Please refer to your Macintosh computer's documentation for various copy and paste methods or view the instructions below. Please note that whatever option used, it is all controlled by Mac OS. There are many ways to move files to the Expansion drive they range from File Menu/Copy and Paste, right-click menu/copy and paste, and drag-and-drop, to keyboard commands. 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 as a 'copy-and-paste' action.įor 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.Īlternatively, 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 Expansion 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 drive’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: 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.įor 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. Hot-Selling Products Frieling 5002 Electric Low-Fat Fryer / Maraehan Jackgold Air Fryer Oven / NUWAVE BRIO 4.5-Quart Digital Air Fryer / PowerXL Vortex Air Fryer Plus 5 Quart / George Foreman GHFD6800B Twist N Crisp Air Fryer / Flexzion Electric Air Fryer Cooker 1400W, 5.8 Quart (Black) / Emerald Air Fryer w/ Digital LED Touch Display 1400 Watts / SMALL FISH Air fryer Yellow Oilless Oven / SFPY Air Fryer, 4.5L Air Fryer Oven with 6 Pre-Set Functions / Brentwood Select 3.4Qt Electric Air Fryer / TOYTEXX and DESIGN Intexca US Electric Mini Portable Compact Washing Machine / Avanti Portable Compact Washing Machine for Clothes/Laundry / KVZVK Portable Mini Washing Machine / Avanti STW16D0W Portable Washing Machine / Bonnlo 26lbs Portable Washing Machine / Tiptop Home Portable Washing Machine 10L Mini Washing Machine / LEMY Mini Baby Washing Machine Portable and Compact Laundry Washer / ECPro Foldable Mini Folding Clothes Washing Machine / SSYY Portable Washing Machine Mini Foldable Washer / DYRABREST Portable Washing Machine / Skullcandy Sesh Evo True Wireless Earbuds / TOZO NC9 Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Wireless Earbuds / Tribit IPX8 Bluetooth5.0 Deep Bass Bluetooth Earbuds / kurdene S8 Pro Bluetooth 5.2 Earbuds / Beats Studio Buds True Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds / TOZO A1 Mini Wireless earbuds Bluetooth 5.Seagate Expansion Drives do not come with any backup software and are formatted for Windows.

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