“No directions.....how do i use it to back up Mac computer. Is there supposed to be a cord?”
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First, format the drive for a Mac, using Disk Utility, in your Utilities folder, in the Applications folder. To format the drive as a Mac drive, so you can boot from it, in a pinch, do this: 1. Plug the drive in to your Mac's USB port. It should have come with a single USB 3.0 plug, which provides both power and data to the drive. 2. Click Go:Utilities from the menu bar, at the top of your screen. 3. Double-click Disk Utility 4. Click the name of your Seagate Backup Plus in the left-hand column, to select it. 5. Click the "Partition" tab over in the right part of the window. Choose 1 partition from the drop-down, (under Partition Layout) and then click "Options" at the bottom, and select GUID, at the top. The other two choices are for older macs, or for a Windows format drive. 6. Under Partition Information, call your drive something like Jill's Backup HD or something you can recognize, and for Format, choose "Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) The other formats can be problematic unless you're pretty knowledgeable, and have special requirements. 7. Now, click Apply. Wait a minute, and your newly formatted drive will appear over on the right of your desktop. Now that you've formatted your drive as a Mac drive, do this: Google SuperDuper, from Shirt Pocket Software, and buy it. Reason: It's better than Time Machine! Time Machine runs once an hour all day long, and can slow you down when you're trying to do some work. Super Duper makes a bootable backup, and you can easily program it to run once a day. I use it myself like this--click the Apple, pull down to System Preferences, open the Energy Saver control panel. Click the Schedule button on the bottom right, and set your Mac to wake up or turn on at 2:00AM, or whatever time is convenient for you. Then launch Super Duper, and make a full backup of your drive to the portable. A full backup can take a couple of hours. Next, click the Options button on SuperDuper, and check the box to "Repair Permissions" before you run a backup, and switch "Erase, then Backup" to "Smart Update" which mimics the first choice, but only takes about 20 minutes a day. Check out the options, and you can have your Mac turn off when Super Duper finishes, or just go to sleep, or actually restart from your backup drive. Sounds über geeky, but it's really not that hard, and Apple and Shirt Pocket software will be happy to help you. Or I will! Takes me about 10 minutes to do this stuff. And you only pay for SuperDuper once, not over and over like other disk utilities. I've had it on my Mac for about 10 years.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, there should be a cable included in the hard drive's original packaging. This will connect the hard drive to the computer via its USB port. I have attached a picture of the cable for reference.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes. Comes with a cord. And the directions are in one of the folders in the hard drive once you plug it in. I have a Mac. All it took was plugging it in with the provided cable. If you don't have the cable for some reason I would recommend taking it back and exchanging. If you lost it, then you can buy this cable anywhere for between $5-10.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It plugs right into your keyboard and I had apple walk me through it to make sure I didn't screw it up. They do it for free so that was a no brainer for me. They sold me Mountain Lion and suggested Best Buy to purchase the hard drive then helped me through it, no charge.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.There should be a connecting cord that comes with it. No need to have additional power; computer provides the power so plug in the computer! There is software the drive has with it or you can opt to use your Time Machine. Check your online help manual to find out more about Time Machine.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.There should be a cord. Plug it into your computer. Answer yes when asked to use the drive for Time Machine. Then make sure time machine is turned on (little clock like symbol in top right corner of screen). Leave it connected for a while so time machine can back everything up.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes it is suppose to have a 1.5' USB 3.0 cable and Owner's Manual.
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