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Nov 12, 2015 7:10 AM in response to hadas790by Niel,Install software such as Paragon NTFS on the computer, or choose Utilities from the Finder's Go menu and use the Disk Utility to erase the drive, specifying Mac OS Extended (Journaled), MS-DOS, or exFAT as desired.
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Nov 12, 2015 7:17 AM in response to hadas790by rkaufmann87,If you are only going to use the EHD with the Mac then it needs to be re-formatted for OS X. To do so, please use Disk Utility (Applications - Utilities - Disk Utility) to re-format the drive as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). NTFS is a MS Windows format, if you want to share the drive with a PC you can use a tool such as the Paragon app however please remember NTFS is not a native format for OS X and eventually you will likely have problems.
Also, please do not install any of the WD software that may have come with the drive, it serves no purpose and can tend to create problems.
Finally, if you are not backing up your computer using Time Machine or some other method you should purchase another EHD for backup. Working with any computer without a backup plan is foolish, eventually you will lose important data (photos, music, movies, financial info etc.) without a backup. Having a sound backup plan protects you when this happens.
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Nov 12, 2015 7:26 AM in response to rkaufmann87by hadas790,hey! thanks for the heads up!
i do have another external hard drive for back up bit its almost full , so i bought that one for that propose .
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Nov 12, 2015 7:35 AM in response to hadas790by rkaufmann87,hadas790 wrote:
hey! thanks for the heads up!
i do have another external hard drive for back up bit its almost full , so i bought that one for that propose .
If you are using Time Machine to backup your computer, you can continue to use it. When a TM backup HD is reaching capacity it will begin removing old versions of files. However if you are simply getting a larger HD and want to use it to replace the old TM backup HD you may find Time Machine: How to transfer backups from a current backup drive to a new backup drive - Apple Support very useful.
