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Hard Drive Software?

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Bazzy

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Jun 8, 2009
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Hi All,

When using external hard drives, I have usually always just plugged them in from new & formatted them for a Mac as I read that was what to do. I primarily have been using for Super-Duper Back Ups on one drive & copies of all my other stuff on other drives.

I have usually bought brands like Western Digital & LaCie. I have noticed that they usually come with some sort of pre-installed software suite. I would like to ask, should one ordinarily utilise this built in software? Are there times when one should or should not? Can using it conflict with Mac OSX & can it cause problems/issues? What are the benefits/advantages (if any) by using it?

Many Thanks!

Bazzy!
 
I have never used any of the pre-installed software. There are normally far batter alternatives available than the programs that are included.
 
In all my years of building PC's and using external HDD's on PC and Mac, I've never used HDD supplied software. I always let the OS format them and use them like that.
 
Hi All,

Thank you big time for putting things clearly for me! I will just carry on as usual & format any new hard drive directly on the Mac itself!

Bazzy!
 
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