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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1829200" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>Well, let us know if you have any further questions. When you actually get your hands on it you may want to consider two options whicg are really only available before you start using it; formatting and partitioning.</p><p>Yes I know its a WD My Passport for mac but I like to format new USB HD's myself to ensure they are running the same format as my computer. It will probably be a HFS+ filing system in Macintosh Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format which is fine but I like to check. </p><p>The other thing is partitioning, you might like to consider the possibilities of dividing the HD up into smaller partitions. This could be for different uses or even different formats to make the device compatible with other devices such as a Windows PC. Just a thought to consider, I used to use a 1Gb USB HD divided into two equal partitions for a portable backup, one partition for a bootable clone and the other for Time Machine backups.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1829200, member: 204485"] Well, let us know if you have any further questions. When you actually get your hands on it you may want to consider two options whicg are really only available before you start using it; formatting and partitioning. Yes I know its a WD My Passport for mac but I like to format new USB HD's myself to ensure they are running the same format as my computer. It will probably be a HFS+ filing system in Macintosh Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format which is fine but I like to check. The other thing is partitioning, you might like to consider the possibilities of dividing the HD up into smaller partitions. This could be for different uses or even different formats to make the device compatible with other devices such as a Windows PC. Just a thought to consider, I used to use a 1Gb USB HD divided into two equal partitions for a portable backup, one partition for a bootable clone and the other for Time Machine backups. [/QUOTE]
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