best portable hard drive 1tb for mac image
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I am considering purchasing an external hard drive to store photos on. I have a macbook pro and will by an external hard drive for a mac.... will it be just a matter of dragging wanted photos to it?
Any other tips or suggestions when it comes to purchasing one?
Thank you
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pretty much. works like a internal hardrive. all you do is select the drive and drag and drop. easy!
i do suggest buying a backup for it tho. i have 2. encase one goes out.
buy from western digital. they have the best warranty. usually up to 2 years on there drives. if they go out you can replace for free. warranty are only valid for the drive and not the information on the drive. data recovery is at own expense.
i use 2, 1.5TB hardrives and a portable 1tb
pretty much. works like a internal hardrive. all you do is select the drive and drag and drop. easy!
i do suggest buying a backup for it tho. i have 2. encase one goes out.
buy from western digital. they have the best warranty. usually up to 2 years on there drives. if they go out you can replace for free. warranty are only valid for the drive and not the information on the drive. data recovery is at own expense.
i use 2, 1.5TB hardrives and a portable 1tb
Should portable hard drive takes forever to calculate changes?
Pearl Of T
I put it in for 3 hours and it doesn't calculate changes and backup my files. Should I just erase it all and restart the process?
It's a Seagate 1TB portable harddrive.
I use Time Machine on my mac
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What do you mean by "it doesn't calculate changes"?
Yes, I would format the HDD. Your external HDD may have come with a software that may allow you to do that. If you format the drive via Windows, it may erase the "virtual drive" in your external HDD. I would also recommend updating the firmware if that's available.
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What I said about the "virtual drive" applies to Mac as well. Is your external HDD compatible with Mac? I mean, is it formatted with "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" file-system format?
Have you taken a look at these links:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3275
http://www.apple.com/support/timemachine/
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2057525
What do you mean by "it doesn't calculate changes"?
Yes, I would format the HDD. Your external HDD may have come with a software that may allow you to do that. If you format the drive via Windows, it may erase the "virtual drive" in your external HDD. I would also recommend updating the firmware if that's available.
â¬â¬â¬â¬â¬ Edit â¬â¬â¬â¬â¬
What I said about the "virtual drive" applies to Mac as well. Is your external HDD compatible with Mac? I mean, is it formatted with "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" file-system format?
Have you taken a look at these links:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3275
http://www.apple.com/support/timemachine/
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2057525
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