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1. USE WESTERN DIGITAL MYCLOUD FOR MAC BACKUP HOW TO
2. USE WESTERN DIGITAL MYCLOUD FOR MAC BACKUP SOFTWARE
3. USE WESTERN DIGITAL MYCLOUD FOR MAC BACKUP WINDOWS

I don’t know enough about Macs to understand how to archive data from that.

USE WESTERN DIGITAL MYCLOUD FOR MAC BACKUP WINDOWS

Archiving from the Windows system will be just by setting up a drive letter and copying. However – at the risk of being over pedantic – I aim to use “Time Machine” to backup the Mac, while Acronis to backup the Windows system. Not cool in my book.Hi Bennor – many thanks for this response. Granted, most drives are not *exactly* the capacity they advertise, but Seagate in their newer 2TB drives, for instance, tends to actually come in at 1.8TB. Although make sure that the segate drive *is* 1TB, and not 800GB or something. And the little My Passport drives (one of which is actually a 1TB drive!) are great and look gorgeous. I've got two of them on my bookcase, acting as bookends. I also prefer WD because of the "book" style of these drives. It very often comes down to how you use your drives - the operating temps, the environment, frequency of use, etc. The new ones have their Caviar Green drives, which are great, low-power, very cool-running, very quiet drives. As for brand name, some swear by Seagate, others by WD.

USE WESTERN DIGITAL MYCLOUD FOR MAC BACKUP SOFTWARE

The selling points these days are the so-called "convenient" backup software that comes loaded on these drives as well as the design. I can access a backup instance from over a year ago. I've got a 200GB internal HD in my MBP and a 500GB Time Machine drive. Simply put, in your case get at least a 1TB drive for Time Machine. When you reconnect it, Time Machine will perform a new backup, but if you made data changes on your internal drive while Time Machine was disconnected, then as far as I know Time Machine will not have a record of that.Ħ. You can disconnect it, but then you won't have a backup instance for the time it's disconnected. Your Time Machine drive should be on all the time. Still, you'll want a drive that it much larger than your internal drive.ĥ. And further, Time Machine usually make incremental changes. You don't want Time Machine overwriting last weeks data. Time Machine only begins to overwrite data after it has stored many backups. You can use the one you have now for run-of-the-mill storage and whatnot, but if you want to use it with Time Machine, return it, and grab at least a 1TB drive.Ĥ. Ideally, for example, if you've got a 200GB internal HD you'll want a 500GB backup drive or larger.

Time Machine wants to store many backup instances of your drive so you can go "back in time" to perhaps retrieve data if necessary. You'll need a drive that's at least twice as large as your internal HD. Instructions are available on WD's website. You might want to disable the VCD on it though, if it has that SmartWare software. I dont want to waste money on a Time Capsule, so please help me getting this existing ext HDD to work to solve my problems.ġ. Do I need to keep the external HDD always connected to electricity and iMac or I can on it anytime ? How will Time Machine detect it or search for it, in case its not connected ?Ħ. Then next week, when it automatically backs up, then will it overwrite over that old backed up data or write new backup again ? Im asking this, bcz I have 400GB of data on my imac, so if it writes a new one, then from where the space will come in the ext HDD ?ĥ. Lets say, now I connected my drive to imac and I took a backup. So, it has to be connected on USB and selected as destination on Time machine ?Ĥ. Can I use this external HDD as a backup drive for Time Machine ?Ģ. Its Western Digital MyBook Essentials Edition 500GB.ġ. I just got an iMac a month back and I would like to use the Time Machine feature on iMac, which takes weekly backups for me to one of my External Hardrive, which I have.