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You’re mad as hell because your new WD My Passport drive is ‘read only’ on your Mac. Right now it’s less use than a brick. You just want the thing to work on your Mac. Don’t worry it’s quick to do. And in 10 quick steps I’ll tell you how to format WD Passport for…
You’ve your Seagate external drive in your hand. You’re looking at your Mac. You want a Time Machine backup so that you can keep your documents, photo’s and music safe. The last thing you want is for something to mess up your Mac. And then find your documents gone. You know having a Time Machine…
What if something happened to your Mac and you didn’t have a backup? What if something happened to an important document on your Mac? Say you messed up one of your documents and needed to get it back. That’s when having a copy of your files on an external hard drive comes in. When you’re…
The answer is yes. A solid yes. The good news is your Mac is awesome. And when you want to free up space on your Mac. To download your photos from the cloud. Or you need a drive for backup. You can use any Seagate external hard drive on your Mac. There are some things…
Looking for simple straight forward help on how to format your Seagate hard drive for your Mac? Because you just want to get your Mac’s backup done. Or you need your drive to free up space on your Mac. Or download that mass of photos because you don’t want to pay for any more cloud…
You’ve looked at buying a Seagate Backup Plus – Ultra Touch, Slim or Portable. But it says that it works with a Windows PC only. You’re freaking out. How can you make this portable external drive work with your Mac? The answer is yes. You can. There are two ways: Use a software driver. And…
You’ve plugged in your Seagate Backup Plus drive. And then you’ve tried to copy your documents onto your Backup Plus. But your Mac says no. And won’t do it. Your Mac says your Seagate Backup Plus drive is read only. What now? Why is My Mac Telling Me My Seagate Backup Plus Drive is Read…
Are you asking yourself … Can your Seagate Expansion be used with a Mac? Along with the question is your Seagate Expansion compatible with your Mac? The answer to both questions is a big Yes! It doesn’t matter whether you have a 1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB or 5TB Seagate Expansion. You can have it and…
So you want to whip your Seagate Backup Plus into shape. Partition shape. You’ve a large Seagate Backup Plus and partitioning it is just the thing. You can then have different sections of the drive so that you can store exactly what you want where you want. Set it up so perfect so that you…
You’ve lost a file, over wrote a file, deleted it. Because you thought you didn’t need it. Now you do – you’re stressed – you need that file back. But you’ve a back up of it. Relax. I’ll talk you through you to get it back. Who is the Blog Post for? This article is…