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<blockquote data-quote="Australianne" data-source="post: 1392944" data-attributes="member: 247624"><p><strong>I feel so stupid!</strong></p><p></p><p>I have had a MacBook for 3 years. Use PC at work all day. I wanted to get an external HD last year and got sucked into getting a Time Machine, which I'm sure I don't use to it's full capacity. </p><p>Basically all I need to do is save stuff to an external hard drive and delete stuff off my MacBook because it's nearly full. I want to be able to plug in my HD and see the files and be able to open whatever I want to on the HD. I don't want to restore it to my MacBook, because then it would be full again. I can't even download my latest pics on my iPhone to iPhoto because it's too full. Anyway, I bought a WD 2T HDD yesterday and got it home, and discovered it just wants to back up. The only way I can see stuff is to RESTORE it. I don't want to restore it! I want to keep it on the external HD and view it from there. Have I wasted more $$ buying something that doesn't do what I want? I know, I'm thick, and I'm sure it's a wonderful wiz-bang device and all, but I just want it to do the simple stuff!</p><p>And sorry for replying to a post, that I'm not answering, but I can't for the life of me find where I can actually post a new question...now I'm feeling doubly stupid!</p><p>Help....(please don't laugh!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Australianne, post: 1392944, member: 247624"] [b]I feel so stupid![/b] I have had a MacBook for 3 years. Use PC at work all day. I wanted to get an external HD last year and got sucked into getting a Time Machine, which I'm sure I don't use to it's full capacity. Basically all I need to do is save stuff to an external hard drive and delete stuff off my MacBook because it's nearly full. I want to be able to plug in my HD and see the files and be able to open whatever I want to on the HD. I don't want to restore it to my MacBook, because then it would be full again. I can't even download my latest pics on my iPhone to iPhoto because it's too full. Anyway, I bought a WD 2T HDD yesterday and got it home, and discovered it just wants to back up. The only way I can see stuff is to RESTORE it. I don't want to restore it! I want to keep it on the external HD and view it from there. Have I wasted more $$ buying something that doesn't do what I want? I know, I'm thick, and I'm sure it's a wonderful wiz-bang device and all, but I just want it to do the simple stuff! And sorry for replying to a post, that I'm not answering, but I can't for the life of me find where I can actually post a new question...now I'm feeling doubly stupid! Help....(please don't laugh!) [/QUOTE]
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