that works straight out of the box and makes it easy to keep. Also I think you can install Adobe products on an external drive, yes of course they will stop working when the drive is removed or when it is plugged back and. Welcome to the discussions and congrats on your new MacBook.
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