Recommendations for an external drive to back-up my Mac?

Recommendations for an external drive to back-up my Mac?

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.0

Posted on Nov 23, 2022 8:21 AM

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Posted on Nov 25, 2022 10:47 AM

I have used WD mech drives and now WD SSD drives for my TM backups. All with my own enclosures/docks and all worked fine. I use my own enclosures because sometimes the "all in one" drives have software included that I prefer not to deal with.

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Nov 25, 2022 10:47 AM in response to LVVuser1099

I have used WD mech drives and now WD SSD drives for my TM backups. All with my own enclosures/docks and all worked fine. I use my own enclosures because sometimes the "all in one" drives have software included that I prefer not to deal with.

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Nov 25, 2022 6:54 AM in response to BobTheFisherman

Thanks for the tip. Had already looked there, but was looking for 'second opinions,' especially since I have a really old Mac (2008) and a newer one (2017). In transferring 2008 to 2017, anticipate having to save to an external drive for access to 2008 files on the 2017.

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