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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1943510" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>That Seagate drive is a rotating disk hard drive (even though it is tiny and looks like an SSD). These external Seagates are inexpensive because Seagate has saved money by doing just about no testing and quality control. They have a very high failure rate. In fact, that Seagate is such a POS that it doesn't even have an on/off switch. You turn it on and off by unplugging it from your Mac!</p><p></p><p>I highly recommend this SSD:</p><p></p><p>SAMSUNG Portable SSD T7 1TB USB 3.2 External - Indigo Blue (MU-PC1T0H/AM)</p><p>$89</p><p><a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/SAMSUNG-T7-Portable-SSD-1TB-Indigo-Blue-Up-to-1-050MB-s-USB-3-2-Gen2-MU-PC1T0H-AM/787072688" target="_blank">https://www.walmart.com/ip/SAMSUNG-T7-Portable-SSD-1TB-Indigo-Blue-Up-to-1-050MB-s-USB-3-2-Gen2-MU-PC1T0H-AM/787072688</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you use drag and drop, you will not be backing up a lot of what is known as "meta-data". Meta-data is support files for applications. They are important if you want to later restore your applications and have them set up exactly as you had them previously.</p><p></p><p>I personally recommend this clone backup program:</p><p></p><p>SuperDuper! (free/$28)</p><p><a href="https://shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html" target="_blank">https://shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html</a></p><p></p><p>SuperDuper! is easy to use, it isn't cluttered up with lots of options that you won't understand, and its proven to be extremely reliable. </p><p></p><p>TimeMachine comes with your Mac, and it's nice that it is free and from Apple, but I've heard from way too many users lately about it failing for me to be able to recommend it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1943510, member: 190607"] That Seagate drive is a rotating disk hard drive (even though it is tiny and looks like an SSD). These external Seagates are inexpensive because Seagate has saved money by doing just about no testing and quality control. They have a very high failure rate. In fact, that Seagate is such a POS that it doesn't even have an on/off switch. You turn it on and off by unplugging it from your Mac! I highly recommend this SSD: SAMSUNG Portable SSD T7 1TB USB 3.2 External - Indigo Blue (MU-PC1T0H/AM) $89 [URL code="true"]https://www.walmart.com/ip/SAMSUNG-T7-Portable-SSD-1TB-Indigo-Blue-Up-to-1-050MB-s-USB-3-2-Gen2-MU-PC1T0H-AM/787072688[/URL] If you use drag and drop, you will not be backing up a lot of what is known as "meta-data". Meta-data is support files for applications. They are important if you want to later restore your applications and have them set up exactly as you had them previously. I personally recommend this clone backup program: SuperDuper! (free/$28) [URL code="true"]https://shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html[/URL] SuperDuper! is easy to use, it isn't cluttered up with lots of options that you won't understand, and its proven to be extremely reliable. TimeMachine comes with your Mac, and it's nice that it is free and from Apple, but I've heard from way too many users lately about it failing for me to be able to recommend it. [/QUOTE]
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