Need advice on more storage space

i have late 2008 15 inch macbook pro 320 gb hard drive inside, , 500 gb western digital mybook external usb drive.

external partitioned there's 200 gb partition storage, , 300 gb time machine.

worked fine i'm running low on space, i'm photography student , have loads of gigantic photoshop files , tens of thousands of high resolution photos, many of raw. say, cannot delete of that, it's more important anything.

way things keep on internal drive, , let time machine up, have backup of don't want loose. 200 gb partition on external storing videos , stuff don't care about.

thing buy 2 tb external drive, still have move of stuff internal new external, , therefore not have 2 copies of data. don't want 2 externals backing each other either, travel lot , won't fit in suitcase (not mention can't afford that), , macbook pro doesn't have enough usb ports (the 2 ports in use).

don't have money can either buy 2 tb external , that's it, or maybe 1 tb internal , 1 tb external.

i've thought replacing optical drive hard drive, need buy external optical drive can't afford both in money , in physical space. barely ever use optical drive need 2-3 times year.

question is: other people have enough space while still being able @ least once? recommend?

 

baryon said: ↑

i have late 2008 15 inch macbook pro 320 gb hard drive inside, , 500 gb western digital mybook external usb drive.

external partitioned there's 200 gb partition storage, , 300 gb time machine.

worked fine i'm running low on space, i'm photography student , have loads of gigantic photoshop files , tens of thousands of high resolution photos, many of raw. say, cannot delete of that, it's more important anything.

way things keep on internal drive, , let time machine up, have backup of don't want loose. 200 gb partition on external storing videos , stuff don't care about.

thing buy 2 tb external drive, still have move of stuff internal new external, , therefore not have 2 copies of data. don't want 2 externals backing each other either, travel lot , won't fit in suitcase (not mention can't afford that), , macbook pro doesn't have enough usb ports (the 2 ports in use).

don't have money can either buy 2 tb external , that's it, or maybe 1 tb internal , 1 tb external.

i've thought replacing optical drive hard drive, need buy external optical drive can't afford both in money , in physical space. barely ever use optical drive need 2-3 times year.

question is: other people have enough space while still being able @ least once? recommend?

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