RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Happier new year ! I've recorded a fair amount of noise over the last few months .. The files have been saved , also saved on iTunes . Do i still need to keep files , or do I bin them ? Just wondering about space on Mac etc cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 calling @BigRedX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE said: Happier new year ! I've recorded a fair amount of noise over the last few months .. The files have been saved , also saved on iTunes . Do i still need to keep files , or do I bin them ? Just wondering about space on Mac etc cheers I guess that would depend if you ever wanted to remix or rework them. if you are happy with the wavs and /or mp3s you have then just keep some backups safe somewhere Edited January 2, 2021 by lurksalot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 I was thinking of dragging them to my external hard drive maybe .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Wherever, as long as they are as safe as you need them 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford13 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 4 hours ago, RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE said: I was thinking of dragging them to my external hard drive maybe .. For sure put them on an external hard drive, even if you have to buy a new one they are cheap as chips. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) Never delete anything. You never know when you might want to rework it. Storage is ridiculously cheap these days, so there absolutely no reason not to keep everything. Just make sure you keep all the files you need for each project together. I believe GarageBand does this automatically (although you should check to make sure) Logic has a setting when you save to store all the associated external files with each project. For other DAWs check the manual. Edited January 3, 2021 by BigRedX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassybert Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 GarageBand saves its project files in a folder inside your user account on the hard drive so it should be fairly easy to back them up. As others have said, you definitely want to keep the original project files for working/mixing in the future and storage is so cheap. You get 30gb storage space with a Google/gmail account so could create one just for backing your files up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 anything I do is on an big external drive if I want to keep it, easy to copy it over if you want to fiddle with it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 15 minutes ago, Bassybert said: GarageBand saves its project files in a folder inside your user account on the hard drive so it should be fairly easy to back them up. As others have said, you definitely want to keep the original project files for working/mixing in the future and storage is so cheap. You get 30gb storage space with a Google/gmail account so could create one just for backing your files up "The Cloud" is a terrible idea for large file storage until everyone has a constant super-fast internet connection, also as far as backing up music project files goes 30GB is minuscule. Save cloud storage for email and small files that you need to access from multiple devices and get a good quality hard drive for your music files. If you are prepared to pay for a reliable backup service (not Google where you are constantly at the whim of their current user agreement) then cloud storage makes a decent second-tier back-up source (after your local backup source). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassybert Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 1 hour ago, BigRedX said: "The Cloud" is a terrible idea for large file storage until everyone has a constant super-fast internet connection, also as far as backing up music project files goes 30GB is minuscule. Save cloud storage for email and small files that you need to access from multiple devices and get a good quality hard drive for your music files. If you are prepared to pay for a reliable backup service (not Google where you are constantly at the whim of their current user agreement) then cloud storage makes a decent second-tier back-up source (after your local backup source). It was just a suggestion to say there’s 30gb of free storage available if needed, that it’s easy to use for backing up music files and would be an acceptable solution for keeping the files safe rather than binning the original files and regretting it later on. Having worked as a web developer for over 15 years I’m well aware of how cloud storage works and the pros and cons, it was just a quick and easy suggestion to help the OP backup files. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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