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Keyser Soze
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Posted on 04-21-15 9:30
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Is this compatible with Desktop/Windows? I tried transferring some files from my older HD and my mac couldn't read this at all. http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Passport-Portable-Silver/dp/B00CO1I2FS/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1429629865&sr=1-1&keywords=1+tb+external+portable+hard+drive+for+mac
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Posted on 04-21-15 9:47
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I had similar problem (not with this particular HD) and I had to format it to make it Mac compatible.
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Posted on 04-21-15 10:56
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I had that exact Harddrive and it didnot allow me to transfer files to my windows laptop. So I just bought a seagate 1.5 TB harddrive that can work between both the platform MAC os and Windows. http://www.costco.com/Seagate-Slim-1.5TB-Portable-Hard-Drive.product.100095388.html This one has a software that needs to be installed in both OS and works perfectly. Hope that helps ! - Thaha chaena
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Keyser Soze
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Posted on 04-21-15 11:00
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So can I randomly buy any HD and make it compatible for both Mac and PC?
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Posted on 04-22-15 6:21
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I found this http://techchannel.radioshack.com/format-western-digital-passport-mac-pc-1639.html
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Posted on 04-22-15 8:11
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Format your portable drive to exFAT to make it compatible with both windows and mac. http://lifehacker.com/5927185/use-the-exfat-file-system-and-never-format-your-external-drive-again
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Posted on 04-22-15 8:17
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f you're a Mac user setting up or erasing this hard drive up with your computer is super easy follow these steps. I never use software that comes with hard drives I just wipe them & use Time Machine. 1. Plug in the hard drive 2. Open up disk utility found in your applications folder inside the utilities folder 3. Next select the newly plugged in a hard drive and on the right-hand side you should see partition click on that. 4. Then inside that screen on the partition layout drop-down choose how many partitions you'd like to set up. I generally go with one partition and just use folders to organize my files. 5. Then on the right-hand side you can name the partitions and select the format. If you want your hard drive to work with your Mac for doing Time Machine backups (which I highly recommend) choose Mac OS Extended. Sometimes it's good to make two partitions and one using "MS-DOS fat" if you might be transferring files to and from a Windows machine. The reason is Windows machines and Max can read and write to the "MS-DOS fat" format but your files will need to be under 4 GB each as that's the maximum file size it can hold. 6. Then click apply and your Mac will create all the partitions you wanted and you're good to go.
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Keyser Soze
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Posted on 04-22-15 9:24
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Hey Gothalo, Are you saying that I'm better off buying any portable HD then? Or should i purchase the one I mentioned above and then follow your instructions?
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Posted on 04-22-15 9:28
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The comments I posted is from user who bought from your link. Theoretically any one should work if not you have to do some workaround. I am using one I bought from Costco now which have both installation Windows and Mac as some user posted. But there is always a workaround and you can make it working in any OS.
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