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mkjohnnie

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Sep 12, 2021
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I need a new external hard drive (just for backups), and I’m thinking of trying a Samsung T5 SSD.

1. I’ve heard that it will need to be reformatted - is that correct? How difficult is that to do?

2. What is the process for encrypting my backups?
 

Fishrrman

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Feb 20, 2009
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You can reformat a drive using disk utility.
A simple task, takes only a few seconds.

But you need to tell us more.
What Mac do you have?
What version of the OS are you using?
How large is your internal hard drive?
What backup application do you want to use?
 
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