Time Machine aligned External Hard Drive
Wanted to know if this device works with a MAC Time Machine:
WD - My Book 4TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive
iMac, OS X 10.11
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Hi,
Yes, it works as TimeMachine drive.
It works but is not the best choice IMHP. WD bare drives are very good--I run several of the WD Black model here--but the enclosures they use have been troublesome for me. WD use an odd formatting scheme on the pre-installed drives, and the enclosure hardware is sluggish in my experience both on modern Macs and older PowerPC Macs.
All my external drive issues went away when I converted all our Macs' Time Machine drives to these:
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-mercury-elite-pro/usb-3.1
Yes, they are more expensive than the stuff designed to go on sale at the office superstores every weekend, but the price issue always fades when I ask myself, "What is my data worth?"
👉🏻 Disclaimer: I have no relation with the listed vendor other than as a customer.
Time Machine aligned External Hard Drive