How can I best use an SSD? I have a Mac Pro, and I've added an Intel 80GB SSD to improve performance in LightRoom and Photoshop. So far so good.

But after moving all of my current work, catalogs, etc. to the SSD, I still have a good 65GB free currently.

How can I creatively use this new SSD drive for performance? I don't want to boot from this drive, but I do want to make good use of the investment.

Ideas I've already looked into and abandoned:


Moving the swap file. Looks like a pain in the butt, and opinions vary on how much this would shorten the lifespan of this older-generation SSD.
Moving Spotlight indexes. Apparently OS X forces you to index to the same volume that stores the data.
Moving Google Chrome's cache. Can't seem to find good instructions for this.


Any ideas? I have a hammer, need more nails...
If your main goal is to improve the performance of Photoshop and Lightroom I would focus on these specific applications. Put Photoshop files and the Lightroom lib, Photoshop and Lightroom swap/temp/history files and the Photoshop &amp; Lightroom apps themselves on the SSD.

Moving the system swap file to the SSD will only help if memory used by Photoshop or Lightroom is overflowed to the swap file. But if this is the case extra RAM would improve their performance a lot more.

Moving anything else then the files directly used by Photoshop &amp; Lightroom might result in a faster overall system, but will likely only marginally help improve the Photoshop &amp; Lightroom experience.