Is it safe to use a USB drive with Mavericks

[Trees]

It's been a week since updating to Mavericks. Before Mavericks I always kept a USB drive connected for Time Machine.

Reports indicate that external drives are being reformatted by Mavericks. Fortunately, I didn't update to Mavericks right away as I was waiting for a few apps to become Mavericks compatible.

The threads below are concerning and the issue appears to be beyond just WD based drives. Before I try to resume Time Machine use, does anyone have any insights into this issue?

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6202
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5518936?tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23643068#23643068?ac_cid=tw123456#23643068

 

[kch50428]

I'm using a WD USB drive for my iTunes library and I've not noticed issues with it... never really used WD's software anyway...

 

[Trees]

Good to hear. I've not used their management tools either. I'm just be extra cautious here.

 

[Fausty82]

I have used several different USB drives with my Mavericks MBP...drives from Seagate and WD mostly, and not had any issues..

 

[Trees]

Just plugged in the Seagate drive. Time Machine is "preparing". Will see what it looks like in the morning.

 

[iEd]

I have a 2TB WD drive on my iMac running Mavs. No issue. I've always stayed away from hard drive software never saw a need for it. The times I have tried using hard drive software there were issues. But this was like 15 years ago. Since then I've stayed away from it.


#Naked Tuesday

 

[Trees]

Looks like I'm good to go. So far the drive (Segate FreeAgent GoFlex 1.5TB) is working as it should.

 

[kch50428]

Looks like I'm good to go. So far the drive (Segate FreeAgent GoFlex 1.5TB) is working as it should.

Just make sure you're doing regular back-ups...

 

[Trees]

Yes, Time Machine is set to automatically backup. A bit annoying when the MBP comes out of sleep and Time Machine is backing up. Creates some noticeable lag and spinning wheel given CPU usage. But thats worth it. I also have cloud based backup.