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Question about external hard drives
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<blockquote data-quote="Dayvidpriddy" data-source="post: 1646172" data-attributes="member: 345560"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I am switching to a Mac (iMac) from Windows...I have had ENOUGH of Windows 8 and can't take it anymore.</p><p></p><p>I plan on purchasing a Time Capsule after I get my iMac at some point but until then I wanted to know how my Maxtor One Touch 4 (1TB) will work with the iMac? Or will it even work with the iMac? Currently I use the drive for just backup reasons (I manually backup my files-I don't use software to do it) nor would I do it that way with the iMac either...manual only/drag/drop that kinda thing.</p><p></p><p>If the drive will work with the iMac, do I have to reformat it first before the OS recognizes it or can I just plug it in and go? If I have to reformat it, I'm going to be in trouble because I have no other drive to use to get the data back onto the drive and then get that data onto my iMac.</p><p></p><p>Any help is appreciated.</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dayvidpriddy, post: 1646172, member: 345560"] Hello, I am switching to a Mac (iMac) from Windows...I have had ENOUGH of Windows 8 and can't take it anymore. I plan on purchasing a Time Capsule after I get my iMac at some point but until then I wanted to know how my Maxtor One Touch 4 (1TB) will work with the iMac? Or will it even work with the iMac? Currently I use the drive for just backup reasons (I manually backup my files-I don't use software to do it) nor would I do it that way with the iMac either...manual only/drag/drop that kinda thing. If the drive will work with the iMac, do I have to reformat it first before the OS recognizes it or can I just plug it in and go? If I have to reformat it, I'm going to be in trouble because I have no other drive to use to get the data back onto the drive and then get that data onto my iMac. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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