Hello there, I’m not hugely techy so would really appreciate some advice please. Having done my research, I want to go with a WD My Book for external storage/back up. However, I don’t know if it’s better to buy a regular My Book and reformat it to use with my Mac, or to buy the more expensive Mac …

Welcome to the Community. The hard drive itself will work as instructed by the file system when formatted. It will work with Windows, Mac OS, or Linux once formatted, and can be formatted as many times as needed (Data is erased every thing). Software on the hand is independent from the hard drive. W…

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My Book for Mac - to reformat or pay for the Mac ready version?

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Trancer January 6, 2015, 7:47pm 4

Any time.