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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1702040" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Hi <strong>Jeff</strong> - yes, 'Made for Mac' simply means the drive is formatted as <em>OS X Extended (journaled)</em>, as <strong>Jake</strong> has already mentioned, so you could certainly purchase such a HD or simply format any HD using OS X's Disk Utility, again as described. As to brands, Western Digital is often recommended here (and I own several); I also have several bought from <a href="http://www.owcdigital.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=text&utm_campaign=owcdigitalbrandawareness&gclid=Cj0KEQiAl5u2BRC6yszC1_75v5wBEiQAD-hdz86S7vCzjP7hTaWKfW0d_CRAxKmStTEPJ61Z-AHnTQoaAs5T8P8HAQ" target="_blank">Other World Computing</a>, a company dedicated to Apple products. Seagate HDs are known to have higher failure rates and are usually not suggested.</p><p></p><p>Your other considerations are: 1) Connection to your computer, i.e. USB vs. Thunderbolt; and 2) Bus-powered vs. AC adapter power - for myself, I have all bus-powered drives, but a number here suggest using AC adapters - if you used an USB hub, make sure that it is AC powered. Should provide enough information to get you started. Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1702040, member: 234411"] Hi [B]Jeff[/B] - yes, 'Made for Mac' simply means the drive is formatted as [I]OS X Extended (journaled)[/I], as [B]Jake[/B] has already mentioned, so you could certainly purchase such a HD or simply format any HD using OS X's Disk Utility, again as described. As to brands, Western Digital is often recommended here (and I own several); I also have several bought from [URL="http://www.owcdigital.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=text&utm_campaign=owcdigitalbrandawareness&gclid=Cj0KEQiAl5u2BRC6yszC1_75v5wBEiQAD-hdz86S7vCzjP7hTaWKfW0d_CRAxKmStTEPJ61Z-AHnTQoaAs5T8P8HAQ"]Other World Computing[/URL], a company dedicated to Apple products. Seagate HDs are known to have higher failure rates and are usually not suggested. Your other considerations are: 1) Connection to your computer, i.e. USB vs. Thunderbolt; and 2) Bus-powered vs. AC adapter power - for myself, I have all bus-powered drives, but a number here suggest using AC adapters - if you used an USB hub, make sure that it is AC powered. Should provide enough information to get you started. Dave :) [/QUOTE]
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