Format Seagate Backup Free 1 Month

Format Seagate Backup Free 1 Month

I think there are older versions available for 10.5 Or Carbon Copy Cloner (free 1 month fully enabled demo).

Apparently this is a highly extravagant demand from that product and I have been unable to use the drive so far.

The drive packaging says compatible with Mac OS X 10.6.8 or higher, but the vendor assured me I could use it for an earlier version.

Some comments on online forums seem to confirm that I should be able to use it, but I could not find any helpful instructions.

I read that the Seagate Backup drive can be used as a compatible backup on 10.5.8 by manually transferring files onto it, but I have no idea how to do this.

Do I need to format the drive, and how should I do this Or should i give up and get another drive.

You can format the disk for Mac use with the Applications - Utilities - Disk Utility.

B) to backup your Mac for the upgrade, format the drive as a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) disk drive.

This will NOT be readable by Windows, but you can reformat for that task after you upgrade.

Use a Mac backup utility to copy your Macs data to the external disk.

Disk Utility - Restore can be used to copy your entire system to the external disk, just specify the external disk as the destination for the Restore.

Or you can use SuperDuper (free for a full clone, you only pay if you want the incremental and scheduling features).

I think there are older versions available for 10.5 C) After you have performed your upgrade and your data is safe, you can choose to blow away the contents of the external disk and reformat it as a Windows exFAT drive that can be read by both Mac and Windows.

NOTE: Some Mac file attributes may not transfer, but that would only matter if you were trying to use the exFAT formatted drive as a Mac backup device.

But as a file transfer device or a device for storing documents, pictures, movies (data, not programs), then exFAT is OK for that.

If you want to transfer data to Windows first, then just create the exFAT first, transfer your data, then reformat for Mac backup and upgrade.

NOTE: you should be able to use file sharing between the Mac and the Windows system for transferring files.

Format Seagate Backup Plus For Mac