What is the best back up hard drive?

-I have a few apple devices. Can I back all of them to the same hard drive?


-I bought a seagate backup plus portable drive. My Mac Pro said it needed to erase it in order to use use as hard drive....It then said there was a system error and My 5TB doesn't work anymore... It isn't recognized by my computer.

What did my macpro do to it?


I would ideally like to have all my photos saved to one place and be able to keep adding to it over time...even as I change devices...what is the best way to do that?


Posted on Nov 19, 2020 11:52 AM

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Nov 19, 2020 11:57 AM in response to world_travelor

world_travelor wrote:

-I have a few apple devices. Can I back all of them to the same hard drive?

-I bought a seagate backup plus portable drive. My Mac Pro said it needed to erase it in order to use use as hard drive....It then said there was a system error and My 5TB doesn't work anymore... It isn't recognized by my computer.
What did my macpro do to it?

I would ideally like to have all my photos saved to one place and be able to keep adding to it over time...even as I change devices...what is the best way to do that?



There is no best.


I like OWC/Macsales... excellent customer support, well ahead of the curve all things Mac.


Search their website.



Learn more about backup disks that you can use with Time Machine —https://support.apple.com/kb/HT202784



Backup disks you can use with Time Machine - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202784


Types of disks you can use with Time Machine on Mac - Apple ...

https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mac-help/mh15139/mac

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