I am looking an external hard drive for my mac and I do see one in PC world that is compatible with time machine. I do not want it connected to time machine and wonder if I can use it without connecting.
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In my view you need to have one external drive connected to Time Machine all the time in order to receive the true benefits it can give. Do not use your internal HD for this purpose.
Having said that, to double up on back ups is a very practical thing to do. I would advise you get a portable HD, say 1TB, from WD or the like, back up your system, disconnect, then top up by connecting it every couple of months or so.
You can then store the portable away from the machine, perhaps with a trusted relative, so adding safe keeping against fire, theft or power disasters
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In my view you need to have one external drive connected to Time Machine all the time in order to receive the true benefits it can give. Do not use your internal HD for this purpose.
Having said that, to double up on back ups is a very practical thing to do. I would advise you get a portable HD, say 1TB, from WD or the like, back up your system, disconnect, then top up by connecting it every couple of months or so.
You can then store the portable away from the machine, perhaps with a trusted relative, so adding safe keeping against fire, theft or power disasters
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Thank you. I already have an external drive connected to Time Machine but wanted another back up. Another question would someone who has a pc be able to take some data of the external drive if it is formatted for mac.
So the need for an additional back up is now resolved. Good, and thank you for the star.
Regarding Data. Unless the PC machine is using parallels or an equivalent, No. It needs to have a Mac system to read the data. Are you concerned about an issue of privacy?
No not at all my daughter has windows and i would like her to be able to take the data from it to her windows if necessary.
Hello again, Emily.
Then you would need to get the Windows equivalent to parallels for her. I know of no other program though I guess they may exist. Armed with that your needs and hers would be resolved.
I am looking to buy an external hard drive for my maced to time machine.
