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Jay
I have a western digital 1 Tb external hard drive. I just bought a Macbook pro and my mac recognized the drive and i easily transferred files off the external on to the computer. However when i try to move files from the Macbook on to the external hard drive it wont allow me to do it. Is there anyway to format the hard drive to get it to work on both computers. (I still have my windows desktop and need to be able to move files on and off that one too.)
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Mac OS X can read and copy files from NTFS file system but (in its default installed state) cannot write (copy to, save to, rename files on, or move files to a new directory) to an NTFS drive volumes. To use HFS-Plus drive with Windows, install MacDrive. To use NTFS drive volume with OS 10.2 to 10.6.x, install "NTFS for Mac" or "NTFS-3G for Mac", links below. To use NTFS drive volume with OS 10.6, use either of these same options or use a utility called "NTFSMounter". This last option is not automatic. You have to open NTFSMounter each time you start your computer or connect an NTFS drive and choose the drive (even if it is the only NTFS drive connected) in the NTFSMounter window.
Some people like to suggest formatting the drive FAT-32, but that has several limitations, the most annoying being that it cannot use any file larger than 4GB, and some movie files may be this large. Some PC formatting software, such as the one called upon during installation of Windows XP, cannot format a partition larger than 32GB as FAT-32, but this is not a limit of the FAT-32 format itself.
Mac OS X can read and copy files from NTFS file system but (in its default installed state) cannot write (copy to, save to, rename files on, or move files to a new directory) to an NTFS drive volumes. To use HFS-Plus drive with Windows, install MacDrive. To use NTFS drive volume with OS 10.2 to 10.6.x, install "NTFS for Mac" or "NTFS-3G for Mac", links below. To use NTFS drive volume with OS 10.6, use either of these same options or use a utility called "NTFSMounter". This last option is not automatic. You have to open NTFSMounter each time you start your computer or connect an NTFS drive and choose the drive (even if it is the only NTFS drive connected) in the NTFSMounter window.
Some people like to suggest formatting the drive FAT-32, but that has several limitations, the most annoying being that it cannot use any file larger than 4GB, and some movie files may be this large. Some PC formatting software, such as the one called upon during installation of Windows XP, cannot format a partition larger than 32GB as FAT-32, but this is not a limit of the FAT-32 format itself.
How can I get an external hard drive to work on my ps3? or which ones are compatible with ps3?
Kyle L
I want an external hard drive i can use on my current computer (windows vista ultimate), but i've heard that mac harddrives work with the ps3, so i would buy a mac if needs be. I will be storing files on my hard drive and then watching them on my ps3. how can i do this?
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I'm not sure about this fat32 business about ps3.
But I've always used my 500GB Western Digital External HD on my buddies PS3, Xbox 360 and they all worked just fine.
I would imagine, as long as it has no encryption on it so the devices can read the external HD.
My HD I use at my buddies place are formatted as NTFS.
I'm not sure about this fat32 business about ps3.
But I've always used my 500GB Western Digital External HD on my buddies PS3, Xbox 360 and they all worked just fine.
I would imagine, as long as it has no encryption on it so the devices can read the external HD.
My HD I use at my buddies place are formatted as NTFS.
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