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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1189441" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>I would not use that drive. First, it's out of stock.... and second it uses encryption which can result in a loss of all your data should something go wrong. (You can probably use it without the encryption though.) I'm assuming the drive is formatted to FAT-32 if it can be used by both a Mac and PC.</p><p></p><p>However, any external hard drive can be made interchangeable between a Mac and PC by using a common format or special drivers. FAT-32 is a common format between the Mac and a PC but it's limited to a max single file size of around 4 GB. Which can be a disadvantage if you have large video files to store.</p><p></p><p>If you format an external drive to HFS+ or NTFS, special drivers would be needed so that it could be used by both a Mac and PC to read\write.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1189441, member: 46727"] I would not use that drive. First, it's out of stock.... and second it uses encryption which can result in a loss of all your data should something go wrong. (You can probably use it without the encryption though.) I'm assuming the drive is formatted to FAT-32 if it can be used by both a Mac and PC. However, any external hard drive can be made interchangeable between a Mac and PC by using a common format or special drivers. FAT-32 is a common format between the Mac and a PC but it's limited to a max single file size of around 4 GB. Which can be a disadvantage if you have large video files to store. If you format an external drive to HFS+ or NTFS, special drivers would be needed so that it could be used by both a Mac and PC to read\write. [/QUOTE]
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