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Converting PC formatted external HD to Mac
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<blockquote data-quote="Kash" data-source="post: 501124" data-attributes="member: 23444"><p>kfordham is correct, if it is formatted as FAT32, then you don't have to change the file system as both OS X and Windows can read and write to the external drive. </p><p></p><p>However, if the drive is formatted as NTFS, then you'll have to convert it to either FAT32 or HFS+ if you want to both read and write to it (OS X can only read from NTFS, not write). What you do is connect the drive to the Mac and open Disk Utility. You'll get formatting options from there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kash, post: 501124, member: 23444"] kfordham is correct, if it is formatted as FAT32, then you don't have to change the file system as both OS X and Windows can read and write to the external drive. However, if the drive is formatted as NTFS, then you'll have to convert it to either FAT32 or HFS+ if you want to both read and write to it (OS X can only read from NTFS, not write). What you do is connect the drive to the Mac and open Disk Utility. You'll get formatting options from there. [/QUOTE]
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