Better To Clone On Wd My Passport Or Use Time Machine For Mac

I've been looking for an external for back-up/data storage for a while now. Best Buy has on sale this week for what looks like a decent price. A few reviews are knocking it because they say you can't remove the WD SmartWare software from it, but it looks like that can actually be done. 1 TB of external storage (even at USB 2 speeds) seems like it should cost a lot more. Should I worry about problems with it, or might this just be one of those times when there's actually a good deal to be had?

Western Digital my passport ultra,slim, portable hard drive,WD Elements, WD My Book western digital, my passport wd, we my cloud,wd my passport ultra, West. Skip navigation Sign in. I just got a portable backup hard drive, a Western Digital My Passport SE for Mac. It comes with some WD backup software called Smartware. I was wondering, before I started to get involved with starting a backup, is the WD software better than the Apple Time Machine sw on my Macbook Pro?

I'm running a mid-09 MBP, btw. I'll primarily be using this as a means of Time Machine backup for now. In the next few months, though, I plan to hook it up to an Airport Extreme to back up our two notebook computers. I've been looking for an external for back-up/data storage for a while now.

Best Buy has on sale this week for what looks like a decent price. A few reviews are knocking it because they say you can't remove the WD SmartWare software from it, but it looks like that can actually be done.

1 TB of external storage (even at USB 2 speeds) seems like it should cost a lot more. Should I worry about problems with it, or might this just be one of those times when there's actually a good deal to be had? I'm running a mid-09 MBP, btw.

I'll primarily be using this as a means of Time Machine backup for now. In the next few months, though, I plan to hook it up to an Airport Extreme to back up our two notebook computers. Yea, you can probably get something a bit cheaper. But I doubt that 'Smart Ware' is non-removable. It is probably a windows software that 'backs up', but isn't really need. You will have to reformat the drive for hfs+ anyway to use with Time Machine, which will completely wipe the drive and change the filesystem from fat32 to HFS+.

A simple Amazon search btw found quite a few drives that could be good for your needs, and cheaper. Look for the ones that say 1 TB, and look for reviews. One of the results I found had 4.5/5 stars, and 259 customer reviews. That is probably a good HD(its the top right one on that link I gave you).

Good Luck BruceM. I've been looking for an external for back-up/data storage for a while now. Best Buy has on sale this week for what looks like a decent price. A few reviews are knocking it because they say you can't remove the WD SmartWare software from it, but it looks like that can actually be done. 1 TB of external storage (even at USB 2 speeds) seems like it should cost a lot more. Should I worry about problems with it, or might this just be one of those times when there's actually a good deal to be had?

I'm running a mid-09 MBP, btw. Export for itunes app free. I'll primarily be using this as a means of Time Machine backup for now.

In the next few months, though, I plan to hook it up to an Airport Extreme to back up our two notebook computers. Click to expand. Mac os x partition external hard drive 2017. You will not find a 1TB USB powered hard drive for much cheap, mostly because there are very few at the moment. Yes, you can find an external USB 2.0 for $80 but those are full size require external power. The 'extra' software which shows up as another drive is really only slightly to moderately annoying. It is by no means the end of the world.

And to be honest, it's in WD's best interest to include it. If people never use it, that is their choice. Everyone hates it until their external drive is lost or stolen. When things that they would prefer to be private become public, many wish they had used it. I personally don't use it but I always but anything sensitive in an encrypted disk image, even on my internal HD. Most people happily put their nude home videos and tax returns on these things and run around happy. There should be an easy was to disable it though.