A:AnswerYes! This drive can be formatted with any modern partition scheme. It appears to the BIOS/UEFI as a USB HDD and can be treated almost identical to an internal disk.
Generally speaking try to keep to a GPT partition scheme unless you need to support legacy devices.
A:AnswerAll USB A ports are compatible with all USb A devices. The 3.1 means that for maximum speed it requires a 3.1 port, but a 3.0 will work just fine at slightly slower speeds. A 2.0 will also work at greatly reduced speed
A:AnswerI downloaded the Blink app from the Apple App Store. If you are able to download apps on your computer you should be fine. Although, the immediate camera notifications come through the app. That’s fine if you are home by your computer. I like receiving the notifications immediately on my phone even when I am not home.
