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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1320996" data-attributes="member: 83420">Dear BarbaraYou did all the right things.&nbsp; Good quality EHD, Firewire 800.&nbsp; As the EHD is factory formatted for the Mac and Time Machine (TM), there's almost certainly some additional software included such as encryption possibilities;&nbsp; there may be instructions and other bits.&nbsp; Forget it.If you really wanted to get the maximum from the EHD, you could go Applications &gt; Utilities &gt; Disk Utility.&nbsp; Find the EHD, Click on its sub heading, Click on Erase and Reformat the EHD as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) giving it any name you fancy eg TM Backup.But frankly, if I were you, I'd forget all that;&nbsp; connect it via the Firewire 800;&nbsp; Click on the Apple Logo on top left of the toolbar;&nbsp; Select Preferences &gt; Time Machine &gt; Select Disk and then choose your EHD.&nbsp; Make sure the TM slider is in the ON position and Start Backup.Be advised that the first time you back up will take a while;&nbsp; but future back ups are automatic, run in the background and take hardly any time at all.Lastly, I'm glad you've got round to backing up.&nbsp; So many folks don't to their ultimate cost.Ian</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1320996, member: 83420"] Dear Barbara You did all the right things. Good quality EHD, Firewire 800. As the EHD is factory formatted for the Mac and Time Machine (TM), there's almost certainly some additional software included such as encryption possibilities; there may be instructions and other bits. Forget it. If you really wanted to get the maximum from the EHD, you could go Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility. Find the EHD, Click on its sub heading, Click on Erase and Reformat the EHD as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) giving it any name you fancy eg TM Backup. But frankly, if I were you, I'd forget all that; connect it via the Firewire 800; Click on the Apple Logo on top left of the toolbar; Select Preferences > Time Machine > Select Disk and then choose your EHD. Make sure the TM slider is in the ON position and Start Backup. Be advised that the first time you back up will take a while; but future back ups are automatic, run in the background and take hardly any time at all. Lastly, I'm glad you've got round to backing up. So many folks don't to their ultimate cost. Ian [/QUOTE]

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