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I'm quietly going insane...how do I save files to a disk? Does disk need to be formatted? If so, how? Looked in *three* mac books and couldn't find answer. Pls help. Thanks.
MacBook
Yes. Disks needed to be formatted. The format can either be for PCs or Macs. The vast majority of disks are formatted for PCs.
To format a disk for a Mac, use the procedure give at Format external drives to Mac OS Extended before using with Aperture - Apple Support
What disk?
Local HardDisk, External HD, CD, BluRay, Thumb drive, etc..?
What program (app) were you using to save the files?
On Mac, normally the app menu File > Save or Save As
and it will save the file(s) to your local hard disk.
Hi. If you are wanting to save file you can do it by way of an external drive. It needs to be formatted to Guide partition and Mac os extended journaled. Then you can use your built it Time Machine to do so.https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201909 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250 If you have a DVD drive you can use that for individual files. Use a DVD/RW though. Then you drop the files into the drive and burn then. You can use the external drive to store just file only and not copy your system. Just don't use Time Machine. It would be drag and drop.
Thank you for replying to my questions. Unfortunately, I don't understand any of the answers anyone's given! 😟
I'm not sure I have an external drive. I have a disk drive that's built into the computer - is that the external drive?
I just want to pop in a blank disk into my computer and save some files to it, and give the disks to some family members. I've tried using the save option, but I'm not given the option to save anything to disk. No disk drives are listed, at least as far as I can tell.
Thanks for your help and patience.
LeroyDouglas: Thank you very much! That's just the thing I needed. Saved the page to my computer so I won't forget.
Everyone Else: Thank you very much! Sorry I didn't communicate my problem more clearly.
Best wishes, and Happy Turkey Day. 🙂
PenelopeO wrote:
LeroyDouglas: Thank you very much! That's just the thing I needed. Saved the page to my computer so I won't forget.
Everyone Else: Thank you very much! Sorry I didn't communicate my problem more clearly.
Best wishes, and Happy Turkey Day. 🙂
Glad this solved your problem. Good computing PenelopeO !
I'm quietly going insane...how do I save files to a disk? Does disk need to be formatted? If so, how? Looked in *three* mac books and couldn't find answer. Pls help. Thanks.
