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You’ve got yourself a Toshiba Canvio Basics. Or Toshiba Canvio Advance or a Toshiba Slim. And you can’t use it on your Mac because it’s not formatted for your Mac computer. Well not yet … But you can get your Toshiba to work on your Mac. If you reformat it. So, whether you’ve a MacBook…
You’ve looked at buying a Seagate Backup Plus – Ultra Touch, Slim or Portable. Your Seagate external hard drive comes ExFAT formatted. But you may want to format it on your Mac for your Mac. Why? Because Mac computers are particular about their external drives. And you want to get it right. And in this…
You’ve got your external hard drive in hand and you’re planning to use it for your Mac’s Time Machine backup. But, you’re just not sure how to format your external drive right for Time Machine. Don’t worry. You don’t need any special software or tools. And in a few minutes you’ll have got it done….
You want to do a Time Machine backup. And you’re looking at external drives for your Mac. And wonder what the difference in file formats mean? One manufacturer says their drive is NTFS formatted. While another one claims theirs is ExFAT formatted. And yet another says it’s for Mac. Are you spinning around confused? Settle…
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Are you asking yourself … Can I use my Seagate Expansion with a Mac? The answer is a big Yes! You can. And it doesn’t matter whether you’ve a 1TB, 5TB or an Expansion with larger storage space. An SSD expansion or a desktop drive. You can use your Expansion external drive on your MacBook…
You know there’s a difference between APFS and APFS encrypted. But you’re not sure what the difference is. Well then, today is your day. Read on and find out about these two options. And just what sets them apart. APFS VS APFS Encrypted The APFS file system format is not encrypted by default. Lose your…
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Are you finding the task of picking an external drive for your Mac exhausting? It can seem like that when it’s your first time. And you’re feeling technical challenged. Luckily, Macs are designed to be easy to use. And will use any drive. With a few pointers you’ll be picking out your new external drive…
When You Haven’t A Clue Want an external drive for a Time Machine backup of your Mac? Do you want a backup of everything? Including your Mac’s operating system? The key to getting the right drive, is understanding what you’re going to need. And the best place to start when you’re picking a backup drive…
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It doesn’t matter if it’s your photos from that special holiday. Or your mega music collection in iTunes. You want to know how to connect an external hard drive to your Apple Mac. And you need to know now. Because you need a backup of your important stuff. In this article Connect External Hard Drive…
Migrating your files and folders from an old Mac to a new one is not that hard. Unless you get stuck with the Authentication Failed message. Apple’s Migration Assistant app makes moving your stuff over to a newer Mac easy. But if you’re getting this error message when trying to move everything over. It’s so…