Oct 05, 2020 The Seagate Backup Plus Slim and the Seagate Backup Plus Portable were sold with a HFS+ option. HFS+ is the file system a Mac uses. The Seagate Backup Plus Slim now come in an ExFAT format. You’d reformat if you wanted to use the drive for a Time Machine backup. I just got a Seagate backup plus slim 1 TB and it says for mac. It says its compatible with Windows 8 and 7 and mac and stuff but I have windows 10 on a dell laptop how can I use it?
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Seagate Dashboard is a freeware software app filed under hard drive software and made available by Seagate for Windows.
The review for Seagate Dashboard has not been completed yet, but it was tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below.
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Backup software for Seagate SSD owners that syncs with Google Drive and Dropbox
Seagate Dashboard software protects and backs up the digital files on your computer and mobile devices.
Use the Seagate Dashboard and Seagate Mobile Backup app together to back up your photos and videos directly from your iOS and Android devices via your home's Wi-Fi or through cloud services such as Dropbox or Google Drive while on the go.
Features and highlights
- Automatic backup for your digital life
- Backup software for your computer, mobile devices and social media
- Easy-to-use backup software
- Seamless integration with the Seagate Mobile Backup app on iOS and Android devices
- Pre-installed on Seagate hard drives, including Backup Plus and Central
Seagate Dashboard on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs
This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from hard drive software without restrictions. Seagate Dashboard 4.9.2.0 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows 10 PCs but also without a hitch on Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Compatibility with this software may vary, but will generally run fine under Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP on either a 32-bit or 64-bit setup. A separate x64 version may be available from Seagate.
Filed under:- Seagate Dashboard Download
- Freeware Hard Drive Software
- Major release: Seagate Dashboard 4.9
Treat the 2 uses differently.
A) you do not need to use any drivers for the disk. You can format the disk for Mac use with the Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility.
B) to backup your Mac for the upgrade, format the drive as a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) disk drive. This will NOT be readable by Windows, but you can reformat for that task after you upgrade.
Use a Mac backup utility to copy your Mac's data to the external disk. Disk Utility -> Restore can be used to copy your entire system to the external disk, just specify the external disk as the destination for the Restore.
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Or you can use SuperDuper (free for a full clone, you only pay if you want the incremental and scheduling features). I think there are older versions available for 10.5
Or Carbon Copy Cloner (free 1 month fully enabled demo). I think there are older versions available for 10.5
C) After you have performed your upgrade and your data is safe, you can choose to blow away the contents of the external disk and reformat it as a Windows exFAT drive that can be read by both Mac and Windows. NOTE: Some Mac file attributes may not transfer, but that would only matter if you were trying to use the exFAT formatted drive as a Mac backup device. But as a file transfer device or a device for storing documents, pictures, movies (data, not programs), then exFAT is OK for that.
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If you want to transfer data to Windows first, then just create the exFAT first, transfer your data, then reformat for Mac backup and upgrade.
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NOTE: you should be able to use file sharing between the Mac and the Windows system for transferring files.