Lightly coat a 2-quart (1.89 liters) casserole dish with some butter. Set the dish aside. Fill a large pot with 4 quarts (3.79 liters) of water and bring it to a boil. Add some salt and macaroni, and cook it for about 5 to 7 minutes. The macaroni will continue cooking in the oven. Place a large strainer or colander in the sink and pour the macaroni into it. Shake the strainer a little to get rid of any excess water. Melt the butter in the saucepan and stir in the flour, salt, and pepper using a whisk. Cook the roux over medium heat for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the flour turns a light brown and bubbles start to form. The saucepan has to be large enough to hold the milk, cheese, and macaroni. You will be mixing everything in this. Pour in 1 cup (240 milliliters) of milk and stir it with a whisk to combine. Pour in the remaining milk and continue stirring. Be sure to break up any lumps or clumps of flour. You are ready for the next step when the milk mixture starts to bubble and thicken. The most popular cheese to use is cheddar, but you can also try other types of cheese as well, including sharp cheddar, fontina, gruyere, cheddar, and parmesan. You can even use a combination of different cheeses. Switch the whisk out for a wooden spoon for this so that the macaroni doesn't get caught in it. Tilt the saucepan over the casserole dish, and use your wooden spoon to help spread it in an even layer across the bottom. of the dish. If you'd like, you can sprinkle some extra cheese on top for that extra-crispy layer. The top will turn bubbly, crispy, and golden. If you do not want the top to be crispy, cover the dish with a sheet of tin foil for the first 30 minutes of baking. Once the casserole is baked, put it out of the oven using oven mitts. Cover and store any leftovers in the fridge, and reheat them the next day in the microwave.
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One-sentence summary -- Preheat the oven to 350F (176C) and prepare your baking dish. Cook the macaroni according to the directions on the package until it is just cooked. Drain the macaroni and set it aside. Prepare the roux in a large saucepan. Whisk in the milk a little bit at a time. Cook the milk mixture, covered, for about 6 minutes. Stir in the shredded cheese, and cook until it is melted and smooth. Add the macaroni and stir it again until the cheese sauce coats it evenly. Transfer the macaroni into the casserole dish. Bake for it for 40 to 45 minutes. Let the macaroni and cheese cool for 10 to 15 minutes before serving.

Article: While some external hard drives will be usable immediately after plugging them into an available USB port on your computer, most external hard drives need to be formatted to fit your computer's specific file system before you can use them. Formatting is a quick process that you can perform from within your computer's built-in settings. Most computers have USB 3.0 portswhich resemble rectangular holes in the side or front of your computer's housingbut modern Macs and some Microsoft-produced Windows computers use USB-C connections instead: USB 3.0 A rectangular port found on the majority of computers produced before 2017. Most external hard drives use USB 3.0 connectors. USB-C An oval port found on MacBooks and some Microsoft laptops. If you have a USB-C port, you'll either need to buy a USB 3.0 to USB-C adapter or find an external hard drive that includes a USB-C cable. External hard drives usually come in flavors of anything from 512 gigabytes to several terabytes in size. Make sure that you buy a hard drive that has more space than you need. Generally speaking, it isn't much more expensive to buy a terabyte (1024 gigabytes) hard drive than it is to buy a 512 gigabyte hard drive. Storage also tends to get cheaper the more of it you buy (e.g., a two terabyte hard drive will cost significantly less than two one terabyte hard drives). Solid-state drives (SSDs) are significantly faster than traditional external hard drives, but they're also much more expensive. If you're planning on running an operating system or editing software from the external drive, though, an SSD will be better for responsiveness than a traditional hard drive. Storage is cheap, but you'll still want to make sure that you're buying from a reputable manufacturer; don't pay more for a hard drive with a fancy case but a low-quality drive inside. If you're backing up something important, you want to make sure it's going to work! Popular external hard drive manufacturers include the following: Western Digital Adata Buffalo Seagate Samsung Once you've purchased your drive from a tech department store or an online outlet, you can proceed with installing it on your Windows computer or Mac.
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