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Time Machine Question (MyBook Problems)
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<blockquote data-quote="budafied" data-source="post: 902371" data-attributes="member: 52583"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I have a MyBook for Mac that I bought from BestBuy today. ($65 for a TB, thank you slickdeals <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> )</p><p></p><p>*I use Paragon NTFS, so my Mac can read/write NTFS fine...*</p><p></p><p>I would like to use about 500GB for Time Machine, then the rest of it for Storage. It came preformatted in HFS+. However, I would like my Storage portion to be NTFS.</p><p></p><p>I tried doing this by resizing the HFS+ partition to 500GB, then adding a second 500GB of Windows NT Filesystem. This failed. It would say it was partitioning, then nothing would happen. So I booted into Windows 7 (on the same MBP) and formatted the whole drive into 3 NTFS partitions (1 500GB Time Machine and 2 250GB Storage partitions).</p><p></p><p>This worked nicely (and is still working) but I would like to have my Time Machine be an HFS+ partition. Now, it won't let me change the partitions at all in Disk Utility. I can't even select the plus and minus signs to add or remove partitions.</p><p></p><p>So...</p><p></p><p>Is it necessary and/or beneficial to have my Time Machine drive be HFS+?</p><p></p><p>How do I do it?</p><p></p><p>*No data is on the drive yet, so I can completely start over with formatting or partitioning if necessary...*</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="budafied, post: 902371, member: 52583"] Hello, I have a MyBook for Mac that I bought from BestBuy today. ($65 for a TB, thank you slickdeals :) ) *I use Paragon NTFS, so my Mac can read/write NTFS fine...* I would like to use about 500GB for Time Machine, then the rest of it for Storage. It came preformatted in HFS+. However, I would like my Storage portion to be NTFS. I tried doing this by resizing the HFS+ partition to 500GB, then adding a second 500GB of Windows NT Filesystem. This failed. It would say it was partitioning, then nothing would happen. So I booted into Windows 7 (on the same MBP) and formatted the whole drive into 3 NTFS partitions (1 500GB Time Machine and 2 250GB Storage partitions). This worked nicely (and is still working) but I would like to have my Time Machine be an HFS+ partition. Now, it won't let me change the partitions at all in Disk Utility. I can't even select the plus and minus signs to add or remove partitions. So... Is it necessary and/or beneficial to have my Time Machine drive be HFS+? How do I do it? *No data is on the drive yet, so I can completely start over with formatting or partitioning if necessary...* [/QUOTE]
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