Use Time Machine or something else with new external Seagate 3 TB drive for back up. Thinking I don't need to load any Seagate software to the external drive but not sure.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
You do not need Seagate software, all you need to do is attach the drive, open Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility then select the new external drive and choose Partition.
I would set the drive up with two partitions, just divide it in half...1.5 TB for each partition.
Click on the first partition, give it a name, something catchy like Backups, then take the default Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) and GUID partition table options, then apply those to format the partition.
Do the same for the second partition but with a different name, of course, and when done, Quit Disk Utility.
Then go to System Preferences > Time Machine and turn it on, select the Backups partition as the destination, and let it do its thing. It will continue to work in the background periodically updating the backup with any new material you have.
You do not need Seagate software, all you need to do is attach the drive, open Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility then select the new external drive and choose Partition.
I would set the drive up with two partitions, just divide it in half...1.5 TB for each partition.
Click on the first partition, give it a name, something catchy like Backups, then take the default Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) and GUID partition table options, then apply those to format the partition.
Do the same for the second partition but with a different name, of course, and when done, Quit Disk Utility.
Then go to System Preferences > Time Machine and turn it on, select the Backups partition as the destination, and let it do its thing. It will continue to work in the background periodically updating the backup with any new material you have.
This web site offers excellent guidance on setting up Time Machine:
http://pondini.org/OSX/Setup.html
Ciao,
RalphLandry1
I have connected and see when selecting my seagate drive these options:
First aid
Erase
RAID
Restore
Wondering where partition option might be please?
Can you move one level higher in the left side-panel in the DU window? You should then get button in the main window that says Partition.
another way of doing what Ralph is suggesting is to select the drive in the left column by its Hardware-Name
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If Disk Utility will not cooperate, you can have Time Machine set it up the way it likes (one partition) by just skipping Disk Utility and telling Time Machine to use the entire Drive for Backup.
Thank you! Worked like a charm.
You are very welcome, great to hear it is working right for you now.
I'd like to back up my MacBookPro for the first time with Seagate 3TB external drive. Should I use Time Machine and follow instructions?
