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<blockquote data-quote="zacster" data-source="post: 1288935" data-attributes="member: 17931"><p>If you are buying the drive, you can get them pre-formatted for the mac and then it is truly plug and play. I bought Western Digital, but they are all about the same. Consider getting a firewire drive so it doesn't take up a USB port. Usually the firewire drives are both FW and USB. </p><p></p><p>Plug in the drive to the Mac</p><p>Check in the finder that it was recognized</p><p>Go to System Preferences</p><p>Select Time Machine</p><p>Select the new drive as the destination</p><p>Turn it on</p><p></p><p>I'm not oversimplifying this.</p><p>I assume you are running at least leopard?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zacster, post: 1288935, member: 17931"] If you are buying the drive, you can get them pre-formatted for the mac and then it is truly plug and play. I bought Western Digital, but they are all about the same. Consider getting a firewire drive so it doesn't take up a USB port. Usually the firewire drives are both FW and USB. Plug in the drive to the Mac Check in the finder that it was recognized Go to System Preferences Select Time Machine Select the new drive as the destination Turn it on I'm not oversimplifying this. I assume you are running at least leopard? [/QUOTE]
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