I didn't see an appropriate topic/thread to post this question, sorry if I missed the correct location. I had semi-experience with a NAS when i owned a Time Capsule, but I never got buy in/use from the family.Īny suggestions for using the older Macbook as some kind of server to allow for storage of old and new media and allowing me to keep my new Macbook Pro relatively clean of crap that was accumulated over 5 years of life? I have seen Plex, and it looks like an easy solution for music and movies but I'm not sure about photos. I'm hoping to put the older Macbook Pro out to pasture as some kind of shared drive, NAS, media server etc so that the old media files can be accessed while storing new media as acquired. My household also has a daughters Macbook Pro, one iPad, multiple iPhones and an Apple TV gen 3, so having those devices also accessing the photos, movies and music would be a plus. Currently, we curate all our music and movies in iTunes and photos in Apple Photos.
Over the last 5 to 10 years of Mac use, I've picked up 500 GB plus of music, movies and photos that i can't bring over to the new computer due to the smaller SSD. I just purchased a new Macbook Pro with arrival in the next month. My late 2011 Macbook Pro is nearing end of life, the iGPU is dying, making the system unstable due to random shutdowns.
