“I don't speak computer. My 9 yr old MacBookPro laptop, v 10.15.7, is full & Apple Genius advised downloading contents to external hard drive to free up storage so that it could be updated. Can I do this with WD - My Passport 4TB Ext USB 3.0 Portable HD?”
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Hello, Yes, You can use the WD My Passport drive with your MacOS. Please be informed that the WD My Passport External drive comes preformatted in NTFS format for Windows OS, However, in order to use the drive for macOS you can reformat the drive with macOS supported HFS+J file system by using this link: https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/8200/related/1 .Please note that reformatting is a data destructive process, please backup the data from the drive before reformatting it. Once formatted, you can manually drag and drop files like photos, videos, or documents onto the external drive to free up space on your Mac.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Get a Solid State Hard Drive instead to backup your data and then. . . . I would recomend just buying a new MacBook Air or an iPad. I'm a Computer Tutor and have been since 2002. From my experience, I would recommend the above. This hard drive is okay but slower than the new Solid State ones.
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