Thinking of buying a new computer (Mac) for Reason, questions...
Posted: 19 Nov 2020
Howdy. Been a Reason user since version 2 or 3. Now using version 11. I'm currently using it on an iMac that's got to be close to ten years old. I was thinking of picking up one of those new Mac Minis with the new M1 chip. But I have some questions...
1) My current iMac has a 1 TB hard drive. The new Mac minis only come with 256GB or 512 GB SSD. Is it possible to install just Reason on the internal SSD of the new computer, and then install all sounds, VSTs, etc on an external drive? (either another SSD or hard drive)
2) I want to start fresh with this new computer (I don't want to migrate using either time machine backup or migration tool). Do I need to "pack up" in-progress songs to move over to the new computer to include everything needed to continue working on that song? Or do I just copy over the Reason song file and it will tell me what VSTs I'm missing, etc.
Thanks!
1) My current iMac has a 1 TB hard drive. The new Mac minis only come with 256GB or 512 GB SSD. Is it possible to install just Reason on the internal SSD of the new computer, and then install all sounds, VSTs, etc on an external drive? (either another SSD or hard drive)
2) I want to start fresh with this new computer (I don't want to migrate using either time machine backup or migration tool). Do I need to "pack up" in-progress songs to move over to the new computer to include everything needed to continue working on that song? Or do I just copy over the Reason song file and it will tell me what VSTs I'm missing, etc.
Thanks!