Apple Mac machines support a different file system. In this post, I'm going to show you how to format your It brought me to a webpage on Seagate's site, where it clearly indicated the drive was initially set Pro tip: If you want to use the external drive for both Mac and PC, you can also select 'ExFAT'. Backing up your songs, photos and files from your computer and laptop is easier with these durable, portable external hard drives. Backup and retrieval options allow you to set up incremental backups to be performed each time you connect It’s compatible with both Windows and Mac; just install Given how finicky some other drives are with Apple products, our testers with Macs were relieved to.
Take a look at the drives offered by Apple at their online and retail stores. That will give you an idea of what Apple is willing to endorse. You'll find a number of brands that Apple is willing to sell. Sure, the prices may be premium, but Apple may take some care as to what they are will to support by selling them.
Sometimes you can find the same models at other internet and retail outlets for lower prices, or exercise your options with various education and business discounts Apple sometimes offers. Apple is not going to sell products that cause issues with Macs. Which hard drive are we talking about here, 3.5' or 2.5'? One big advantage of the hard drives is that you can pop off the USB adapter and replace it in 5 seconds. Lots of people complain about failed enclosures rather than the hard drives themselves - this fixes the problem.
You can also replace the USB 3.0 adapter with one featuring (probably useless in 2014) and (overkill for a hard drive and only one port). All those adapters work with other SATA drives as well - they just have a standard SATA connector. Western Digital on the other hand has the, which has automatic cloud backup that doesn't work on a Mac, and 'Turbo drivers' of which everybody who had installed them wasn't too fond of. From a Mac user's point of view, the 7200RPM 2.5' hard drive crown might very well go to the - easily replaceable 'enclosure logic', no weird drivers, no nonsense. If you want a slim hard drive: or - pick one.
The inexpensive 5400RPM option? Or - pick one. Or build your own, or upload your data to the cloud, or create your own cloud with a NAS. Unlimited possibilities. Click to expand.I have two WD drives. One is for my iTunes library, it's connected by firewire and it works great.
The other is 4TB ShareSpace drive that was network connected to be used for Time Machine backups. That one is a complete waste of money because - since Mountain Lion - WD have decided that they don't want this drive to work for TM backups. They have not updated the soft/firmware to track Apple's OS updates, and essentially have bricked a $500 NAS. They used to pretend that an update was coming, but now they don't. It's a moot point anyway as OS updates have routinely disabled the ability of WD drives to work with TM, and even when WD used to bother to fix it, it took a good few months. Do not buy a WD drive for TM backups!
Hi, Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I will be glad to help you. I suggest you to try this methods and check if it helps: Check if the device is detected in Device Manager. F ollow the steps given below to check the status of the device in Device Manager.
Press Windows key + X and select Device Manager. Seagate Backup Plus 4TB and right-click on the drive. Select Properties and check if the device is working properly under Device Status. If there is a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark in it, then it indicates that there are some issues with it. Method 1: Windows Compatibility Center Check if the external disk is compatible with Windows 10. Method 2: Run the Hardware Troubleshooter You might be able to solve some problems by running a troubleshooter that will automatically fix some common issues with hardware. Hardware devices are not working or are not detected in Windows Method 3: Un-install the USB drivers.
Follow the steps given below to un-install the drivers. Press Windows key + X and select Device Manager. Expand Universal Serial Bus Controllers and right-click on each USB controller. Select Un-install.
Restart the computer. This will re-install the USB drivers.
Check if the issue is resolved. If the issue persists, update the Chipset drivers from the manufacturer’s website.
Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist Thank you Rakesh C N Microsoft Community. I had the same problem with a Seagate Backup Plus (USB 3.0) external drive. Method 3 above worked perfectly for me - thanks!
One word of caution to desktop PC owners (I have a Dell XPS 8700) with wireless keyboard and mouse like me. Be sure to un-install the Universal USB that connects the wireless keyboard/mouse to the PC last or before you start, plug in a wired keyboard and mouse if you have them. I got lucky - after I un-installed the 'Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.0 (Microsoft)' universal USB, I lost control of my wireless keyboard and mouse. I shut off and turned on my PC manually and all of the universal USB drivers I had un-installed re-installed, was able to use my keyboard and mouse and got access to my Seagate drive. Same problem with the Seagate Backup Plus drive. Reinstalling the Paragon drivers didn't work for me, nor did changing to generic USB drivers.
Here's what worked for me: Opened device manager and uninstalled the device On the computer name at the top, I right clicked and selected Add Legacy Hardware Clicked Next Selected 'Install the hardware that I manually select from a list' Selected 'Digital Media Devices' Next Choose Model 'Digital Media Device' Next On 'The wizard is ready to install your hardware' finish up the prompts to complete the install I think it scanned for the device and added it, but I may have scanned for hardware changes. In the end, Device manager now shows a digital media device and Explorer shows the Seagate Backup Plus Drive where I can see my files. After doing this, when I rebooted the computer I got a black screen that said 'Bootmgr not found'. When I disconnected the Seagate Backup drive it booted just fine. I plugged the drive back in, went into the BIOS and found the Seagate Backup drive first in the boot order, I made it the last boot device. I can reboot now with the drive connected.
So far things seem to be working.