Hi!  I wonder if you folks could help me out please.

I have an imac with a 300gig hard drive. My external hard drive died on me so I bought a western digital My book Studio Edition 500gig drive from the Apple Store. The assistant said it would be big enough for me However, my friend has just told me this would not be enough. Can you advise please? I also need to get a new wireless router as my belkin keeps going down, - any suggestions. I hope I don't sound too stupid but am new to a mac. Many thanks.

louiswalker wrote:
I have an imac with a 300gig hard drive. My external hard drive died on me so I bought a western digital My book Studio Edition 500gig drive from the Apple Store. The assistant said it would be big enough for me
big enough for what? for TM backups? generally, a TM drive should be a least 2 times bigger than the total amount of data you are backing up. depending on how much data you have on your main drive ( assume it's not completely full) the external might not be quite big. but that figure is only approximate and a lot depends on your computer usage and how often and by how much your data changes.
see FAQ by pondini at the top of the TM forum for further info.
However, my friend has just told me this would not be enough. Can you advise please? I also need to get a new wireless router as my belkin keeps going down, - any suggestions. I hope I don't sound too stupid but am new to a mac. Many thanks.

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