WD Elements How To Install / Set Up External Hard Drive on Mac | Manual | Setup Guide

[@charityfort4080]

Probably one of the easiest "how to" videos about tech things on KZbin. You're fantastic.

[@TechandDesign]

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[@leila_medir]

This guy is my all-time favorite IT support reference, he deserves a medal for making complicated things accessible to everybody. WD are the worst company for supplying instructions for use, we would never have been able to install the hard drive without this video. Simply the best, thank you!

[@TechandDesign]

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[@foodoftheworldmyway]

Best video on KZbin on how to install external hard drive. Thanks a million , keep up the good work

[@TechandDesign]

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[@harced123]

I was having an existential crisis before I watched this video! Thank you so much, this was very detailed and very helpful 🤗

[@tsepangmalephane5427]

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[@elenas3963]

😆 same here

[@harryjones239]

Amazing I was so stuck and almost crying struggling with all the software it was making me install. Watched this and managed to drag and drop the files I wanted into my ext. hard drive and it was so easy! Thank you so much

[@boaster11]

Thank you, after dealing with the WD installer I was almost going mad. Fixed my problem within 3 minutes of the video!

[@nanamara3]

Thank you so much for all the detail you put into this video. Step by step I was able to back up my mac. Normally I wait until a grandchild visits, no more now that I found you!

[@calitouring1055]

You made the process easy and straight to the point!! I rate you for that my G!

[@TechandDesign]

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[@bdillon1011]

Thank you so much. The elements came with no instructions and I was at a loss until I found this very easy to follow video.

[@TechandDesign]

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[@MorleyRealEstate]

I’ve been looking at videos for 2 years trying to figure this issue out and none of the videos helped or worked. Thanks so much for actually explaining this!

[@EvanNagao]

Sir, you literally addressed every issue I've been having. You are a godsend my friend!

[@TechandDesign]

Glad I could help!

[@Spankdass]

I second that!!!

[@Knightrayn]

Awesome tutorial, very easy to follow. Thank you! The partition trick blew my mind and also surprised a relative who works for Apple. Sweet!

[@TechandDesign]

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[@oliviabalaban]

Thank you soooo very much! I was struggling using my WD Elements HD with my new iMac as it was read only. Now it is read and write! Such a useful video and how simple it was.. Thank you!

[@TechandDesign]

Glad it helped!

[@erlenddalseg8419]

Thanks!! that was a thorough walktrough on how to do it! Had issues, read problems, with how to get my ekstern memory bank work. So thanks again!! Just what I needed! AND I recomend others who are stuck to watch this informative youtube video!

[@TechandDesign]

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[@toodleoo8873]

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[@TechandDesign]

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[@hof19hf]

I wasn’t looking for such info, but the way you explained and guided, made me watch the whole video. And I’m glad I did. Thank you so much 😊.

[@tomwilkstenor]

You are a life saver honestly I could not work out how to work it when it came with no instructions... Thanks so much !!!!

[@TechandDesign]

Glad I could help!

[@letsgettalkinwithrevpat4281]

Wow! I’m so very glad I chose your tutorial to watch. I’m pretty tech savvy but was really nervous about doing this in case I jacked something up(lol). I followed you step by step and it was sooo easy. Subscribed immediately, thank you so much

[@thanuskaran0987]

The Best Tutorial In The Entire KZbin !

[@TechandDesign]

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[@akatlady60]

Excellent! I actually understood everything because of th way you explained it! THANKS

[@TechandDesign]

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[@yalelixvega3403]

Finally found a video that explains correctly what I needed to do. Thanks!!!

[@rnbnart]

I was just about to return the external hard drive before seeing this video. Thank you for making this!

[@shobanah9207]

The easiest, detailed, and straight forward! Very helpful! Thank you!

[@racebearstv]

Thanks for a really helpful vid :clear and well-paced - I got the disc set up fine...

[@paigemg]

Thank you so much! This just helped me access my 5TB Elements external hard drive with my 2013 MacBook Pro! Super helpful and direct! Appreciate you!

[@Postdisclosureworld]

You explained this extremely well & competently. Thank you.

[@TechandDesign]

Glad it was helpful!

[@チョンブリーラームトルテ]

Excellent video, many thanks - all sorted in as long as the video took!

[@TechandDesign]

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[@FitKitchenCreations]

I signed in just to tell you THANK YOU!!!!! This video helped a lot!!

[@mhwallstreet]

Thanks Tech and Design - helped me with the right step via Disk Utility and EXFAT setting

[@albertopapi4445]

Greetings! You really make the whole process smooth and easy! The best video in KZbin! Thank you very much for taking your time and teach us how is done correctly without any worries.

[@TechandDesign]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mikenelsonre]

Thank you for this info. I just got my HD and didn't know what to do. I erased, then partitioned the drive, and now it is backing up.

[@joanhill355]

i used this to install my external HD wow so easy to follow, Brilliant 10/10

[@luciafoley318]

You rock! I was pulling my hair out. Thank you for dumbing everything down.

[@TechandDesign]

Happy to help!

[@itssaneD]

Woow this video was so easy to follow. Thank you so much you really helped me.

[@TechandDesign]

Glad it helped!

[@dizzysunshine44]

a Godsend. I thought my 2TB external hard drive was rendered useless with my Mac. You just saved me money #bless

[@TechandDesign]

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[@TheMattyVee]

Did you have to delete everything on your drive to get this to work? I want my WD elements hard drive to finally work with my Mac but I also don’t want to lose the files on there. Any suggestions?

[@josepinto814]

Thanks for that Big Help, God bless you.

[@TechandDesign]

Glad to help

[@rockensockmedia1303]

I couldn’t remember how to do this. Thanks for the great tutorial!

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Thank you for this video. It was insightful and helpful.

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[@rexriffel9178]

Super helpful. Very easy. Thanks so much. Great video.

[@yepeeeeeeeeeee]

thanks mate, new to Mac & this was a life saver

[@TechandDesign]

Glad it helped

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[@TechandDesign]

I think you are talking about time machine right ? here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/opm9ZZKBiJakhpo and thanks

[@Perryshotter]

@@TechandDesign thanks, and it was when you mentioned a video on how to transfer the hard drive on a Mac.

[@juliacali8036]

Thanks so much!! Very easy to follow - Great teacher. One question... Why would you want more than one external hard drive? Thanks again.

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Thank you! Very helpful content. Subscribed!

[@tdub5515]

Very good teacher, thanks for your help.

[@TechandDesign]

Glad it was helpful!

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Great video so easy to follow, thanks alot

[@gownsmashing]

10/10 dude. Thanks for making this so easy!

[@Czaporek]

Thank you very much! It is very helpful and also soooo easy! :)

[@BeeArk79]

Fantastic video. Computers are not my friends and you made this idiot proof thank you

[@TechandDesign]

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U are a tech master

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[@pilotjonas8]

wow, this video is fantastic and very helpful. Thank you so much!

[@sunshinen7]

Thank you so much for the explanation.

[@BrenekTV]

Great video, easy, concise and clear thanks a mill!

[@LiteShaper1]

Great video! Why the recommendation to make time machine double in size of your files? Shouldn’t it be just slightly larger than the drive you are backing up? I want it to back up my primary 1.1 TB start up drive - so I made my Time Machine 1.2 TB…

[@kevinsinclair6873]

On the first step when I hit erase in disk utility, it failed. I tried again a few times and it just failed. I’m frustrated….Anyone know what to do? I have a Mac Mini M1.

[@allysonrice6332]

I went into disk utility to erase/format it, but it keeps giving me an error message saying the operation failed: Erasing “WD Elements 2620 Media” (disk4) and creating “Untitled” Unmounting disk The volume on disk4 couldn’t be unmounted because it is in use by process 73799 (diskimages-helper) Couldn’t unmount disk. : (-69888) Nothing I do fixes this! How do I get it formatted??

[@TheQueenOfShade]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!!

[@graceyoon8502]

Extremely helpful. Thank you!

[@jsiemes]

this was really a good tutorial. thank you!

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Great video thank you sooooo much very informative!!

[@TechandDesign]

Glad it was helpful!

[@FishandDiveHawaii]

Thank you!!! Awesome video. Great tutorial.

[@TechandDesign]

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[@fatimabarron982]

Love your content!!! One Question how do i download all my pictures from iPhone 13 pro to this WD elements harddrive on mac mini? Thank you.

[@SuelenBreier]

Great video! Thanks a lot. What if in the future I don't want my hd partitioned anymore, would I have to format it again and loose everything?

[@TechandDesign]

yes, you would need to format , which does delete everything

[@SuelenBreier]

@@TechandDesign thank you!

[@jacobthomasaquinas8103]

Thank you for making this video!

[@SlackHoffman]

Hi , is there a way to set up encryption on a WD Elements basic hard drive? A password so I can send it through the post ? Many Thanks your videos are great 👍

[@jordanbeales370]

Great vid, so much easier than the stupid instructions that WD provide. Thanks

[@TechandDesign]

Glad it helped

[@Angelchildxx]

thank you, I was not sure anymore and you solved my doubt! Cheers

[@TheUniqueGuy001]

thank you for this, really really helped :')

[@danielagonzalez9276]

hello when I tried to erase it says erase process has failed Erasing “WD Elements 2621 Media” (disk2) and creating “Untitled” can you help me?

[@TechandDesign]

did you follow this video ?

[@theamnesiahaze69]

obrigado from Brazil 🤙

[@FinesseGoddess]

Thank you for the video very straightforward and imformative.

[@annehart9189]

Very good instructions but some things are not the same eg I have files even after the erase, and when I started time machine back-up it says its preparing for back-up. I'm not sure if it's working or not - does it sound on track?

[@d.v.crystal5589]

thanks so much for your excellent help!

[@inquiringmind4976]

Only choice was APFS. ExFat and Mac Journaled were not options. Backing up now.

[@ZainaMK97]

thank you for this informative video, I have a question, is it alright if I used this method without reinstalling the wd discovery softwares and just use the wd hard drive through drag and drop in finder ?

[@weehappy]

Very helpful! thank you so much for the very clear instructions! very appreciated!

[@TechandDesign]

Glad it was helpful!

[@cryptokrill3542]

THANKS great video!

[@TechandDesign]

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This really helps, thank you!!

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So helpful!!! Thank you!!!

[@moogamooga2100]

THANK YOU! This was invaluable advice! You earned a Like from me, my friend! :)

[@TechandDesign]

Glad it helped!

[@myknelsen7378]

Great help, thanks! One question, after portioning and setting up the “time machine” it said everything was going to “data” already and asked if I wanted both. I said no, I hope I am right. Lol. Thanks again!

[@desireevorst195]

Hi, i just bought a 1 TB WD external harddrive and tried taking the steps exactly how you explained, but my mac tells me: "Erase process has failed. Press done to continue". Could you please help me?

[@TechandDesign]

just format as journaled first and carefully watch this video and what I select

[@gabrieln91]

Thx man...it helped a lot !

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Appreciate this super helpful

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Thanks for this video.. Very helpful

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Thank you so much! This was super helpful.

[@TechandDesign]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RonAP95]

Thanks for the clear and perfect explanation

[@TechandDesign]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RonAP95]

@@TechandDesign recently got a new external HD and used your partitioning technique. One partition for Time Machine and the other for exFat general use.

[@RonAP95]

@@TechandDesign good luck with your future videos and endeavours. You've been a legend👏👏

[@TechandDesign]

👍🏻

[@stacey91x]

Great video! If I partitioned my external hard drive but want to change the size of the partitioning later on, would it erase everything already on the hard drive?

[@TechandDesign]

to change the size of the partition you would neeed to format everything again

so, I backed up my hole Mac on Time Machine and now I want to back up my iPhone on my MacBook, can I deletes the files that I backed up on time machine? is there any problem?

[@ruslanbayazitov3378]

You are the best!!! Thank you very much!

[@TechandDesign]

Glad it helped!

[@medhatithi1]

Fantastic explanation. Thank you I have two questions .exfat I can use for both windows and mac for erase, for that journal is not needed? . Journal only for making time machine?

[@TechandDesign]

exfat is for both Mac and pc . journaled is for Mac only. so if you format journaled - a pc won’t be able to read it. time machine works best with journaled , but it also works with exfat

[@medhatithi1]

@@TechandDesign thank you for the clarification.

[@christiantiennebrune806]

great and clear explanation. thank you

[@TechandDesign]

Glad it was helpful!

[@yonasyemane3590]

Thank You for your help bro. 👏👍

[@grahammaclean5024]

Hi. I have followed your excellent video but I have struck a problem. At the 3min 50sec mark you have erased the WD Elements drive and on your system it still shows in the sidebar. However, on my system which is running OS Catalina it is no longer showing. I have tried closing and re-opening Disk Utility but it still doesn't show and I have checked in Finder but WD Elements no longer shows. Any suggestions please?

[@davidkouakou7745]

amazing explanation thanks

[@andyhutch1947]

I just purchased a 5TB WD External HD for my older iMac27. I am trying to format this drive to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) like my other external HDs that I use but I am constantly getting an error that says it can't unmount. I tried the erase and selected Mac OS Extended (Journaled). It appears that it comes pre-formated for NTFS. It will not change. What am I doing wrong?

[@idiaz21]

So it says its going from an uncrypted to crypted disk not sure what this means. I set it up according to this video but this was the only thing that came up near the end of my set up that differ. The video was fantastic for someone that does not know about computers

[@TechandDesign]

crypted is good. it’s your choice really

[@ontherodas6400]

Thank you now we can finally use this TB lol

[@TechandDesign]

Glad I could help