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transfer data to external hard drive

What are the steps for transferring photos, music and documents to an external hard drive?


MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Aug 17, 2022 8:02 PM

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Posted on Aug 17, 2022 8:50 PM

Drag-copy them. If you're moving the working copy of a Photos or Music library, launch the application with the Option key held down and choose it afterwards.


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transfer data to external hard drive

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