I completely agree with Daniel. I have used WD external drives for years without any problems. The portable backup drives I use & recommend are WD ‘My Passport’ Studio 2TB
Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPhone 7 Plus > On 1 Dec 2017, at 5:32 pm, Daniel Kerr <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: > > Agreed. I avoid Seagate (and Lacie who are also part of Seagate, and all > Lacie drives use Seagate). > My drive of choice is Western Digital (WD). Have used them for many years > with many clients and found them to be very great and reliable. (and I can > swap them over on the spot if something goes wrong as I know WD stand behind > their products - on the rare chance something does go wrong, which to be > honest in all the time I’ve been selling them has been few and far between). > > Kind regards > Daniel > > Sent from my iPhone 7 > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Apple** > > NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and > as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. > Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or > accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this > email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the > author be requested. > >> On 1 Dec 2017, at 5:29 pm, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Rosemary. >> I have heard that Seagate Drives have a high failure rate. >> Consequently I have avoided them for years. >> >>> On 1 Dec 2017, at 4:48 pm, Rosemary Spark <arkaysp...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Ronni, >>> What brand do you recommend? >>> >>> Cheers >>> Rosemary >>> >>> Rosemary Spark >>> PO Box 781 >>> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia >>> Phone: + 61 8 94336609 >>> Mobile: 0414268043 >>> arkaysp...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> On 1 December 2017 at 16:46, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >>> Hello Rosemary, >>> I don’t recommend Seagate drives, but yes you can Reformat the External >>> Drive for a Mac in Disk Utility! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> >>> Sent from Ronni's iPhone 7 Plus >>> >>>> On 1 Dec 2017, at 3:21 pm, Rosemary Spark <arkaysp...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> My husband was in JB Hifi and there had a special on Seagate 2TB drives so >>>> he bought one. >>>> On the box it only mentions various Windows operating systems and not Mac >>>> at all. If I re-format will it work on a mac or should we take it back and >>>> get one that specifically mentions Mac? >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Rosemary Spark >>>> PO Box 781 >>>> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia >>>> Phone: + 61 8 94336609 >>>> Mobile: 0414268043 >>>> arkaysp...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> >> Regards, >> Stephen Chape >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
