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Need a bit of help creating an external hard drive backup (iMac).
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1872174" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Any good quality hard drive brand will suffice. Best prices for external hard drives are usually found on Amazon. You can also look around for sales from Best Buy, Walmart, Staples, etc, etc. Make sure you buy a drive large enough to backup your iMac and plenty of room to spare.</p><p></p><p>For example: If the hard drive in your iMac is 1TB, an external hard drive capacity of 2TB is recommended. </p><p></p><p>You might also think about using cloning software instead of Time Machine. Cloning software has an advantage in that the backup is bootable and recovery is quick and painless. Time Machine restores are usually more involved.</p><p></p><p>Take a look at Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDuper software:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://bombich.com/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1872174, member: 46727"] Any good quality hard drive brand will suffice. Best prices for external hard drives are usually found on Amazon. You can also look around for sales from Best Buy, Walmart, Staples, etc, etc. Make sure you buy a drive large enough to backup your iMac and plenty of room to spare. For example: If the hard drive in your iMac is 1TB, an external hard drive capacity of 2TB is recommended. You might also think about using cloning software instead of Time Machine. Cloning software has an advantage in that the backup is bootable and recovery is quick and painless. Time Machine restores are usually more involved. Take a look at Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDuper software: [URL unfurl="true"]https://bombich.com/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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