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How To Encrypt A USB Flash Drive

Posted on November 4, 2018October 7, 2018 by Tim Hannon in Encryption, Security/Privacy

Do you want to encrypt an external hard drive or USB flash drive connected to your Mac? Encrypting the drive will protect the data on that drive. Each time that drive is connected to another Mac you’ll need to enter a password before the drive is available and before you can view or edit the … Read more

How To Make Sure Time Machine Backs Up Your External Drive

Posted on August 13, 2017July 14, 2023 by Tim Hannon in Backup, Time Machine

Do you want to make sure that Time Machine backs up an external hard drive, USB flash drive or an SD card that is connected to your Mac? If so, here are instructions to make sure this happens. If your Mac is using macOS 12 Monterey or older, use the instructions listed in Section 1 … Read more

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