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Hi all - have had my MBP for < a week, and have the book below (on my iPad) as my initial guide to learning 'Mountain Lion' - also, purchased a Seagate external HD (1 TB; USB 3) for backup - planning to use Time Machine - now I copied my Docs/Photos/Music from my old Dell laptop and transferred manually to the new MBP - the HD was immediately recognized.
The Seagate HD is formatted NTFS & SMART is not recognized - NOW, Mr. Miser in his book is recommending that I re-format this drive to 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' - SO, my question is this that important? I'll be using it only for backup purposes and seems to be working fine w/ the new computer - thanks for comments & help - Dave
The Seagate HD is formatted NTFS & SMART is not recognized - NOW, Mr. Miser in his book is recommending that I re-format this drive to 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' - SO, my question is this that important? I'll be using it only for backup purposes and seems to be working fine w/ the new computer - thanks for comments & help - Dave