“Do you have to have an external hard drive plugged into your Mac all the time? Or can you just use it for transferring photos over to it?”

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• Hi NewtoThis, You can use the drive either for Time Machine backup or as extended storage to store photos and specific files onto it. Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.

  Answered by Western Digital Team 5 years ago

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• No the external drive doesn't have to be plugged in all the time. It is best used to back up all of your Laptop including Photos, This should be backed up on a daily or weekly time frame depending on use of laptop and the functionality of apps. I would also recommend Malwarebytes

  Answered by honestjeff 5 years ago

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