I use WD, My Passport for Mac: - Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled). For Time Machine to work properly your Passport must be at least twice the capacity of your. Mar 29, 2015 - Hello,I have a My Passport Ultra Storage Unit (WD) wich I used to. You can then copy the files back onto the drive and it should work fine! If I lost everything, would My Passport be able to reinstate my MacBook Pro in it's entirety? It does not look like it contains much; therefore I am worried. I have lots of data on my mbp, namely, Family Tree Maker software (from Ancestry.co.uk). It contains all my tree data, and lots and lots of Microsoft Word word-processed documents, eg, vast type-ups of Wills etc. They take ages to translate and I would hate to lose them. Decreasing the mb for video on mac computer. I also have lots of saved info downloaded from the net, e.g., photos and census stuff. Whilst I can see the FTM.app, I cannot open to see whats inside. I have 2 Trees on my software, but I can't see if they are in there for me to re-open from My Passport. If my whole mbp is in My Passport, I can't see it. If all the above are backed-up, if I change as much as a DoB on a Word document, will that document then be backed-up with the changes? Quite basic questions for you Apple folk, but the answers would help me and others a great deal. Helen My machine is: mbp, mid-2010; Mavericks. Version OS X 10.9.5. Depends on the backup software you use, what backup strategy you implement, and what you need to backup. Where you will start at this point also depends on what you may have already backed up to the Passport and if you are using the pre-installed Passport software. If you want every change you make to a document instantly backed up to the Passport, then you need the right software to do that (if it exists.) If you wish to use Time Machine that is part of OS X, then it backs up every hour but does not instantly backup a changed file. You would have to repartition and reformat the Passport in order to use Time Machine. Also, for Time Machine to work properly your Passport must be at least twice the capacity of your computer's drive. If is isn't, then you will have to decide upon a different type of software and backup strategy. Visit and read the FAQ on Backup and Restore. For other backup software: Suggested Backup Software 1. Others may be found at. Visit and read the FAQ on backup and restore. I'm still confused. I use WD, My Passport for Mac: - Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled) - Created: 6 Aug 2013 - and bought by me Sept 2014 - Capacity: 999.83 GB - Available: 834.97 GB - Backups: backupdb (I don't know what this stands for, but its full of stuff, applications etc) It contains my FTM.app, but it's a backup so I don't know if it contains all the word documents I produced, photos etc. My computer is: - OS X 10.9.5 - Processor: 2.4 GHz, Intel core i5 - Memory 4 GB My stategy is to leave Time Machine attached to my Passport most of the time. When I bought my Passport and attached it to the computer, I just used the time machine and away it went. I have not excluded anything. I don't need to instantly backup a word document if I've changed anything; a routine time machine backup will do, but how can I find if it has backed up said word document? Does it just back up the FTM app itself? Thats pointless because I have the software here. Is my Passport big enough? It certain is not full. I suppose I expected to be able to back up everything, the mac system itself and everything I have ever produced.
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