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I bought this Seagate backup because I have a Macbook Pro and once I downloaded El Capitan my old hard drive backup - a Lacie - no longer worked. I'm not sure why. I tried to get it to backup, but couldn't. So, I bit the bullet and bought this Seagate. My macbook pro is about 4-5 years old, and since downloading el capitan its also slower. the other day it was acting up, so I shut it off and it had a tough time rebooting. so that put the fear of god into me, and I bought the Seagate. there are no good instructions that come with the drive to help you in the process, which is why I took a star off. it took a while for me to figure out how to get this to backup, so for those who are as tech-unsavvy as I am, here's what I did after I watched a youtube video or three. 1. connect the drive to the computer at the usb port. 2. once you see the seagate icon, click the apple icon on the top left and click 'system preferences'. 3. when system preferences opens, click on time machine, which on my computer is to the right in the fourth row down. 4. click on time machine. when time machine opens up, slide the bar from the off to the 'on' position. 5. you should see the seagate icon to the right. follow the prompts. I've completed my backup so I can't tell you exactly what they are but if I can do it, you can. trust me on that. 6. the mac people say you should get a backup drive thats about double your hard drive, so that's what I did. I got the 1TB. I started my backup at about 8pm and left it overnight. it was done by 6:30 the next morning and possibly earlier. I also have a cloud backup, but, I wanted a hard drive one as well. I back it up again after I'm finished working for the day. I find it too constricting to keep it connected during the day. I've been the person in the 'genius' bar who came in after their computer crashed and had no backup and was told it would cost about $4000 to extract the info from the crashed drive. so I learned my lesson. all computers eventually crash, so learn from my mistake and get your computer backed up. and no, I'm not getting money from the company. just tryin' to help. $60 beats $4000 and a nervous breakdown. at least in my book!