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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1488922" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>You can use the WD Passport drive as a Time Machine backup, or any other external hard drive. It does not have to be a 'Time Capsule' nor anything special or proprietary to Apple.</p><p></p><p>The lone caveat is that the drive should be equal to or greater than the capacity of your internal hard drive. So, if you have an internal hard drive that is 1TB in size, then your external drive should be at least that size.</p><p></p><p>Once you've turned it on and plugged it in, you'll want to format the drive in Disk Utility (Applications >> Utilities >> Disk Utility). Select the external drive in the left window pane, click the Erase tab in the right window pane. </p><p></p><p>When that's done, go to System Preferences >> Time Machine. Turn Time Machine on here and select the newly formatted disk. And that's it.... you're done. As long as the drive is connected, your machine will make automated backups.</p><p></p><p>Now, if you want wireless backups (i.e. you don't need to connect the drive physically) - then the Time Capsule is a good option.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1488922, member: 24098"] You can use the WD Passport drive as a Time Machine backup, or any other external hard drive. It does not have to be a 'Time Capsule' nor anything special or proprietary to Apple. The lone caveat is that the drive should be equal to or greater than the capacity of your internal hard drive. So, if you have an internal hard drive that is 1TB in size, then your external drive should be at least that size. Once you've turned it on and plugged it in, you'll want to format the drive in Disk Utility (Applications >> Utilities >> Disk Utility). Select the external drive in the left window pane, click the Erase tab in the right window pane. When that's done, go to System Preferences >> Time Machine. Turn Time Machine on here and select the newly formatted disk. And that's it.... you're done. As long as the drive is connected, your machine will make automated backups. Now, if you want wireless backups (i.e. you don't need to connect the drive physically) - then the Time Capsule is a good option. [/QUOTE]
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