Wireless hard drives mean you can get extra storage quickly, without having to fiddle with cables. Easy to slip into your bag or even a pocket, these hard drives are more portable than ever, without the need for a dedicated power source. Copy, store and organise your files, photos, movies, music and more in seconds, freeing up room on your PC or laptop to instantly speed up all-round performance.Ĭhoose portable hard drives that plug in via USB or firewire for fast transfers of even the largest files. Our hard drive options give you room to grow.

Thanks to external, internal and portable hard drives, we don't have to just make room with whatever storage capacity our laptop or PC has onboard. External and internal hard drives give you a range of ways to store and back-up your data, safely and securely. Today’s tablets, smartphones and laptops allow us to create more data than ever before - but we need room to store it. Shooting limitless photos and videos, downloading movies, music and podcasts. Antivirus software and Internet securityĭiscover our range of external hard drives.Always click the Eject button on the Finder Sidebar next to the drive icon. It’s never a good idea to just unplug the drive without ejecting it first. When finished, eject the drive safely from your Mac. It’s a good idea to place items in similar folders on your Mac – for example, you can move all the Documents files into the Documents folder on the Mac. Next, open the location you wish to copy the file to, then select Edit > Paste to move a file copy to that location. On the USB hard drive, use the mouse to select the folder or file you wish to copy. Still holding down the mouse button, drag the files from the external USB drive to your Mac’s Documents folder. The cursor will change to show the number of files selected. Position the mouse cursor over one of the highlighted files, then click and hold the mouse button. When the external hard drive files are visible in Finder, you have several ways to move them to your Mac’s own built-in hard driveĬlick the mouse button, then drag the selection rectangle around the files you wish to move and release the mouse button. Click to select it and show its contents in Finder.

First, connect the drive by USB.Įxternal hard drives can be accessed from several places on a Mac:ĭouble-click the USB hard drive icon to open up a Finder window and browse its contents.Ĭlick Finder > Devices to see a small icon of the external hard drive when plugged in.

If you’ve stored your files on an external hard drive, migrating them to a new Mac is simple. If your new Mac is a replacement for an older Mac, or you’re switching from a Windows PC, the odds are that you’ve accumulated a library of documents, photos, videos and files that you’d like to move onto your new Mac.

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