Connect the external hard drive to your mac using a USB cable and wait until the hard drive successfully connected to your computer. (Name of the drive should appear on your Mac screen). Step 2: Open 'Finder', then locate the files to move to external hard drive. Step 1 Connect the external hard drive you want to format to your Mac, then start the Disk Utility app that you can find under Applications - Utilities. Step 2 On the left side of the Utilities screen, find the name of the external hard drive you want to format and select it. Restart your Mac and hold down the Alt/Option key. When your machine gets to the point where it looks for an operating system to start from, it will give you the option to choose any suitable drive. Click and drag the Music folder icon to your external hard drive in the side menu, and hold the mouse button down until the window shows the contents of the external hard drive. Plug in your external hard drive to your Mac. Plug in your iPhone to your Mac. Make sure you select to Trust the computer if you haven't done so already. Launch Image Capture from Launchpad.
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How do I transfer files to my seagate external hard drive?
'I have some precious pictures, files, videos, etc on my computer that truly need to bebacked up !!!! Thus, I bought Seagate Backup Plus. It's said this is a backup drive. But Itdoes not show as a backup drive when I plug it into my Windows 10. What's wrong? How doI backup files on Seagate external hard drive?'
Don't worry about it! This is what I will share with you in the following. As far as Iknow, this is probably a connection issue or the disk driver is outdated. And there are 3different Seagate external drive backup software for you to backup files on Seagate externalhard drive, namely Seagate Dashboard, Backup and Restore, and AOMEI Backupper.
Why backup files to Seagate external hard drive?
Talking about the reason, there are 2 main reasons to backup files on Seagate external harddrive. Let's see them specifically.
Ensure the security of your precious data. Most computers users savedata on their laptop or desktop, but there is a great risk of data loss in the event offailure, such as, system crash, disk failure, virus attack, ransomware etc. To minimizethe risk, you can backup files toexternal hard drive, like Seagate Backup Plus.
External hard drive is very portable to take. Aside by the securityissue, you may want to save the common used files to a portable storage device and takeit everywhere, so you can view files on external hard drive anytime. Seagate externalhard drive is one of the portable storage devices.
Seagate Dashboard: use Seagate external hard drive to backup files
This is the first method to backup files on Seagate external hard drive. You will use SeagateDashboard, a seagate external drive backup software, which comes along with Seagate BackupPlus or Seagate Center. Without further ado, let's get started to reveal Seagate backupPlus how to use.
Step 1. Connect Seagate Backup Plus to your computer and make sure it can bedetected. Then, access Seagate external hard drive in Windows Explorer and double-clickthe Seagate Dashboard Installer.exe to install this software
Step 2. Launch Seagate Dashboard and then select PC Backup in the home page.
Step 3. Then, click Protect Now and Back up Now to backupall non-system files.
Notes:
◑ About how do I know when Seagatebackup is complete, you can see the green backup progress bar and percentage. And when thetask is complete, these indicators will disappear.
◑ Seagate Dashboard can also be aSeagate automatic backup software, which allows you to backup all personal folders(non-system files) or specific folders with New Backup Plan option. It supports multipleSeagate automatic backup options, including snapshot, weekly, monthly, daily, hourly, andcontinuously.
Backup and Restore: backup files using Seagate external hard drive
As said before, Seagate Backup Plus is one of the backup drives. It's is compatible withWindows and Mac. And it has a great capacity, even up to 8TB. Aside by that, it supports afaster speed. Then, let's have a closer look at how to use Seagate external hard drivein Windows 7/8/10 to backup files.
Step 1. Install Seagate Backup Plus drive on your computer via an adapter.Then, click Use this drive for backup under AutoPlay window, and wait forWindows Backup to start.
Step 2. Pitch on Let Windows choose or Let me Choose, thenclick Next.
Note: If you just want to backup files savedin libraries, on the desktop, in default Windows folders, you can choose Let Windows choose.If you want to backup specific files or folders, you can choose Let me choose.
Step 3. The default schedule setting is set to 7am every week. If you want to change it,click Change schedule. Then, review your backup settings and click Savesettings and run Backup to finish the last step. Wait until you see a promptlike 'Windows Backup has completed successfully'.
Note: Backup and Restore utility (Windows 7)is very useful. It can help you backup files and backup system as longas you have a common external hard drive. However, it may fail to encrypt and compressbackup images. Also, it cannot support differential backup.
AOMEI Backupper: backup files on Seagate external hard drive
Reading here, you may already know how to backup files using Seagate Backup Plus. Franklyspeaking, it's not a perfect way to backup files.
I strongly recommend you using Seagate automatic backup software AOMEI Backupper Professional. Withit, you can backup files to Seagate external hard drive automatically, even with onlychanged files. It supports daily backup, weekly backup, monthly backup, incremental/differential backup, etc. Also, you can choose tocompress backup files if it's too large In addition, you can encrypt backup files ifthere are any sensitive data.
Then, let's take Seagate Backup Plus as an example and have a closer look at how tobackup files to Seagate external hard drive. Before starting any operation, please connectSeagate Backup Plus drive to your computer and download the free trial filebackup software AOMEI Backupper Professional.
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Step 1. Launch AOMEI Backupper Professional. Then, click Backup and FileBackup to summon the next window
Step 2. Click Add File or Add Folder to select files fromthe local computer.
Step 3. Select Seagate Backup Plus drive as the destination path.
Step 4 (Important). Click Schedule, then click dailyunder the General tab and select differential backup under the Advancedtab. Then, click Start Backup if there are no problems.
Notes:
◑ Differential backup is muchsafer than incremental backup, because it will contain all the files in the original backupand the newly added or modified. Even if one of the image file is damaged, you still can restorefiles from backup.
◑ This version of software is only suitable for Windows7/8/10/XP/Vista. If you are using server computer, you could consider upgrading to AOMEI Backupper Server.
How to view files on Seagate Backup Plus?
In the minds of many users, where is my backup file may be a question. Here I will show youthe answer. To view files on Seagate backup drive, such as, Seagate Backup Plus, you coulddelete old backup using Seagate Dashboard or use the built-in exploreimage feature in AOMEI Backupper. Details are below.
Method 1: View files using Seagate Dashboard.
Open Seagate Dashboard, select the BackupPlus in the Dashboard, click Info and View Files togo to the target path.
Tip: Also, you see your files in the Seagateexternal hard drive. You can go to (My) Computer and the backup drive, open the folder namedBackup and with your PCname subsequently, click on the C folder and go to Users >Username>Documents, then double-click the files to check it.
Method 2: View files in virtual partition.
You can launch AOMEI Backupper Professional, go to Tools > Explore Image, select backupimage and time point, then click Save As and select a path for the image file, then waituntil the process is completed. Finally, go to the path and see your files.
Note: If you just want to check the integrityof backup files, you can click Settings at the lower left corner and tick Check backupintegrity on complete. It's much convenient.
How to delete backup files from seagate external hard drive?
Some users reported that Seagate Backup Plus slim full. Do you have similar questions? Seebelow and I'll show you how to delete backup files from Seagate external hard drive. Hereare 2 ways.
Method 1. Delete backup files using Seagate external hard drive.
You can select PC Backup on the home page and then backup task, click the drop down menu and choose Delete to delete this task. If this is a Seagate automatic backup plan, pleaseselect the box next to Delete backed up files and click Delete.
Method 2. Delete backup image regularly with AOMEI Backupper.
You can Go to Home, click the three bars icon > Edit Backup > Backup Scheme > EnableBackup Scheme, then select a scheme settings from the drop-down menu. After that, it willautomatically deleteold backups by a specific role.
The meaning of creating one or more backups are to continuously protect your data and OS. Ifyou delete all the backups, it is against the original meaning. And you may delete thelatest backup mistakenly. Thus, the second way is more useful. It will keep the latestbackup and delete other backups with a specific role.
Conclusion
Honestly, it's necessary to backup files on Seagate external hard drive, because the backupcould protect and recover your files in case of system crash, virus attack, etc. Of course,if you can create a Seagate automatic backup, so much the better.
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All of the given solutions can help you do this. But if you don't want to backup allfiles everytime, the last one will be a better choice. Its incremental/differential backupcan backup the changed files only after the full backup.
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In addition, this software still supports many useful features, such as, three compressionlevel, encryption, backup scheme to delete backup files, event trigger backup, system backup, diskbackup, universal restore, replaceHDD with SSD, create bootable media etc. Any interest? Please download this softwareto enjoy these features.
