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  1. tgodding

    Connecting 2 external WD drives to my iMac

    Hi there, I have 2 external WD drives. I have one connected to my iMac with USB (the only alternative it seems) and connected the second WD drive to the first using Firewire but my iMac doesn't recognise it. Is there any way of daisychaining them so I can back-up the first external drive to the...
    • tgodding
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    • daisychain external backup external drive imac
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: iMac
  2. J

    External drive not detected on one specific iMac

    Hi All, Looking for some help. All of a sudden my iMac will not detect my seagate 4tb drive. 3.49tb available. I'm working off Mojave 10.14.4. Its showing up on other computers. Any ideas? TIA
    • jahbuzzz
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    • external backup imac
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: iMac
  3. C

    How to Backup RAID 5 to an external hard drive

    Hello and thanks for your help! I have a Mac Pro and work off an external RAID 5 array. I would like to backup the RAID array onto an external hardrive to have a copy in a remote location. I am unable to do this in time machine. Suggestions? THanks! Catherine
    • Catherine hall
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    • backup external backup raid 5 time machine
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Pro
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