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1. Macbook external hard drive backup plus#
2. Macbook external hard drive backup mac#

Macbook external hard drive backup plus#

Any suggestions?įorgot to mention…this Seagate Backup Plus 3TB Ext. I do have a backup of the file, however, I spent a good deal of time organizing and deleting duplicates. I really would like to retrieve the file I was working on as it has photos on it. Back up your external hard drive using the Restore feature of Disk Utility that clones the drive. Create at least 3 backup copies, store 2 copies in different media, and preserve 1 copy offsite.

Macbook external hard drive backup mac#

Hidden files account for approximately 400 KB. Back up your Mac external hard drive manually using Command + C and Command + V hotkey.

The strange thing is that the folders/files that are appearing show only using half (approximately 300 GB) of the storage space used (600 GB) on the external drive. The folder was there and showed a size of 12KB, but there were no files inside the folder. After three long hours (the file was really large) and being nearly finished transferring, it suddenly stopped.

So, I decided to transfer another copy of that file (stored on another external hard drive) back on the Seagate. How is this possible? I thought it was just a fluke, that maybe I had done something wrong. I then decided to click on the Finder icon at the bottom of my screen and “relaunch finder” was my only option. I tried accessing other files on the drive, and nothing would appear. I mean it literally disappeared as I was working on it. A large file I had been working on for 2-3 hours (stored on a Seagate Backup Plus External Drive) suddenly disappeared. It is the Mac built-in app that implements point-and-click (or drag and drop) creation of workflows for automating repetitive tasks into batches for quicker alteration, thus saving. To backup Mac to external hard drive automatically without Time Machine, you need Automator. If anyone could help me with this, I would be forever grateful ! Backup Mac to external hard drive without Time Machine automatically. I'm a photographer and I have some major projects on there I need to get finished. I searched everywhere for an answer to this issue online but have not found anything to help me. When I open up itunes, I can play all my music, but when I open up the expansion drive, they have all disappeared ?! Weirdly enough, all of my music I have on that external i had previously added to my itunes library.

Click 'Erase' from the Disk Utility options. Open Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility Find your external hard drive in the list of drives. But again, no space on the hard drive has changed. Since most external hard drives are formatted for PCs, before the backup of your Mac begins you need to format the hard drive for macOS. Now two days ago, I went to open up the expansion drive, and ALL of the files had disappeared. None of the hard drive space was changed, but upon opening the folder it contained no files, they had disappeared. On the drive I have tons of movies, tons of music, and a bunch of photography.Ībout a week ago I noticed that one of the folders with my photography was empty. I'm running a Macbook Pro, and have a Seagate External Hard Drive connected to it. I'm new to this forum here, but I really need some insight into a huge problem I am having as of late.