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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1506641" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Hi all - have had my MBP for < a week, and have the book below (on my iPad) as my initial guide to learning 'Mountain Lion' - also, purchased a Seagate external HD (1 TB; USB 3) for backup - planning to use Time Machine - now I copied my Docs/Photos/Music from my old Dell laptop and transferred manually to the new MBP - the HD was immediately recognized.</p><p></p><p>The Seagate HD is formatted NTFS & SMART is not recognized - NOW, Mr. Miser in his book is recommending that I re-format this drive to 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' - SO, my question is this that important? I'll be using it only for backup purposes and seems to be working fine w/ the new computer - thanks for comments & help - Dave <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><img src="http://img1.imagesbn.com/p/9781118363614_p0_v1_s260x420.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1506641, member: 234411"] Hi all - have had my MBP for < a week, and have the book below (on my iPad) as my initial guide to learning 'Mountain Lion' - also, purchased a Seagate external HD (1 TB; USB 3) for backup - planning to use Time Machine - now I copied my Docs/Photos/Music from my old Dell laptop and transferred manually to the new MBP - the HD was immediately recognized. The Seagate HD is formatted NTFS & SMART is not recognized - NOW, Mr. Miser in his book is recommending that I re-format this drive to 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' - SO, my question is this that important? I'll be using it only for backup purposes and seems to be working fine w/ the new computer - thanks for comments & help - Dave :) [IMG]http://img1.imagesbn.com/p/9781118363614_p0_v1_s260x420.JPG[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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