I won’t claim to be an expert. But FWIW I do have several externals on my system. Redundant backups. I almost always buy from OWC. Their drives are pre-formatted for Macs. I just go with their format. To copy, I usually drag-and- drop a few folders at a time. Depends on copy speed. I hate to start a large Copy process that will take 5-6 hours, I would rather break that into 1-2 hours at a time. Superstition? I guess my reasoning is that, if something goes wrong in process [power outage? Whatever…] then only a relatively small chunk of my files will be affected. But then it is a case of do-as- I-say, not as I do. Currently copying all my 2018 photo files to tertiary storage; estimated 10-hour job now in process. Stan Sent from my iPad > On Jan 1, 2025, at 2:34 PM, David J Brooks <pentkon52@gmail.com> wrote: > I hope 2025 is much better tuna 2024 for those that had a crappy 2024 > > I have a one year old imac 24" running 14,7.1 that sometimes stops > recognizing my older external drive. after waking up A facebook mac group > suggested it may be due to the drive being older and formatted under 11,6,1 > I dont know but it may be one of the reasons. I'm thinking I should get a > newer external, format it for 14.7.1 and then copy all the files over to it > from the older external. > > 1- what is the best format to use these days, they options don't look like > they used too > > 2- what's the best way to copy, just drag and drop a folder at a time.?? > > Dave > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.