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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1189225" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>Formatting an external hard drive for the Macintosh is easy, but there are a number of steps that it is best not to skip. A nice article on this here:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://help.bombich.com/kb/overview/format" target="_blank">Formatting your hard drive for use with Carbon Copy Cloner / General Overview of the Features of CCC / FAQs - Bombich Software Support</a></p><p></p><p>While it used to be that you could confidently purchase any external hard drive, no matter which platform the box said that it was for, and reformat it for the Macintosh, that isn't the case anymore, especially with respect to Seagate hard drives. You may want to read this thread:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://macosx.com/forums/hardware-peripherals/307522-seagate-freeagent-desk-external-drive-mac.html" target="_blank">Seagate FreeAgent Desk External Drive on Mac - macosx.com</a></p><p></p><p>___________________________________________</p><p></p><p>Randy B. Singer</p><p>Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)</p><p></p><p>Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance</p><p><a href="http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html" target="_blank">OS X Maintenance And Troubleshooting</a></p><p>___________________________________________</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1189225, member: 190607"] Formatting an external hard drive for the Macintosh is easy, but there are a number of steps that it is best not to skip. A nice article on this here: [url=http://help.bombich.com/kb/overview/format]Formatting your hard drive for use with Carbon Copy Cloner / General Overview of the Features of CCC / FAQs - Bombich Software Support[/url] While it used to be that you could confidently purchase any external hard drive, no matter which platform the box said that it was for, and reformat it for the Macintosh, that isn't the case anymore, especially with respect to Seagate hard drives. You may want to read this thread: [url=http://macosx.com/forums/hardware-peripherals/307522-seagate-freeagent-desk-external-drive-mac.html]Seagate FreeAgent Desk External Drive on Mac - macosx.com[/url] ___________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance [url=http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html]OS X Maintenance And Troubleshooting[/url] ___________________________________________ [/QUOTE]
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