I personally used MacKeeper on my 2015 iMac 27” that was giving me the spinning wheel of death constantly. If you use a HDD, keep in mind that they’re far more prone to breaking from drops & that they can corrupt a lot more easily than an SSD.Īlways keep a backup of your files on an extra or external drive & make sure you’re regularly cleaning your computer to keep it running at optimal speed. It won’t be anywhere near as lightning quick as an SSD, but if you’re on a budget, then you may have to cut back here. You can get a whole lot more space for the price point &, if you get a 7200 RPM drive, your software will run fine. (For this you can use CCleaner or MacKeeper ). That being said, you should always be backing up your drives & keeping your computer clean of unwanted cache files, to keep it running like new. They’re much less prone to damage, last much longer & also are far less likely to lose your precious data. They’re so much quicker & they vastly improve the workflow of music production, as well as anything else you may need your computer for. SSD’s are hands down better + quicker, and if you have the extra money to splash on the bigger space drives, you should definitely go for an entirely SSD setup. So, now you know what they do, which is best and what should you choose? If you have something like Kontakt, Omnisphere or any other, huge sampler based instrument, you can use your HDD space to install the massive libraries (Omnisphere’s basic is 70GB+).īy doing this, it keeps your SSD clean & leaves space for more important things like your music production software, the direct VST plugin installations & programs that need power to run (Photoshop, Video editing software etc). HDD’s have their place in music production computers, because they’re extremely cheap, for a lot of space and can be used to store large amounts of samples, instruments & other files that will eat your SSD space. (which if you’re clumsy like me, and have a laptop, is a real issue)

They operate by using an arm that sweeps back and forth over the shiny, magnetic platter below, which is what allows for the read & write option.īecause of this it makes them slower than their SSD counterparts, much clunkier & more possible to break through accidental dropping.

HDD’s look like a space age vinyl player.

Hard disk drive, and they do have moving parts inside them.

Do i need ccleaner on ssd drive