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macOS - Desktop Hardware
2008 IMAC - slow - restore
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1783174" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>In regards to your question about the external hard drive the answer is yes.</p><p>If you get a USB external HD get one about twice the storage space of the device it is going to be used for. You can use it with the native Time Machine app to do a complete backup of the iMac but if the iMac is close to capacity (less than 15% free space) then I would move some files seoeratky onto the EHD first. I have seen problems with new full backups using Time Nachine where the backuo freezes because the source does not have enough room for the process.</p><p>If all goes well subsequent backups will be much faster than the first one which can take hours dependent on the size of the source.</p><p>The EHD can be reformatted for use with a PC but I really suggest that you keep it as a backup for the iMac if you value any of the data on it because it is quite old and could die at any time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1783174, member: 204485"] In regards to your question about the external hard drive the answer is yes. If you get a USB external HD get one about twice the storage space of the device it is going to be used for. You can use it with the native Time Machine app to do a complete backup of the iMac but if the iMac is close to capacity (less than 15% free space) then I would move some files seoeratky onto the EHD first. I have seen problems with new full backups using Time Nachine where the backuo freezes because the source does not have enough room for the process. If all goes well subsequent backups will be much faster than the first one which can take hours dependent on the size of the source. The EHD can be reformatted for use with a PC but I really suggest that you keep it as a backup for the iMac if you value any of the data on it because it is quite old and could die at any time. [/QUOTE]
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