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External HDD in Mac OS Extended (Journalized)

Good evening,

I have a 6TB External HDD in Mac OS Extended (Journalized).

Should I be concerned and reformat it to APFS now?

Thanks in advance,

Merlin

Posted on Oct 29, 2019 5:58 PM

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Posted on Oct 29, 2019 7:31 PM

No, you do not need to reformat it. It's not an SSD.

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