Partition mybook for ps3 and mac

mrbubonic · mrbubonic #1 (**permalink**)

02-24-2009, 07:35 PM

Hey guys,

I just picked up a 1tb mybook and I'm using on my mac for time machine so I have a backup. Buy my ps3 wont recognize these files because it doesn't use fat32.

Can I partition the external hard drive for my mac and ps3? Say like 500gb for mac, and 500gb in fat32 format for ps3? And then be able to drag files I want to the ps3 partition to load on my ps3? This would be a lot easier than trying to use my mac as a media server to transfer files.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

mrbubonic · mrbubonic #2 (**permalink**)

02-25-2009, 11:16 PM

What? Nothing? Really? come on guys....

bobtomay · bobtomay #3 (**permalink**)

02-26-2009, 07:47 PM

Yes, you can partition the drive and format each partition as you want.

falcontook · falcontook #4 (**permalink**)

02-26-2009, 07:51 PM

Go to Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility
Then click on your hard drive that you want to partition and there should be a tab that says "partition." Then decide how many partitions and format. Hope this helps

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mrbubonic #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 17, 2008 Posts: 19	02-24-2009, 07:35 PM Hey guys, I just picked up a 1tb mybook and I'm using on my mac for time machine so I have a backup. Buy my ps3 wont recognize these files because it doesn't use fat32. Can I partition the external hard drive for my mac and ps3? Say like 500gb for mac, and 500gb in fat32 format for ps3? And then be able to drag files I want to the ps3 partition to load on my ps3? This would be a lot easier than trying to use my mac as a media server to transfer files. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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mrbubonic #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 17, 2008 Posts: 19	02-25-2009, 11:16 PM What? Nothing? Really? come on guys....
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falcontook #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 07, 2008 Posts: 106 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.4 Ghz 2GB Ram 200GB Hard drive, Mac Mini 1.5 Intel Core Solo 512Mb Ram	02-26-2009, 07:51 PM Go to Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility Then click on your hard drive that you want to partition and there should be a tab that says "partition." Then decide how many partitions and format. Hope this helps
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