bobbmd Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 just purchased a 2tb backup hd at recommendation of my authorized apple distributor and apple repair shop he installed a new wd 2tb sata hd on my late 2012 i7 quad core 16gb ram mac mini he transferred all my iTunes library of 800 albums 29000 songs and photos etc that had filled to capacity the original mac mini 1tb hd all of those were backed up to a 1 tb lacie porsche design backup i hooked the new 2 tb backup to one of the 3.0 usb inputs on a new plugable 7 hub that goes to the mac mini the passport ultra when i click 'my passport' on my screen opens to a BLANK page -utilities work but passport's web page says i have 'reformat' so it will be compatible to my mac??!! i didn't have to do this with the lacie what gives thought i could just 'plug it in' and it would start to do backups- and why did my'authorized'apple dealer/mac mini geek recommend it?? Link to comment
baddog Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 So this is what I have read about the drive: Compatibility Formatted NTFS for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 operating systems Requires reformatting for Mac OS X Note: Compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardware configuration and operating system. So you will need to launch Disk Utility within your Applications -> Utilities folder to reformat the drive to work with your Mac. You can just use the default steps listed here. But before you start can you highlight the drive in finder and click Command-I - that will show details on how the drive is currently formatted ( though if NTFS you probably wont be able to do that ). As to why they recommended, well Lacie drives are specific to Macs, WD drives tend to work with most Operating Systems but depending on the Operating system might require that they be reformatted to work under your OS. Silver Circle Audio | Roon | Devialet | Synology | Vivid Audio | Stillpoint Aperture | Auralic | DH Labs Link to comment
bobbmd Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 thank you very much will try that Link to comment
bobbmd Posted November 24, 2016 Author Share Posted November 24, 2016 baddog: thanks I reformatted the passport myself easily done and it works fine sorry it took so long to get back to you Link to comment
baddog Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 @bobbmd - Glad to hear it worked - happy holidays! Silver Circle Audio | Roon | Devialet | Synology | Vivid Audio | Stillpoint Aperture | Auralic | DH Labs Link to comment
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