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I just formatted for Catalina 10.15. the Upgrade for Big Sur is out, will be Seagate portable drive be compatible?

I just formatted my new Seagate portable drive for Catalina 10.15. the Upgrade for Big Sur is out, will be Seagate portable drive be compatible?

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Posted on Feb 25, 2021 7:57 PM

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Posted on Feb 25, 2021 10:11 PM

Your external drive is formatted for macOS, not a particular operating system.


For example, I have several external drives which were formatted a number of years ago (for Macintosh) and they all function normally with my iMac following its upgrade to Big Sur.


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I just formatted for Catalina 10.15. the Upgrade for Big Sur is out, will be Seagate portable drive be compatible?

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