In Reply to: need help understanding external hard drives posted by learsfool on December 7, 2014 at 18:38:13:
Everyone else's answers are good. Here are a couple more thoughts.
1. If the drive is just for backup, it can be FW 400/800, or USB 2/3. There won't be any conflict or over-use of resources unless you are backing up while listening.
2. If you use the drive to transfer files to the new machine, why not just connect the drive, either via USB or FW, and copy the files to it, rather than get into Time Machine? Just grab them and drag them to the drive. Simple is sometimes good.
WW
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