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  1. It's turned into a ritual that's lasted for 44 years, but it's an enjoyable thing to play this work (with interview) every St. Patrick's Day (and sometimes even broadcasting it on this day).
  2. Pete Rodriguez (April 16, 1932 – March 11, 2024)
  3. That sounds like an excellent plan. I figure that it's better to be on the side of "overkill" than under. Locally, I have Time Machine backups done automagically every hour going back to Nov. 24, 2022. Backblaze always rotates my stuff every year - which is more than enough time to retrieve anything that goes wAcKy. What I'd (probably) ultimately want to do is get reasonably priced 8TB SSDs and then I can restore Backblaze data onto them and send the original Backblaze drive back for a refund.
  4. My use of drives is probably "unconventional" because I never move them from their location and the thought of replacing 2 dozen+ TB of drives with SSDs would have me at the local 7-11 buying lottery tickets. As is said "your mileage may vary": I use my Passport to run a little "in house" version of a personal radio station that runs continuously - often, all day - and it's been that way since January 19, 2021. In other words, everything stays put and is never moved around. Yes, always have backups no matter what drives you decide on. At home ... at a friend's house ... and somewhere "in the cloud." I have a Backblaze account that's absolutely wonderful and cheap that allows me to copy and download instantly or, if desired, sent to me on 8TB (HDD) drives.
  5. It's not really a "right" or "wrong" thing. It's whatever fits your needs. It's just good to know what the differences are. SSDs are especially good for quickly powering up your computer if you're anxious about such things. As you'll notice in that WD link you sent, there's an SSD version and when you click on it, you'll see that it costs almost twice as much, so that's sometimes a deterrent to some folks. 😄 BTW, none of my stuff is currently on SSDs - only because I'm waiting for the prices to go lower - coupled with the gleem I have in my eye for finally getting a new computer soon. Also, I'd have the (completist) feeling that I'd have to port all of this music over too, and that's something I'm not ready to do yet. ...but, that Passport is nice and small (I use one) and most of my other HDDs are big ol' clunky WDs that work great!
  6. An SSD has no moving parts. An HDD: Different forms of SSDs: The Apple Music interface has very little (if anything) to do with the transfer process going haywire (unless you have a situation where you're unable to listen to any of your files thru Apple Music). The amount of music I've successfully transferred from drives to Apple Music:
  7. It's very possible. Most of the time, yes, information is smoothly transferred, but there can be the occasional glitch that happens due to very small electronic or mechanical interruptions in the process - especially with very large quantities being transferred off of a mechanical disc. I've moved literally over a million tunes from drives and am not surprised when a few, here and there, don't completely make it intact. If you need replacements on those two, just let me know.
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