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Converting PC formatted external HD to Mac
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<blockquote data-quote="focalplane" data-source="post: 501771" data-attributes="member: 34222"><p>What a weird coincidence. i reformatted my WD My Book Premium to HFS last night <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>the mac will read both FAT32 and NTFS as mentioed above but will only write to FAT32. the My Book come preformatted to FAT32.</p><p></p><p>I formatted mine to HFS Journalled and it works great. seems quicker (over firewire).</p><p></p><p>However, im gonna have to put it back to FAT32 and connect it to my PC as im also using a Netgear SC101 which is shared by the PC but the WD Backup software on the mac cant see the shares. Wish i'd checked before formatting DOH!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="focalplane, post: 501771, member: 34222"] What a weird coincidence. i reformatted my WD My Book Premium to HFS last night :) the mac will read both FAT32 and NTFS as mentioed above but will only write to FAT32. the My Book come preformatted to FAT32. I formatted mine to HFS Journalled and it works great. seems quicker (over firewire). However, im gonna have to put it back to FAT32 and connect it to my PC as im also using a Netgear SC101 which is shared by the PC but the WD Backup software on the mac cant see the shares. Wish i'd checked before formatting DOH! [/QUOTE]
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