Besides, it just sounds stupid, I should be able to delete old back ups easily.
WD PASSPORT FORMAT FOR MAC TAKING TOO LONG PC
I have read that it's possible deleting those old backups connecting the hard drive to a Windows PC but I do not have one (or any of my family or friends for that matter), surely there has to be a simpler way to clear up space from the hard drive, right? I have read to save the backup and files on my computer and then delete everything through disk utility, but I don't have enough space to keep the old backup and all the media I have stored on my HD in my mac (or another HD) in order to delete everything.
I have tried deleting the old backups manually (I only need the last one, why would I need a backup from January?), however, the folder disappears but the space doesn't clear up, I'm guessing it's not possible to fully delete back ups this way. I have just realised that I have several old backups from my MacBook air stored in the hard drive which are taking quite a lot of space. More precisely, the list price is 10 more for the 2TB, 4TB, and 5TB capacities, with the higher price justified. Or option 2: stop the scan, 'image the drive' and began a new scan using the 'image'.I have purchased an external hard disk WD My Passport for Mac in order to backup my MacBook Air regularly (with time machine) and store films and pictures to save space from my mac. The Mac versions of My Passport cost a little more than their Windows equivalents.
IF you are stuck in the position that i am in, is it more beneficial to option 1: leave it for what seems like 100 days to do its thing (surely no program expects your computer to run for that long AND i cant afford to have a computer completely out of action for 100 days, let alone the fact that i need my hard drive data asap) one thing that no one has answered clearly is. I have read through all of the FAQ's, and back & forth responses on this forum. I then proceeded to perform a 'quick scan' which is now on its 3rd day of 'updating directory entries' and has reached (1893560) which i believe is only a small fraction of my total entries. Started an 'advanced scan' and waited patiently for 5-6 days until i got up in the morning to find that the program had closed with no trace of recovered files or even a warning or error message. The drive shows up in 'disk utility' but DOES NOT MOUNT. Ok so i am trying to recover 930GB of data from a '1TB WD passport for mac external hardrive'
Will the program be able to recover files from that lost volume if I stop the scan in the middle? Are there any risks to stopping the scan?Īlso, is it OK to use the computer on which the scan is taking place to do other things - work in Google Docs? watch videos online? watch DVDs?įinally, assuming the program can recover my files, will they be in their original folders/formats (for example, my Photos library)? Will they be ready to put onto a new drive and use as usual? I am wondering if I can click "stop scan" at this point since it did find a lost volume, and that is probably what was causing the problem. It was slowest for the first few boxes where a lost volume was found, and seems to be moving more quickly now, although it will still take weeks to scan at this rate. The scan has been going for about 8 hours and is about two-thirds of the way through the first row. Hi! I am in the process of scanning my Passport for Mac external drive, which as of today stopped being recognized by both my Mac Mini and my MacBook.
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