Using Har Ddrive Across Windows And Mac For Backup

Best Answer: Yes and no. You can NOT plug one hard drive directly into 2 computers. It will only be usable by whichever computer connected to it first, the other computer will be ignored.

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Aug 05, 2017  All you need to do is to first create a 'link' or 'junction' between the default iPhone backup location and your external drive, then do the backup as usual with iTunes. For windows users. If you read my previous post about how to format an external hard drive, you know that I bought a 2TB Seagate Expansion external drive and managed to create two partitions on the disk — one for Mac backup purposes, and the other for personal use.

However, if you set up the first computer as a server you can access the same drive from multiple computers. Connect the hard drive to a Mac and go to your system preferences.

Under 'Sharing' in the Internet and Wireless row. In the first box (Shared Folders:' click the plus at the bottom left and select the hard drive you want to share. When you have selected it, you can click on the hard drive in the System Preferences window to change your privacy settings by setting Users who can access it. If you are setting it up at home I'd set Everyone to Read & Write. Where is overlay on discord for mac.

On the second Mac, open a Finder window and click 'Go' then 'Connect to Server' then, in the window that appears, 'Browse'. Click on the Mac the hard drive is connected to and you should be able to access it as if the hard drive were plugged into the second Mac. It will work over Wi-Fi, but you really should have your Mac's connected by an Ethernet cable.

It is MUCH faster and more reliable and the cables are very inexpensive. • Answered by Judy P from San Marcos • Mar 24, 2013 •.