- #DO I NEED TO BUY SPECIAL APPLE HARD DRIVE FOR IMAC FOR MAC#
- #DO I NEED TO BUY SPECIAL APPLE HARD DRIVE FOR IMAC MAC OS X#
- #DO I NEED TO BUY SPECIAL APPLE HARD DRIVE FOR IMAC MAC OS#
- #DO I NEED TO BUY SPECIAL APPLE HARD DRIVE FOR IMAC SOFTWARE#
#DO I NEED TO BUY SPECIAL APPLE HARD DRIVE FOR IMAC FOR MAC#
And, you can choose to have more than one partition.Īnother possibility would be to get a second external hard drive and format it for Mac only while keeping your current one for Windows.īootable clone = an exact copy of your entire system (Mac) on your internal hard drive which is bootable. When you use Disk Utility and want to format the drive, the option available is to partition - that does not mean you have to have more than one partition, but it's the method used to format the drive. Therefore, I'm also not sure what would happen on your current (Windows) contents. the external drive: yes, you can partition and then use for both Mac and Windows, but because I don't run Windows, we'll need to have someone chime in who knows what type of formatting you need to do for that.
Or do you mean simply selecting any portion of what you typed (not necessarily back, but any portion)? If that is what you meant you can just highlight whichever portion and hit delete. Happy New Year to you as well! I've never really worked with Windows, so is this a Windows thing and/or am I just not getting it?: Thanks for taking the time to reply.Happy New year!
#DO I NEED TO BUY SPECIAL APPLE HARD DRIVE FOR IMAC SOFTWARE#
Regarding the delete key,I have the recent wireless mini keyboard that ships with the new Imacs.On the far right corner,2nd row,there is a key which says 'delete'.But it works pretty much like the backspace key on a PC.It does not delete forward!My other question not asked previously is,would I need a virus protect for Imac.That is,do most people use an anti virus software when it comes to mac? Thanks for the immediate response.I guess I understand most of what you explained except for the term bootable clone.I have totally no clue on booting from the drive.My knowledge on computers is pretty low.On your reply I guess you meant reformatting by using the term 'partition'.I thought they were 2 different things.I was hoping to use 1 ext hard drive for both my PC & Mac but from what you say it looks like it may not be possible as I can afford to loose any data on my ext drive.It would be great atleast to have a drive which I can partition partly for mac & use that section for Mac & keep the rest for my PC. I don't use an Apple keyboard currently, but my previous ones never had a problem actually deleting with the delete key, so unless someone else has an idea, there may be a problem with that key.Īnd, I also do not use an Apple mouse, but you can set up your preferences and settings for both keyboard and mouse by going to System Preferences and choosing the Keyboard and Mouse panes. Remember to copy anything you want to keep elsewhere temporarily - partitioning a drive will erase it.
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Disk Utility will then erase and format the drive.
#DO I NEED TO BUY SPECIAL APPLE HARD DRIVE FOR IMAC MAC OS#
Choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the format and, if you want to use it as a bootable clone, click on Options and choose GUID partition scheme. To do so, plug in a drive, and go to Applications folder -> Utilities and open Disk Utility. your iMac, simply click on "more info" in that window and the System Profiler will open with all the hardware and software information available.Īnd yes, you can use most USB external drives with Macs, but they will most likely have been formatted for Windows, so you will need to re-format them.
#DO I NEED TO BUY SPECIAL APPLE HARD DRIVE FOR IMAC MAC OS X#
It will show Mac OS X Version 10.6.x (which would be Snow Leopard).
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To find out which version of Mac OS you are on, click on the Apple sympbol in the upper left corner and click on "About this Mac".
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I'll try to help with a couple of questions: