

Make sure your library is working fine (or as well as can be expected, considering all the foodstagram shots you’ve got jammed in there). If there are updates available for iPhoto, download and install them, and then open the app. I would not recommend buying a wireless external storage drive - they are unstable and much slower than conventional hard drives.
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I recommend buying as much space as you can afford, as you’ll be filling it through the years.
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Meanwhile, plain old external hard drives like the Western Digital My Book for Mac are clunky performers, but offer great values, selling two terabytes for less than a Benjamin.

(For instance, at $285, the 480-gigabyte Oyen Digital Shadow Mini SSD costs more than the LaCie but has less than half the storage space.) But on a per-gigabyte basis, these drives are very expensive compared to disc-based hard drives that offer more storage bang for the buck. Solid-state drives (SSDs) are also good, because they write data quickly, just like a computer’s RAM does. For this exercise, Thunderbolt-equipped drives, like the one terabyte LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt, work well because they transfer images swiftly through the faster port. Any drive will do, but some are better than others. In order to give your Mac some breathing room, you’ll need a new place to put all your pictures.
