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Please note that whatever option used, it is all controlled by Mac OS. There are many ways to move files to the External drive they range from File Menu/Copy and Paste, right-click menu/copy and paste, and drag-and-drop, to keyboard commands.

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How to manually move your data to the drive on a Mac: Once complete, the drive should be detected allowing you to manually move files to the drive or set it up with Time Machine automatic backup.

The task is complete! This is known asВ a 'copy-and-paste' action.ДЇor Mac you will need to reformat the drive prior to using it.

The file or folder will appear inside the window.

On the top bar of the window, choose Edit.ДЄlternatively, you may right-click on blank space within the window and a drop-down menu will appear.

The window will change to a display of the contents of the external drive.

It will be a drive letter, like E: or F: (unless you have changed it).

Look for the Seagate External drive in (My) Computer/This PC.

Double-click to open (My) Computer/This PC.

The file or folder is now copied and held in the computer's short-term memory.

Find the file or folder you would like to copy and right-click on it.

Double-click to open the place where the file you want to copy is located.

The task is complete! This is known as a 'drag-and-drop' action.

The contents of the external drive will display in the window.

Double-click on the external driveвЂ™s letter.

Let go of the mouse button and the file will copy automatically to the external drive.

Drag the mouse so that the 'ghost' image hovers over the icon representing the external drive (in this example, the V: drive).

It will illuminate and a 'ghost' image will move with your mouse button.

Click and hold down the mouse button, on the document you want to move.

One is the source, one is the destination.

Resize the window in the same way, so that each window takes up only a portion of the screen.

Open (My) Documents by double-clicking on it. Resize it so that it only takes up a portion of your screen.

Move the mouse, still holding down the button, and the window corner will move with your mouse.

Click and hold down the mouse button, on the corner of the window.

Move your mouse to a corner of the window.

If the upper right-hand corner of the window that opens includes this symbol ( ), click it.

First, open one window by double-clicking on (My) Computer/This PC.

This exercise can be repeated with one file, many files, one folder, or many folders. Here we will discuss dragging a piece of data from the (My) Documents folder to the external drive. How to manually move your data to the drive in Windows: If you are looking for an automatic backup then you will want to use the utility built-in to Windows, see links below: If you are looking to move the data manually then you can use an option below:

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Simply plug in the power, plug in the USB cable, and the drive should appear in (My) Computer/This PC and Windows Explorer/File Explorer.ДЇor Mac, you will need to reformat the drive prior to using it because it will be read-only on a Mac, which means you will be unable to copy or move data to the drive. In Windows-based computer, there is no need to do anything special or additional to make the drive work. Unless your drive says 'for Mac' on the front of the box then the drive will be formatted for Windows.

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This article covers ways to use your drive without having to install any additional software.

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Your Seagate External Drive may come with software so there may be additional ways to use your drive not listed in this article.

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