For question 2: lets say my internal HDD is 320GB.. so i hv to get at least 1.5x or 2x the internal HDD? so is around 500GB-1TB?
Anyway, can I use back my old 320GB external HDD and plug in my mac?
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 Apr 14 2010, 04:10 PM
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Apr 15 2010, 05:01 AM
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oh... nw i get it.. thx dvlzplayground... xD
another question.. how often TM will update? if use external as backup must always plug in? |
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Apr 16 2010, 01:46 PM
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any recommendation for external HDD? for TM... going to PC fair later to survey..
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Apr 18 2010, 12:19 AM
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im a bit confused.. lets say i got a 500GB external HDD.. newly bought and then i wanna transfer my files from my PC to mac, so i just simply copy and paste? or need to format 1st? din noe external HDD can format different type of drives... LOL
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Apr 18 2010, 09:27 AM
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QUOTE(dvlzplayground @ Apr 18 2010, 02:36 AM) any HDD can have different format how do I know whether the HDD is formatted in what drives?  it really depends on what the external HDD is formatted right out of the box. sometimes it's FAT32, in this case you can straight away copy ur files into it. the limitation of FAT32 is u can't store a single file larger than 4GB sometimes they are formatted as NTFS. no prob with windows, but OSX can only read from NTFS, cannot write. meaning u can copy files from it, but not to it. in this case, u either need to format the drive to FAT32 first, or install an app in OSX to enable writing on NTFS about those "for Mac" external drives, they're formatted as HFS. no prob on OSX, but windows cant do anything with it at all. so if u plan on sharing an external HDD with a PC, dont use HFS. however, HFS is the format required for OSX installation and Time Machine backups  wow.. luckily I haven bought the HDD "for mac".. HFS format, I cant use it on windows?  |
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