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katiebee
Will the Seagate GoFlex Ultra Portable external hard drive work with the Time Machine function of a macbook and if so does it have to be the version for a mac or is the regular version just as good? Thanks for your help!
Answer
Short answer: Yes, it will work.
There are two parts to any "external drive":
-- The case.
-- The HDD inside the case.
All HDDs are exactly the same for external use. All that is important is that they have the type of connector that matches the case. New HDDs use SATA connector. In your situation, you already have the HDD inside the case, so this is academic info.
The case also doesn't care what type of computer you have, except that often a "Mac" drive has a case with Firewire connection as well as USB. You will be hard-pressed to find a PC with Firewire connection, because it is more expensive than USB, and PC folks tend to shun expensive hardware. All Macs except the MB Air have Firewire for much faster copying to the external drive.
Some companies know that many people think everything about a Mac is special, so they sell a "special" Mac version of a drive. Nothing is different except that it is pre-formatted for Mac OS use. If you buy a "non-Mac" drive, it is pre-formatted for Windows XP or later (NTFS format). That is easily changed to Mac format using Disk Utility > Erase tab.
Time Machine needs a drive volume ("volume" means a partition that is formatted) with "Mac OS Extended" format. That's the only requirement.... other than enough room on it for the backup files.
Short answer: Yes, it will work.
There are two parts to any "external drive":
-- The case.
-- The HDD inside the case.
All HDDs are exactly the same for external use. All that is important is that they have the type of connector that matches the case. New HDDs use SATA connector. In your situation, you already have the HDD inside the case, so this is academic info.
The case also doesn't care what type of computer you have, except that often a "Mac" drive has a case with Firewire connection as well as USB. You will be hard-pressed to find a PC with Firewire connection, because it is more expensive than USB, and PC folks tend to shun expensive hardware. All Macs except the MB Air have Firewire for much faster copying to the external drive.
Some companies know that many people think everything about a Mac is special, so they sell a "special" Mac version of a drive. Nothing is different except that it is pre-formatted for Mac OS use. If you buy a "non-Mac" drive, it is pre-formatted for Windows XP or later (NTFS format). That is easily changed to Mac format using Disk Utility > Erase tab.
Time Machine needs a drive volume ("volume" means a partition that is formatted) with "Mac OS Extended" format. That's the only requirement.... other than enough room on it for the backup files.
Can I install Windows and MS office on my external Hard Drive and use them on my Mac?
freeman
I have a MacBook Pro I love it. But I would also like to use MS office, I know there is MS office for Mac it is expensive and it does not have publisher.
So I was wondering if it's possible to install WIndows on my external (portable) hard drive and then install MS office and plug it to my Mac and work on windows and Office that way??
Thanks
Answer
No. Your Mac won't recognize the Windows OS on that external drive. You have to do it via Bootcamp and partition your internal hard drive, then install Windows on the partition. Once that is done, you can install the Windows version of MS Office on that partition. You will be able to boot into either the Windows OS or Mac. When you are running Windows on a partition this way, it will be just like on a PC; this of course means you better install Anti-virus and anti-spyware software just as you should on a PC.
No. Your Mac won't recognize the Windows OS on that external drive. You have to do it via Bootcamp and partition your internal hard drive, then install Windows on the partition. Once that is done, you can install the Windows version of MS Office on that partition. You will be able to boot into either the Windows OS or Mac. When you are running Windows on a partition this way, it will be just like on a PC; this of course means you better install Anti-virus and anti-spyware software just as you should on a PC.
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