I am looking for a way to back up my MacBook Pro, using a memory stick of one terabyte and backing it up using Time Machine. It keeps quitting , saying the device was improperly ejected. When it still in the machine (it’s in a usb C port). Any suggestions on the causes ?
iMac 27″, macOS 10.13
1) There are a lot of junky 1T Flash Drives on the market.
What is brand name of this 1T Flash Drive?
2) Flash Drives are not very reliable for full backups because they can not take the heat.
Even well known name brands tend to overheat during large copy jobs.
If you are really serious about backup, then you need to get a decent name brand 1T External Hard Drive.
1) There are a lot of junky 1T Flash Drives on the market.
What is brand name of this 1T Flash Drive?
2) Flash Drives are not very reliable for full backups because they can not take the heat.
Even well known name brands tend to overheat during large copy jobs.
If you are really serious about backup, then you need to get a decent name brand 1T External Hard Drive.
Thank you sooo much..
I got a Toshiba 1T external hard drive. And amazingly, it backed up like clockwork.
thanks again for your amazing helpful knowledge. Very much appreciated.
If the machine sleeps, sometimes Bus-powered drives get disconnected.
it's good that you are doing backup. But you should consider using a kind of device considered more long term. Memory sticks are more temporary than you should be using for your backups.
Thank you so. Much . Great to know. I’ll try my Toshiba external. Appreciate the response and your feedback.
Yes, the Toshiba external drive is by far the better option. You're welcome.
You're welcome.
What you can try with the 1T Flash Drive, is to feed files to it slowly.
Then if that doesn't work, erase and return for a refund.
im trying to backup my MacBook pro to a 1T flash drive and it keeps quitting.
