Can I partition an external HDD for Mac use?

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simonmlewis

Post subject: Can I partition an external HDD for Mac use?

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:58 am

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I have a portable HDD of about 2TB, and want to use part of it to backup my new Mac. It wants to do it in a certain format, so I was wondering if I can partition a part of the HDD, and use that for the "Time Machine" backup.

If yes:
a) how do I create a partition on it
b) how do I then format it for use on a Mac.

Maybe both are done at the same time *with* the Mac....?!

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Celauran

Post subject: Re: Can I partition an external HDD for Mac use?

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:51 am

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Take a look at these resources:
http://osxdaily.com/2013/05/01/use-sing ... e-storage/
http://www.howtogeek.com/212445/how-to- ... d-backups/

You should be able to do it without issue. I recommend backing up whatever is currently stored on that drive beforehand.

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