I had bought a LACIE external hard drive connected by USB to my iMac. I followed the set up instructions but did all the default set ups on this and wound up using the AFPS Setting and couldn't dragon drop files or pictures onto my external drive. I found this video and it explained perfectly that I was supposed to pick the Mac journal drive option. I had to reformat it and I also partitioned it into two separate drives like he discussed here. I have a 2 TB drive so I split it into one terabyte each. One for my Time Machine and one for my files. I did lose all of my previous files, but I have them backed up somewhere else that I can retrieve them. thank you very much for this video. It helped me a lot to understand, how to set one up.
Amazing video! I bought this external hard drive on amazon and the previous owner used it for Windows and I couldn't add files. Found out that I had to reformat it to Mac and it worked! YOU'RE THE BEST!
Absolutely brilliant video. I really like the way you speak, you're very detailed but without being patronising. Plus, I really appreciated the zoom in factor. Thank you.
Excellent video instruction. Thank you for being so detailed and precise. I was really getting nervous about how to use this SSD and how to properly install it. You made the job quite easy and I truly appreciate you!
Thank you SO MUCH. My photos and videos were eating up my 250GB harddrive (and Davinci Resolve). My Macbook pro is only a year old, and I had only 15GB left! 😬😬😬 This was perfect. Thank you!
This was probably the most helpful video I’ve had to watch this far on RUclips for my photography career! Thank you so much for putting this together 🙏
This is an amazing video. I can say it covers alot of what i was looking for and i was beggining to feel overwhelmed until i found this video. Thank you. 😃
This worked really well for me! I had an older unused lacie that my neighbor gave to me and I was having trouble setting up but this worked! thank you so much
Thank you for these instructions! You made it very easy and helpful. I found it interesting that once we formatted the HD / SSD, we could simply use the harddrive like a regular usb stick. Helpful, and it was better than having to learn new software from LACIE!
Outstanding video, crystal clear. Thank you very much indeed. Wish this video had been available a few years ago as I had to mop up extremely bad results of my faulty formatting for a Time Machine backup. So I especially appreciate the value of your explanation. Have subscribed and will be watching more of your excellent info!
Excellent tutorial. I followed your step by step instructions to the letter and my Lacie was set up in minutes. Thank you for this terrific video. Exceptionally helpful.
Thank you so much, your information is precise, to the point and instructions are easy to follow. I was getting frustrated for not being able to make my external hard drive work.
Thank you!!!! I found this so helpful as I have just started using a MacBook Pro. Your accurate information helped me to set up my external drive without any issues. It worked just so.
This is an excellent video. I spent a couple of frustrating hours trying to do this with the product instructions - ugh. With your video, all done perfectly without the frustration. Your explanation is so clear and you anticipate my questions. Where do I get information on what types of topics are included when you Join? Thanks again.
Your instruction video on using time machine with an external SSD is fabulous. Apple wouldn't/couldn't help as the external SDD is a non Apple authenticated product. It is a LaCie SSd. Thank you!
If I understood correctly, Keeping EXFAT (no partitioning) and using the drive as a backup for both Macbook and Windows device means I must update the backup manually each time, drag new files to the drive as if it was a USB stick? The only advantage here is that both devices have access to each other's backup...? Partitioning is a huge time saver as Time Machine does a complete, automatic back up of my Macbook and automatic back ups of my Windows device? Here, the backups are separate an inaccessible to each other and I can't transfer the entire content between two devices?
if you are editing youtube videos should you always keep your hard drive plugged in? Also what if you are taking a break from your lap top can you close it with the hard drive still plugged in and come back to what you were doing at a later time? or should you eject before you close the lap top? I am new to using a hard drive. I just want to keep all my footage on it and nothing on my mac.
excellently explained thanks - can you partition at a later stage an already partitioned section - ie i first portioned 50/50 and then later on I want to portion only one of the 50% to be 30\20 can this be done without affecting the other 50
did you forget to reformat the Pc + Mac partition back to exfat after partitioning? will windows be able to read what's in that hard drive even tho it's formatted Mac OS extended?
Great video! So can I ask, if you want to use the la cie with a time machine backup AND also to store files you have to partition it, even on a mac? Thanks
At 7:30 you say to select the second option when reformatting or erasing - but the first time you did it in the video, you did the first option. Is it okay to try the first option first?
All of this is madness. How is anyone supposed to know this when they open the package? Why do we have to rely on strangers on youtube? Does the damn thing come with instructions?
Fun fact: La Cie is actually a pun. The parent company is Seagate, and La Cie is French for "The Company". What's more, the enclosed chip is called a "FireCuda", which presumably is some sort of mythical sea monster. Lol. 🌊
I found this video extremely helpful. Thank you. I bought a new Lacie external hard drive and backed up my Macbook Pro. I then tried to add an additional folder of photos and was not able to. I checked the Lacie and it said "read only" and had no other option to change it. I followed your video here on how to format which deleted all info on the external hard drive. I checked the Info and indeed it said "read and write". So I backed up my Macbook Pro using Time Machine to the external hard drive. This took almost 24 hours but did completely back up. I then tried to add the extra folder of photos and again it says "read only". Do you have any suggestions? I'd hate to reformat again and have to spend 24 hours backing up just to find myself back in this same position.
Well it turns out it was my own fault. I tried a short cut by only watching part of your video. I went back and watched the whole thing and now things are working. Thank you so much
Does using Mac OS extended works also with newer versions? On the apple support it is reported that works just with version 10.12 or previous, so why it is not better to use APFS so that it is compatible also with version 10.13 or following? Also I have another question, I would like to run a virtual machine on my hard disk with windows installed on it but using my Mac of course. Can I install it with virtual box on the hard drive and use it from there without necessarily have it installed on my computer? In that case should I make an ExFat or Mac OS extended partition? Thank you in advance!
Hi, I just watched this video. Thanks for the information! BUT, I have a question. I just bought a Lacie Rugged Mini USB3 Drive and when i plugged it in and followed your instructions to 'Disk Utility' the format already said ExFAT. When I also clicked on 'Partition' the Scheme said: GUID Partition Map. And so i'm a little confused if I should still erase it even though its already with the format you suggested or just leave it ? @tech&design
@@TechandDesign can you be so kind to explain why it would still cause problems if left as it is since it’s the format you’re recommending ? Just so I can better understand. Thank you
Thank you for your video., I am a bit confused though. Hopefully you can help me. U have A LaCie usb-c rugged 1 TB. I also use a Mac pro. Do I just use ERASE, Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and Scheme: Master Boot Record?
Hi I have an old Lacie Rugged mini drive and I can't see it on my new Macbook pro. I do NOT want to reformat as I need to access all the files and I am not sure they are backed up? Help 🙏🏻
Hello, what if I'm planning to get this external hard drive just to download Windows on my Mac and download games for Windows? Do I need to to do partitioning as seen in the video?
I did not format the external HD before I backed up Time Machine on LaCie Rugged USB-C. I also never used time machine (or backed up my Mac). Should I do it over and follow these instructions?
the problem could be various things but not an “update”. it could be the usb port, the hub , the cable , or the external hard drive - which sometimes people unplug it without ejecting it first
What if I've tried everything and cannot find the external hard drive? I can't get past 2:30 because I can only find the internal drive, not the external. I've rebooted, made certain Finder shows hard disks, external disks, CDs, DVDs, and iPods, Connected servers. Help.
So, I have a Mac, I want to store pictures BUT I may want to send them to someone who may have a pc. Mac OS extended (journaled) + Master boot record OR ExFAT + GUID partition map.
Followed the set up here for LaCie Rugged USB-C and no problem. Did not partition. Dragged my music file to the external drive and it appears I lost that file (my music) and now can't find my external drive although it's still plugged into my Mac. Is it still transferring music (14.38GB) to ext drive or have I lost the file? Thanks!
@@TechandDesign Journaled as I only want to use with Macs. External Drive is new. My concern is my music folder as it has disappeared and I have 999.86 GB in my SSD which to me means nothing is saved there
I have an old Lacie which I´m trying to use with my new mac (monterey), but I can´t save files on it. It´s been working fine on my old mac, it´s formated the right way and so on, I´ve changed the ownership to me and Read and write. But it still not working. Help please =)
WTF ? all I want to do is plug the thing into my bloody mac and transfer files. Why do I need a degree in computer science to do a simple thing like that ? I wish these dorks would finally get their overpaid ripoff s#it together just like the united nations has. "That would be wishful thinking indeed". I might just throw the expensive piece of junk out the window ,because, although stress costs money (apparently) , the lack of stress is completely free !(like before I bought It)
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I had bought a LACIE external hard drive connected by USB to my iMac. I followed the set up instructions but did all the default set ups on this and wound up using the AFPS Setting and couldn't dragon drop files or pictures onto my external drive. I found this video and it explained perfectly that I was supposed to pick the Mac journal drive option. I had to reformat it and I also partitioned it into two separate drives like he discussed here. I have a 2 TB drive so I split it into one terabyte each. One for my Time Machine and one for my files. I did lose all of my previous files, but I have them backed up somewhere else that I can retrieve them. thank you very much for this video. It helped me a lot to understand, how to set one up.
Brilliant! A rare bird who speaks clearly, precisely and nails the subject. Thank you.
glad to help out 😃
Amazing video! I bought this external hard drive on amazon and the previous owner used it for Windows and I couldn't add files. Found out that I had to reformat it to Mac and it worked! YOU'RE THE BEST!
Glad I could help!
This is one of the best tech videos I've seen. It solved my Mac/LaCie backup issues. So clear and concise. Thank you!
Absolutely brilliant video. I really like the way you speak, you're very detailed but without being patronising. Plus, I really appreciated the zoom in factor. Thank you.
Excellent video instruction. Thank you for being so detailed and precise. I was really getting nervous about how to use this SSD and how to properly install it. You made the job quite easy and I truly appreciate you!
Thank you SO MUCH. My photos and videos were eating up my 250GB harddrive (and Davinci Resolve). My Macbook pro is only a year old, and I had only 15GB left! 😬😬😬 This was perfect. Thank you!
This was probably the most helpful video I’ve had to watch this far on RUclips for my photography career! Thank you so much for putting this together 🙏
This is an amazing video. I can say it covers alot of what i was looking for and i was beggining to feel overwhelmed until i found this video. Thank you. 😃
This worked really well for me! I had an older unused lacie that my neighbor gave to me and I was having trouble setting up but this worked! thank you so much
glad to help out 😃
Thank you for these instructions! You made it very easy and helpful. I found it interesting that once we formatted the HD / SSD, we could simply use the harddrive like a regular usb stick. Helpful, and it was better than having to learn new software from LACIE!
Glad it helped!
Outstanding Video. Clear step by step instructions with excellent step by step graphics. Thank you soooo much!
Outstanding video, crystal clear. Thank you very much indeed. Wish this video had been available a few years ago as I had to mop up extremely bad results of my faulty formatting for a Time Machine backup. So I especially appreciate the value of your explanation. Have subscribed and will be watching more of your excellent info!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent tutorial. I followed your step by step instructions to the letter and my Lacie was set up in minutes. Thank you for this terrific video. Exceptionally helpful.
Best video to understand how works Time Machine. Thanks a lot!
Thank you so much, your information is precise, to the point and instructions are easy to follow. I was getting frustrated for not being able to make my external hard drive work.
Thank you!!!! I found this so helpful as I have just started using a MacBook Pro. Your accurate information helped me to set up my external drive without any issues. It worked just so.
That was a genuine pleasure. Thanks for taking the time. Lee
This is an EXCELLENT TUTORIAL MY FRIEND !!! I really appreciate it 👍🏼👌🏻🤘🏼
This is an excellent video. I spent a couple of frustrating hours trying to do this with the product instructions - ugh. With your video, all done perfectly without the frustration. Your explanation is so clear and you anticipate my questions. Where do I get information on what types of topics are included when you Join? Thanks again.
Your instruction video on using time machine with an external SSD is fabulous. Apple wouldn't/couldn't help as the external SDD is a non Apple authenticated product. It is a LaCie SSd. Thank you!
Thanks for the video! It was really helpful. New user for MAC (from PC) so learning all kinds of new things.
thank you so much! This helped me set up my hard drive 🙌
If I understood correctly,
Keeping EXFAT (no partitioning) and using the drive as a backup for both Macbook and Windows device means I must update the backup manually each time, drag new files to the drive as if it was a USB stick? The only advantage here is that both devices have access to each other's backup...?
Partitioning is a huge time saver as Time Machine does a complete, automatic back up of my Macbook and automatic back ups of my Windows device? Here, the backups are separate an inaccessible to each other and I can't transfer the entire content between two devices?
if you are editing youtube videos should you always keep your hard drive plugged in? Also what if you are taking a break from your lap top can you close it with the hard drive still plugged in and come back to what you were doing at a later time? or should you eject before you close the lap top? I am new to using a hard drive. I just want to keep all my footage on it and nothing on my mac.
i have this exact question too
Great Video. You are a very good at explaining too!
excellently explained thanks - can you partition at a later stage an already partitioned section - ie i first portioned 50/50 and then later on I want to portion only one of the 50% to be 30\20 can this be done without affecting the other 50
Great video, and easy to understand. But, you didn't review encrypting the files, or did I miss it?
Thank you so much 👍🏼 this is going to help me with my hobby channels! 👋🏼
did you forget to reformat the Pc + Mac partition back to exfat after partitioning? will windows be able to read what's in that hard drive even tho it's formatted Mac OS extended?
Very clear demonstration. This video is very helpful. Thanks a lot!
Awesome vid man! Getting a 5 TB LACIE for my Mac.
should be good
Your video saved my life
this was just what I needed, thank you so much.
Excellent tutorial.
Very helpful video. Clear and accurate explanation.
Great video! So can I ask, if you want to use the la cie with a time machine backup AND also to store files you have to partition it, even on a mac? Thanks
At 7:30 you say to select the second option when reformatting or erasing - but the first time you did it in the video, you did the first option. Is it okay to try the first option first?
I’m just showing you choices
Excellent! Direct and to the point, well said.
Fantastic instructions. Thank you so much
Glad it was helpful!
All of this is madness. How is anyone supposed to know this when they open the package? Why do we have to rely on strangers on youtube? Does the damn thing come with instructions?
Do you have a shorter version? 30 minutes? Yikes!
The first 7 mins is all about just setting it up to just drag and drop stuff into the hard drive like a usb stick lol easy tutorial
Great explanation !
Glad it helped!
This was an extremely helpful video. Thank you so much!
Fun fact: La Cie is actually a pun. The parent company is Seagate, and La Cie is French for "The Company". What's more, the enclosed chip is called a "FireCuda", which presumably is some sort of mythical sea monster. Lol. 🌊
I found this video extremely helpful. Thank you. I bought a new Lacie external hard drive and backed up my Macbook Pro. I then tried to add an additional folder of photos and was not able to. I checked the Lacie and it said "read only" and had no other option to change it. I followed your video here on how to format which deleted all info on the external hard drive. I checked the Info and indeed it said "read and write". So I backed up my Macbook Pro using Time Machine to the external hard drive. This took almost 24 hours but did completely back up. I then tried to add the extra folder of photos and again it says "read only". Do you have any suggestions? I'd hate to reformat again and have to spend 24 hours backing up just to find myself back in this same position.
Well it turns out it was my own fault. I tried a short cut by only watching part of your video. I went back and watched the whole thing and now things are working. Thank you so much
Good Video but I want to transfer my old windows pc hard drive and files to my new mac. How do I do this?
Thanks so much to help me solve the problem!❤️👍
Glad to help out 😃
Great video ..... clear instructions ...... well done ......tank you
Does using Mac OS extended works also with newer versions? On the apple support it is reported that works just with version 10.12 or previous, so why it is not better to use APFS so that it is compatible also with version 10.13 or following?
Also I have another question, I would like to run a virtual machine on my hard disk with windows installed on it but using my Mac of course. Can I install it with virtual box on the hard drive and use it from there without necessarily have it installed on my computer? In that case should I make an ExFat or Mac OS extended partition?
Thank you in advance!
Thank you!! So helpful!!
Glad it was helpful!
Bro I love you thank you !
I'm confused, in the very beginning when partitioning the new ext hd, when doing Mac to Mac, wouldn't you use the 3rd option apple partition?
Hi, I just watched this video. Thanks for the information! BUT, I have a question. I just bought a Lacie Rugged Mini USB3 Drive and when i plugged it in and followed your instructions to 'Disk Utility' the format already said ExFAT. When I also clicked on 'Partition' the Scheme said: GUID Partition Map.
And so i'm a little confused if I should still erase it even though its already with the format you suggested or just leave it ? @tech&design
so , problems happen when you don’t follow the video. so I suggest following it and not just leaving it as is , even if it’s exfat already
@@TechandDesign can you be so kind to explain why it would still cause problems if left as it is since it’s the format you’re recommending ? Just so I can better understand. Thank you
Thank you for your video., I am a bit confused though. Hopefully you can help me. U have A LaCie usb-c rugged 1 TB. I also use a Mac pro. Do I just use ERASE, Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and Scheme: Master Boot Record?
I would not recommend that. I suggest watching this video
Thanks Awesome Video.
Helpful video, Thanks
Super video my friend thanks!
Hi I have an old Lacie Rugged mini drive and I can't see it on my new Macbook pro. I do NOT want to reformat as I need to access all the files and I am not sure they are backed up? Help 🙏🏻
Thankyou for your help !!!!
Great info!!! Excellent.
This was very useful, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much 🙏🏾
Mine keep saying error transferring whenever I try to transfer photos or videos on my mac and it’s exhausting to be honest
Hello, what if I'm planning to get this external hard drive just to download Windows on my Mac and download games for Windows? Do I need to to do partitioning as seen in the video?
I did not format the external HD before I backed up Time Machine on LaCie Rugged USB-C. I also never used time machine (or backed up my Mac). Should I do it over and follow these instructions?
to avoid future problems , follow this video
Thanks!
Glad to help out
What if my hard drive doesn’t show in the external even when I click “show all devices”
DO I NEED TO UPDATE MY MACBOOK TO THR LATEST UPDATE?
the problem could be various things but not an “update”. it could be the usb port, the hub , the cable , or the external hard drive - which sometimes people unplug it without ejecting it first
What if I've tried everything and cannot find the external hard drive? I can't get past 2:30 because I can only find the internal drive, not the external. I've rebooted, made certain Finder shows hard disks, external disks, CDs, DVDs, and iPods, Connected servers. Help.
if it’s new, return it/ exchange it.
if not , than check the cable, try another port
Mine has files on it that says Start_Here_Mac, Start_Here_Win.exe, and Warranty.pdf. Should I just format it and have those files erased too?
my external hard drive isn’t showing up at all 😩
So, I have a Mac, I want to store pictures BUT I may want to send them to someone who may have a pc. Mac OS extended (journaled) + Master boot record OR ExFAT + GUID partition map.
Do i really have to format my LaCie hard drive? even when it makes that the little image of the orannge HD on my desktop changes to a regular one?
If you want to avoid problems, you need to format yourself. You should really watch this video
Followed the set up here for LaCie Rugged USB-C and no problem. Did not partition. Dragged my music file to the external drive and it appears I lost that file (my music) and now can't find my external drive although it's still plugged into my Mac. Is it still transferring music (14.38GB) to ext drive or have I lost the file? Thanks!
did you follow this video ?
@@TechandDesign Yes, absolutely. Great video
so did you format as journaled or exfat ?
@@TechandDesign Journaled as I only want to use with Macs. External Drive is new. My concern is my music folder as it has disappeared and I have 999.86 GB in my SSD which to me means nothing is saved there
Sorted with Apple - thank you!!!
THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!
thank you!
Even after erasing the content, the hard drive did not appear on my computer itself.
I don't know what else to do with it.
im having an error come up when I go to look up my photos on the Lacie external HD
I have an old Lacie which I´m trying to use with my new mac (monterey), but I can´t save files on it. It´s been working fine on my old mac, it´s formated the right way and so on, I´ve changed the ownership to me and Read and write. But it still not working. Help please =)
when you say , it’s formatted the “right way”. what do you mean? what is the “right way” according to you ?
Brilliant…
thank you
I don't understand we need to erase though?
turn on subtitles and slow down the video as much as you need
Sorry, how can I undo it?? it says I can erase the disk, I want to undo this :(
undo erase?
Need help !! Forget the password for the LaCie need help !!
why when i hit back up it says that it’s full and there is not enough space
did you watch this video?
Don't see 'Scheme' give up. Unless instructions match the product I give up.
anyone else not seeing the 'scheme' option when going to format it? Is this a problem? I'm scared lmao
WTF ? all I want to do is plug the thing into my bloody mac and transfer files. Why do I need a degree in computer science to do a simple thing like that ? I wish these dorks would finally get their overpaid ripoff s#it together just like the united nations has. "That would be wishful thinking indeed". I might just throw the expensive piece of junk out the window ,because, although stress costs money (apparently) , the lack of stress is completely free !(like before I bought It)
I can’t find my spotlight search!
Do you have a Mac?
Amazing video!!! Thanks!
Glad it helped!
Cannot copy contents after "erase" . The get info says I have only read only access
did you format as journaled like in this video? or time machine set up or ?