New Macbook user external hardrive?

stevebullno9 · stevebullno9 #1 (**permalink**)

09-28-2009, 05:44 PM

My Macbook should be delivered by tommorow, it will be my first Mac, and I have always had a windows laptop.

I have Seagate 320GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive (ST3320820U2-RK) that I have songs, photos, videos, and some Uni work on. I just wondered if anyone could tell me if I will be able to use this with my Macbook. And if not how would I go about getting the files for mac use. Most of my Mp3s for my ipod are there so it would be a major bummer to have to lose it all.

This is my first post

Cheers in advance.

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

09-28-2009, 06:18 PM

Your new Mac will be able to read and write to the Seagate if it's formatted to FAT-32. Without third party software, NTFS formatted drives are read only.

Several options are available for third party software to read and write to NTFS drives: Paragon NTFS

Open source software: NTFS 3G

Of the two, I recommend the Paragon driver which is also now compatible with Snow Leopard.

Regards.

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stevebullno9 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 28, 2009 Posts: 1	09-28-2009, 05:44 PM My Macbook should be delivered by tommorow, it will be my first Mac, and I have always had a windows laptop. I have Seagate 320GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive (ST3320820U2-RK) that I have songs, photos, videos, and some Uni work on. I just wondered if anyone could tell me if I will be able to use this with my Macbook. And if not how would I go about getting the files for mac use. Most of my Mp3s for my ipod are there so it would be a major bummer to have to lose it all. This is my first post Cheers in advance.
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chscag #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32,039 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	09-28-2009, 06:18 PM Your new Mac will be able to read and write to the Seagate if it's formatted to FAT-32. Without third party software, NTFS formatted drives are read only. Several options are available for third party software to read and write to NTFS drives: Paragon NTFS Open source software: NTFS 3G Of the two, I recommend the Paragon driver which is also now compatible with Snow Leopard. Regards.
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