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Sep 19, 2020 Format Before Partitioning WD My Passport For Mac. Would you like to create some partitions on your My Passport drive? Now that you have your WD My passport formatted for Mac you can take a look at my article. It tells you all about partitioning your WD My Passport drive. Format WD My Passport On Mac Frequently Asked Questions 1. Basically, WD Elements looks exactly like how My Passport used to look, visually, and unlike today's My Passport seems to work on mac which is why I was finding it confusing. Ah right, it sounded like you were talking about your current drive. Open the software and select your WD My Passport drive. Click the Customize My Backup option and select Create.
You need to find the EHD format - it must be Mac OS extended (Journaled) for the Photos library - you get that in the finder by selecting the EHD under devices and right clicking and getting info - the info window gives the format among other things
and if the WD is your TM backup volume then adding a copy of the Photos library is useless since you lose both when the WD drive fails - to be a separate backup it needs to be on a separate drive - you only state that you have one
You control what is shown in the finder preferences > sidebar window
and you do not get you Photos library under all my files - by default it is in your pictures folder under favorites
What exactly does this mean
Problem - when I drag the Photos Library to Remote Disk (EHD), it doesn't catch the Remote Disk.
Certainly having two backups of your photos is a good idea
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How To Format Wd Passport
Aug 23, 2015 6:57 PM