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Getting Connected
Connecting MacBook Air to Other Devices
Expand Storage Space with an External Hard Drive
Your MacBook Air includes a drive on which you store the operating system, applications, and your own files and folders. You can connect an external hard drive to provide more storage space or to back up your files using the OS X Time Machine feature. To get an external hard drive ready to work with your MacBook Air, you first connect the drive to the computer. You then optionally use the Disk Utility application to format and partition the hard drive.
Expand Storage Space with an External Hard Drive
Connect and Power an External Hard Drive
Connect the hard drive to a power source and turn it on.
Use the appropriate cable to connect ...
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