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Q: HOW DO I MOVE THINGS TO EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE SO I HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO DO UPDATE?

HOW DO I MOVE THINGS FROM MY MACBOOK PRO TO A EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TO CREATE ROOM FOR MY UPDATE?

MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Feb 2, 2015 8:13 AM

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Q: HOW DO I MOVE THINGS TO EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE SO I HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO DO UPDATE?

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  • by FatMac>MacPro,

    FatMac>MacPro FatMac>MacPro Feb 2, 2015 8:58 AM in response to BJCOCKRELL
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    Feb 2, 2015 8:58 AM in response to BJCOCKRELL

    BJCOCKRELL wrote:

     

    HOW DO I MOVE THINGS FROM MY MACBOOK PRO TO A EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TO CREATE ROOM FOR MY UPDATE?

    You connect the drive, and if it's not already prepared for use with a Mac, partition it with a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format and a GUID Partition Table (click the Options button for that). Once that's done, just drag whatever files you want to move to the external and then delete them from the internal.