I've spent HOURS trying to fix something you explained in less than 7 mins, plus you taught me a lot. Thank you so much!
@Skaggins
23 күн бұрын
Same here. Others were having me download drivers, change startup settings... The answer was already on my mac.
@Postdisclosureworld
Жыл бұрын
This was masterfully done. Concise. Told us what we need to hear, nothing more. Rare on KZitem.
@maureentaphouse5206
Жыл бұрын
and very helpful to absolute beginners. We are not all tech geeks!
@captaingreg8425
10 ай бұрын
This is one of the best KZitem tutorials I have ever seen. Clear communication, each step explained as to why and how, and anticipates alternative steps depending on your situation.
@2081dwillis
10 ай бұрын
Love the way you get right into a topic, state it in simple terms, and then end the video promptly (rather than vloggers who want to tell their life stories along with a plethora of if's and's or but's)
@nickmcquade
Жыл бұрын
For maximum compatibility with Windows and Linux systems (especially legacy versions like Windows 7), if I format a drive with exFAT, I always use the MBR partition scheme. Windows tends to be picky when using GUID, and sometimes throws strange errors or doesn't even show the drive in File Explorer.
@warrenmcelroy6998
Жыл бұрын
Had to change Scheme first to GUID, then I could change Format to APFS. Another great info filled video!
@NatGreenOnline
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I didn't see APFS initially as an option and came to the comments to see if anyone had the same issue. This helped me find it!
@andrewdanvers7175
7 ай бұрын
Same, as the options were Journaled, ExFAT, Windows etc in the drop list, but once choose the scheme from Master Boot to GUID the 'Convert to APFS' came up, made 2 500gb partitions 1 for my saved stuff, and 1 for Time Machine, though maybe went too big on the 500gb partition for time machine lol, am sure can reduce it.
@macjeffff
Жыл бұрын
Once again, I learned something I didn't know. I've always pre-formatted Time Machine drives. I had no idea TM would do that on its own, automatically. Amazing. Thanks, Gary.
@AkiraIntegra
2 ай бұрын
Just what I needed. Had that problem with my external drive and wasn't able to find anything helpful on their website. Was getting real frustrated when I finally found your video. Thanks a lot!
@SF-mw4lm
8 ай бұрын
Hi Gary, thank you so much for this easy to follow video. I'd like to add my experience of not seeing APFS in the first instance of trying to reformat an external drive in case others experience it too. When I plugged in my LaCie etxernal drive (came formatted as exFAT), Disk Utility showed Master Boot Record under Scheme, and only Mac OS Extended and FAT were offered under Format. I had to change the Scheme to GUID before APFS (and its variations) was offered under Format. Once both APFS and GUID are selected, I could reformat the drive correctly.
@Lightnin991
Жыл бұрын
THANKS A MILLION GARY!!! I've tried 3 different SSDs in my Mac docking station and you're the first person who's told me that they're not being read because they haven't been formatted. In the absence of any other instruction, I assumed they would be Plug and play. My new disc is now working fine.
@ThirtyOnePickup
Ай бұрын
Super helpful and precise video! After much time searching for the right answer, I finally got it here. No issues now with Photoshop and Scratch Disk. Thank You!
@creacionsterranostra
Жыл бұрын
As always, very useful information, well explained and with all the information you need. Thank You Gary!
@Joe-lb8qn
Жыл бұрын
Very useful. One tip I can add is that if you do wish to encrypt do it at the start because if you later on decide to encrypt a disk it can take days to reformat "on the fly"
@carolinemyddelton580
Жыл бұрын
Invaluable! Thank you, Gary! Good to know that Mac OS Extended (Journaled) is still ok to use-my photos are stored on an external drive with that format. I see I created it in 2013, which probably explains why it's the old format!
@qwincyq6412
Жыл бұрын
Yes my drives are formatted with mac os too. It’s been so long I didn’t know there is a newer, better format I should be using now
@9avedon
9 ай бұрын
APFS format is not backwards compatible! @@qwincyq6412
@elsalam5490
6 ай бұрын
You are brilliant, simple and straight forward, no BS at all, unlike some other KZitemrs. Super easy to understand for a Mac dummy like me LOL. Keep up the good work!! 💪💪
@desertratPS
Жыл бұрын
I could not for the life of me figure out how to transfer files from meh old Mac mini to my brand new Mac mini. Using the Time Machine was the answer, since I didn't have a spare monitor and keyboard. The only thing different about your tutorial from my own experience is that my external disc would not show up in Time Machine as an option until I manually formatted it to APFS in Disc Utility. It did not automatically do it nor gave me the option to do it. But it worked after all! Thanks for your great videos. I've learned lots from you since becoming a Mac person a couple of years ago.-
@j2simpso
Жыл бұрын
APFS case sensitive can be helpful, too! What that option allows you to do is to specify filenames with different cases (i.e. upper case and lower case) and the filesystem would keep track of that case sensitivity. This can be useful if you use case sensitivity to differentiate versions of files for instance (i.e. two files have the same name but different letter casing to indicate version).
@JohnMHammer
Жыл бұрын
Be sure that any applications you might wish to use are compatible with a case-sensitive format. Some are not.
@Tech-geeky
Жыл бұрын
I really don't get why "case sensitive' existed.. because you can do that anyway even .... do have a "unique" option, just for something you can already do,.. doesn't really do anything difference. Apart from the fact you don't have to manually rename.
@stangumula9283
2 ай бұрын
Very, very helpful. My new ADATA HDD was formatted for Windows and Mac Time Machine would not recognize it, though the MacBook Pro did. You made it easy to find how to reformat it. Thank you so much. I am a new subscriber, but have listened to several of your videos. You do a real good job. Kudos!
@erniepaniccioli
Жыл бұрын
Your clarity is a gift, thank you.
@JohnMHammer
Жыл бұрын
Gary, it might just be my experience with my personal Macs, but I've found that platter hard drives formatted as APFS don't behave as well as platter hard drives formatted with HFS+ (Mac OS Extended). SSDs? APFS for sure, for lots of reasons. But my experience has been that HFS+ is better for HDDs. (I know, platter drives are so last century. But lots of people still have them, even if many of those are just for archival storage.)
@krisnaive
Жыл бұрын
Hi John, Exactly…Even Apple recommends APFS for SSDs and flash storages, but for external spinning HDDs MAC OS Extended Journaled is the best option
@thesisko3715
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I still need to use platter drives for my massive music library which is over 6TB, and SSDs are still prohibitively expensive in that size range.
@superpoodlehead
10 ай бұрын
APFS is not available in the list. This is a new 2023 SSD external drive and my OS is 13.5.1. Help!
@Ang0519
9 ай бұрын
I'm also interested in this. Just bought a Samsung ssd T7 and it also dosn't have the APFS option!@@superpoodlehead
@user-rv1wi5oe4n
9 ай бұрын
Make sure the Scheme field shows “GUID Partition Map”. Then see if APFS becomes available.
@cindicrose
8 ай бұрын
I kept getting an error when I tried this earlier, but you went more in depth than any other tutorial, and I was able to successfully do it. Thank you.
@eliyahvbreuer
11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for a concise and well-put-together video. Really helped me get set up with my hard drive. Feel well-informed and ready to go!
@paulfowler2378
Күн бұрын
Thank you, I could not find that Utility and this helped me.
@onekeiway
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video! Just purchased a 4 TB NVme for my external enclosure - the reminders at the end helped me format safely. Thanks for the peace of mind!
@WilliamLaird64
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for guiding me on how to configure my new 4TB SSD on my new Mac Studio! Excellent instructions and explanation on all the terms and execution! Kudos!
@ioanailiepiano
8 ай бұрын
Super video, concise and clear explanation - exactly what I needed. Thank you so much!!
@karanveersinghsasan
Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate your broad knowledge for making Mac eco-system very beautiful for users 😇
@thepurpleufo
Жыл бұрын
Great stuff, Gary...no one else does it the way you do.
@kimhamiltonpsychoanalytica2778
5 күн бұрын
Thank you for all your hard work I use and learn from your videos a lot
@BrianKemian
5 ай бұрын
Thanks Gary. I did notice that I don't get the choice for APFS unless I select the GUiD Partition Map first. Otherwise, I just get the Mac Journaled choice.
@sshyne-qy7rz
5 ай бұрын
Good, though I wish you also explained new Mac and old Mac usage such as NAS usage in a Mac only office, and the what are the particular pros/cons of those other options in that situation. And in the Time Machine window the custom options
@LeeStewart
Жыл бұрын
APFS - If you're using macOS High Sierra or newer. 'Mac OS Extended Journaled' for macOS Sierra or earlier. Typically for external drives I use the latter.
@ale8110
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info man! I just formatea to APFS
@paultartaglia9948
Жыл бұрын
thanks for a great video. Your delivery is perfect. Straight to the point without a bunch of run on fluff. Thanks for the help!!!
@LinMar65
Жыл бұрын
Just purchased a WD external hard drive, so thank you so much for your video. I like th part of using TimeMachine to set it up. Question , I found a short dongle cable usb C to usb3 specified for 5GBPS gen1usb3, will it work to connect MacBook air 2019 to the external hard drive. Also if I use TimeMachine can I choose what to upload to external drive or does it back up everything. Thank you.
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
Time Machine backs up everything. You can manually exclude things, but only do that if you really have a good reason and know what you are doing. As for the cable, try it and see.
@369jwillow
6 ай бұрын
Your channel is the best. Thank you for all your joyful effort.
@peterc2248
Жыл бұрын
Good stuff. My external time machine drive is nearly full. How do I transfer the 'old' time machine files to my new bigger drive?
@internalbeats6870
9 ай бұрын
This totally helped me today on with my new M3 with an external hub /SSD. I was formatting the wrong part of the drive. Thank you so much!!!!
@thesisko3715
Жыл бұрын
Gary I’ve heard HFS+ is still a lot better for spinning (disk) drives vs. APFS which is more optimized for SSDs. Apparently APFS is hard on spinning disk drives. Also, important to note that you need to be careful formatting to ExFAT because it’s not journaled. I’d only use that format if you need to transfer data and not as long-term storage. I’ve had a couple ExFAT drives suffer data corruption 😢 Anyway thanks for the great video as always!
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
APFS is good or SSDs and HDDs.
@artysanmobile
Жыл бұрын
That is a myth.
@thischangeseverything972
Жыл бұрын
@@artysanmobile what is a myth?
@usstwe
Жыл бұрын
I never get a good answer to this question especially for large external HDD that may be using RAID 0 or 1
@ratyaab
11 ай бұрын
-- Also, important to note that you need to be careful formatting to ExFAT because it’s not journaled. I’d only use that format if you need to transfer data and not as long-term storage. I’ve had a couple ExFAT drives suffer data corruption 😢-- THIS, OMG MY OBS RECORDING ARE DELETED, it has all 0KB because of corruption :( BECAREFUL WITH ExFAT; All EXes are bad.
@loisskiathitis8926
Жыл бұрын
A very useful and informative video tutorial today! I always learn something new to me! Thank you, Gary! 👏❤️
@defel1
Жыл бұрын
Makes me consider all the old thumb drives I have and what to do with them. Thanks.
@Greg-fg1rd
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Great to be shown some "technical" flows to round out how we interact with the Mac. Thanks!
@adreaminfocus
Жыл бұрын
Hiya thank you a million. When I tried to connect my new hard drive and set it up with Time Machine, it wouldn’t recognise it was there unless I formatted it. Once I did that I’ve been able to set up my Time Machine. It didn’t have a PFS available to me though, so I put it on the older version that you chatted about. Thank you 1 million times once again for your wonderful video.❤
@athenalorraine
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for this. I am not tech savvy so I appreciate videos like this.
@DatDudeDullah
25 күн бұрын
Exactly what I needed…thank you!!
@kdcarver
Жыл бұрын
Gary, once formatted as APFS, can you explain the difference between dividing the storage into partitions vs volumes? What are the pros/cons of doing it each way?
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
That’s a big big topic. Too long to go into here as a comment. Search and you’ll find some detailed info about the differences. I never use either, as the uses tend to be highly specialized or aren’t really necessary.
@hugoingelhammar6163
Жыл бұрын
You saved me! Thought 90% of the storage on my SD-card was permanently lost. But now I have full capacity again
@rockinrabbi
Жыл бұрын
Great advice! Loved especially how you mentioned Time Machine at the end, that's exactly what I needed. Made it simple. Thank you!
@donaldduke2233
Ай бұрын
Clear, concise, informative. Thanks you so much.
@ptvsoph
7 ай бұрын
THANK YOU!! this was so helpful, i was scared i was going to have to download dodgy drive readers but this works perfectly!
@benw9949
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I wish I'd seen this a few months ago when I needed a new Mac hard drive. But this info sure will help for the future.
@allenmeador5296
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Gary, I appreciate your excellent MacMost channel! I was just searching for this information, magically this post popped up. Timely for me! Thank you!
@rjayt88
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for all of the information. I was watching this because I am planning to get a new Mac tomorrow. Do you need to reformat an old external hard drive that you used on a previous Mac or a new one?
@macmost
4 ай бұрын
No, you shouldn't need to reformat for most uses.
@rjayt88
4 ай бұрын
@@macmost Thanks for your help!
@owenjackson3377
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I had a very unique problem with running a program on my computer and this ended up being the key
@Speedcubenz
9 ай бұрын
Such a solid video! Exactly the info I needed and no fluff. Nice work! 🙌
@paigeme886
4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much. I have a t7 shield and it doesn’t have APFS! Will I be able to use Mac extended (journaled) for Time Machine? And then use this drive for a Mac I plan to get in the future? For example to transfer data to a newer MacBook? I currently have a MacBook Pro 2015 on Monterey ( latest version). I’m worried that it will be unreadable by a newer Mac? And exFAT can definitely be used by newer Mac’s too? So sorry for the questions and hope this makes sense!!
@macmost
4 ай бұрын
APFS isn't something a drive "has." It is a format. If it isn't formatted as APFS now then you can erase and reformat it as APFS in Disk Utility. If you go to use it for Time Machine then it MUST be formatted as APFS or HFS+ (can't remember what Monterey requires). So Time Machine would reformat it when you set it up.
@trixiestorm4924
10 ай бұрын
This was really helpful. I've been trying to figure out why my SSD would not show up as being recognised in any other device aside from the Mac I had initially set it up on, using APFS format. Tried connecting it to any other device and it never worked until erasing it and reformatting it as ExFAT. Working now on other devices, Mac and Windows. Thanks! :)
@monig.1843
Жыл бұрын
Vielen Dank, Dein Video kommt zur richtigen Zeit. Gestern habe ich die externe Festplatte für meinen neuen Mac bekommen.
@2.fit.bros.
Жыл бұрын
You are a G!
@artmaltman
Жыл бұрын
Very helpful! Follow up questions: (1) If price is not a factor, would it be better to use external SSD or HDD for Time Machine? (Samsung T7 4TB is now just a little over $200). (2) I have some HDD drives that are A/C powered and some HDD drives that are USB powered. If I choose to use an HDD for Time Machine, is one preferable over the other? Thank you!
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
HDD. SSD are smaller. Get a big HDD instead. A 12TB HDD can store more data and a much longer history than a 4TB SSD. (And price is ALWAYS a factor. Do you really want to throw money away on something you don't need?) Whether you use AC or USB power is up to you. It will work the same. Some find the USB power neater (fewer cables, more portable) but usually the AC ones are cheaper and come in bigger sizes. I use an AC-powered one for those two reasons.
@artmaltman
Жыл бұрын
@@macmost well thought out. Thanks!
@bethlawrence8362
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this! Learning slowly, although I am now needing to revert my external hard drive back a no longer needing Time Machine on the device. What format do I need if I’m only using Mac and how to revert? Help 😅
@TheReviewerDude
6 ай бұрын
Great video! When attempting to reformat my Seagate I just purchased, I only had Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, journaled), with MS-DOS and ExFat. Would Mac OS Extended (Journaled) work for my Mac?
@macmost
6 ай бұрын
Which Mac and which version of macOS? Are you sure you followed at 1:55 and were selecting the DEVICE?
@SpectreSaunders
2 ай бұрын
Hi MacMost! General question that relates to this video... I have a external hard drive that I formatted on my games console (Xbox/PS), to use as storage for my games... If I wanted to stop using it as game storage for my Xbox/PS and reformat it so I can use that hard drive for my mac instead, how would I do that? Are the steps to doing that in this video or do you have another video covering this topic? Thanks :)
@macmost
2 ай бұрын
This is the video that explains exactly that.
@davidcarbonnel6396
7 ай бұрын
This really helped! Thank you so much.
@LuCee-q3f
Ай бұрын
Great Tutorial, one tip you could have gone into is whether or not to check the disk for errors. Some people might be having trouble with the disk and think reformatting will fix any issues. Otherwise great video.
@irvinmartin9259
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! This guide is perfectly timed for me. I do allot of photography, and my old 2015 iMac is at capacity. I’m having it cleaned, upgraded, and updated. I also have a new 24” iMac on order for the living room. When they’re both set up at home I want an SSD for back up, and photo’ storage that I can access on both computers. Also something that I can use for storage when I’m on the road. I usually load photo’s from the SD card into my iPad with a dongle. I don’t know if my current iPad can even be connected to an external drive. (It’s about the same age an my iMac.) But my next one should have that capacity, and I’ll use the SSD for storage from the iPad as well.
@RedArrow73
Жыл бұрын
A backup SSD is a waste of money.
@irvinmartin9259
Жыл бұрын
@@RedArrow73 Now, you tell me.
@hshadowens9695
11 ай бұрын
Another great video! But my question is what if I want to use this for a time machine and also extra folders because it seems like I set it up and use it only for time machine. Now I’m trying to create folders (to save my music and photos) and it will not let me do that.
@macmost
11 ай бұрын
Don't do that. Use it just for Time Machine. See kzitem.info/news/bejne/uKOi1qmma556jH4
@luisalbertoperez6841
Жыл бұрын
thanks for you help didn't know what to do when i got a new external drive. it wasn't formatted for a mac that was all.
@pixelfish1
6 ай бұрын
Great video. Do you have a tutorial to remove time machine from an external drive? I'd like to use my external drive for photo storage. HOW?? Thanks :)
@macmost
6 ай бұрын
Just use Disk Utility to erase the drive.
@benjaminvenesia703
9 ай бұрын
Why is it that I don't see all those format options when clicking the erase button? M1 Max macbook pro running Ventura 13.0. Lacie Rugged 1TB drive. Thanks for the help!
@macmost
9 ай бұрын
Probably because you didn't choose the right view. Watch again starting around 1:48.
@sundukchi
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for great presentation. I copied all files on an external drive to iCloud as you suggested. This is my question: What does the little cloud with a down arrow opposite a file name mean in iCloud Drive? I don't know how to upload photo to understand my question!
@apostolis_23
Жыл бұрын
Amazing video and straignt to the point! Thank you!
@francisgallozzi2595
Жыл бұрын
All the videos I have watched thus far, have been extremely useful.
@theoakridgestudio
Жыл бұрын
Good, concise video. One suggestion: Put the “You don’t need to do this for Time Machine…” part at the BEGINNING of the video for dum-dums like me. 😅
@nickrich10
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Gary - very useful info as always. I have an SSD attached to my Mac formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled), soon to be transferred to a new Mac. Should I re-format as APFS? Is there a benefit to this?
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
The downside is all of the effort to reformat (remove all files, reformat, put files back). I wouldn't do it just for that reason.
@nickrich10
Жыл бұрын
@@macmost Thanks Gary - that will save me some hassle!
@davidfrick724
11 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! Saved me from buying a replacement drive unnecessarily.
@paulcamalin5236
Жыл бұрын
APFS is an excellent file system which allows variable volume size and that can be very useful and saves space. I would not recommend ex-fat for switching between mac and windows because mac or windows can get confused easily and you lose all your data. I have tried it myself.
@RedArrow73
Жыл бұрын
I would.
@paulcamalin5236
Жыл бұрын
@@RedArrow73 I used to but after losing data twice I stopped doing that. I switched between Mac and PC often with exfat formatted hard drive. Suddenly Mac and PC could not read my hard drive anymore!
@kevinstarofficial
8 ай бұрын
good luck recovering data from a apfs drive in case of failure. exFAT is still better just because it is actually possible to recover your data from a failed drive.
@paulcamalin5236
8 ай бұрын
@@kevinstarofficial you might be right but with the new SSD drives and NVMe the rate of failure is very low. I had seen a lot of old mechanical hard drives crashes at least once a year but in more than 10 years that I have been using SSD and NVMe I have seen none. So I am not gonna use ex-fat just because in 100 years my drive can crash. I have set up my computer to make automatic backups anyway!
@markharding3613
11 ай бұрын
Short and Helpful! Just what I needed to know.
@lenmueller9702
Жыл бұрын
Gary, I noticed that you have your Mac HD encrypted. Do you recommend that we encrypt our Mac HD & Time Machine drive?
@35o125
10 ай бұрын
Just wanted to point out that APFS doesn't show up in the list until GUID Partition Map is selected.
@callmeNeno
Жыл бұрын
You’re Godsend! Love your video content. Just bought Samsung T7 ssd going to use it for Time Machine for my Mac mini Pro.
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
SSD? See kzitem.info/news/bejne/2X5myWeBcqSQmZw
@lheiser2
Жыл бұрын
I have a 5gb WD ELEMENT EXTERNAL DRIVE that I want to format. I want to partition it to 1gb for Time Machine since my drive on my iMac is 1gb. The other portion I would like to use for other files. What format do I use. Thank you.
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
Don't do that. Use the whole thing for Time Machine. 1GB is not enough. Remember that Time Machine stores multiple versions of your files. So as you edit a document it will save a history of that document so you can revert to a previous version if you need it. So for a 1GB drive, I would backup to 2 GB minimum, but 5 GB is better. Get another drive if you want to store other files. One reason is to provide as much space to Time Machine as you can. The other is because you can't backup your "other files" to the same drive (it wouldn't really be a backup then). See kzitem.info/news/bejne/uKOi1qmma556jH4
@YouWillBe322
2 ай бұрын
If I create an image of the drive and format the drive with Apple Partition Map. Can I send the data back to the drive if it comes from an MBR disk. Somehow, I converted it in my Pismo and now I cant boot from it. ;)
@eduardolopezhernandez6825
2 ай бұрын
A very clear and useful video. You’re amazing 🤘🏻
@DennisMathias
6 ай бұрын
This reminds me that I would like to put that newly formatted drive on my local network for access by macs..like my wifes mac mini. Is that possible?
@macmost
6 ай бұрын
Sure. Just use File Sharing on your Mac and share that drive.
@twowheelslife5611
2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video! So would you suggest to format a large hard drive (over 16TB) to APFS rather than Mac OS Extended (journaled)? As far as I knew the APFS file format was mainly intended for SSD drives, but if it's a better option even for spinning disks drives I'll go for it from now on!
@macmost
2 ай бұрын
APFS is fine for HDDs, yes.
@twowheelslife5611
2 ай бұрын
@@macmost Thanks!! (new sub) :)
@danielgartin-oh9ik
Күн бұрын
My portable SSD has two EXFAT partitions on it for storage and one APFS partition for Time Machine backup
@macmost
Күн бұрын
Bad idea. Now those two ExFAT partitions (why ExFAT and why two of them?) don't have any backup. You lose the drive, you lose everything stored there.
@annaowens5424
Жыл бұрын
Great job! And I know this is 3 years old, but I'm reaching out in case you still check messages on this video! In time machine, the "little" lines (before "today" or "right now" are not available to click on unless I click and hold down "Today," but once I let "today" go, I am unable to click on the little lines I see that are for yesterday. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!
@nasa69t74
5 ай бұрын
Always come back !! Thank you for your videos ))
@davidhood479
Жыл бұрын
Should the format you choose change based on the type of Drive you have e.g. Hard Disk vs SSD?
@IreneYoungFoto
Жыл бұрын
What if it is an iMac Pro late 2017 with Ventura. APFS?
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
There's no need to change from what you already have.
@stevecahill9106
Жыл бұрын
Latest OS Ventura 13.4.1. Apple M1 Pro DO not have APFS under Disk Utility. Any Ideas
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
See 1:55
@skisunshine
12 күн бұрын
very well explained, thanks :)
@ronaldmondriaan897
Жыл бұрын
Hope you found it useful and my answer is thank you Gary it was useful for me 😀 👍
@artmaltman
9 ай бұрын
Another fantastic video for Mac users. You are the *best* Gary! Question: I used to read that APFS was for SSD's and Mac OS Extended was for spinning drives. Was that just folk lore or have things changed? Using APFS for everything sure simplifies life!
@macmost
9 ай бұрын
When it first came out it was better for SSDs, but made no real improvement for HDDs. But it has always been fine for both.
@davidznidarsic5497
6 ай бұрын
I came to the channel to learn about macOS, but I ended up learning even more about how to explain a topic to an audience.
@matoflynn
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for your wonderful explanations of everything.
@NeilDHerbert
Жыл бұрын
Hi Gary. I am looking to move some photos from an old Mac to an external SSD. But I want to then use a new machine running the latest OSX to access them. What format should I use for the drive so it works with both? I then want to use a second drive as a Time Machine drive to back up my new Mac and the external drive. What format should I use for this? Thanks if you can help.
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
If the old Mac doesn't support APFS, then you have no choice but to use HFS+ for the transfer. Otherwise, it doesn't matter. Then you can reformat to APFS for Time Machine use after that. Note that SSDs don't make good Time Machine drives because they are usually too small. They are fast (and expensive) which isn't what you need for a backup. Better to have a large, but slower, HDD for Time Machine. FYI.
@WilliamHenryAlbert
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your thorough explanation.
@mommypreneur4854
Жыл бұрын
Nice videos, now I have learned how to use my macbook in the right way, hope you could also cover how to fix or why the mcbook screen is getting white on the Edge or lower edge,
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
I don't know what you mean by "white on the edge." Have you tried making an appointment at the Genius Bar?
@MrMgd33
Жыл бұрын
Great video Gary. I did have a question about formatting on NAS drives, assuming ExFat but wanted to get your thoughts. Also what about partitioning for various reasons? Thanks for your time.
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
Check with the NAS documentation for that. Format shouldn't matter since it is the NAS accessing the drive directly, not your devices. Your devices are just accessing them through the NAS, which takes to those devices. As for partitioning, why?
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