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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1212469"><p>1. Mac OS X can read from, but not write to, NTFS (the default format of Windows computers these days).</p><p></p><p>2. You have two options if you want to use this drive with both systems:</p><p>a. Format it as FAT32 and limit your files to no more than 4GB. Macs and PCs and other devices can read and write FAT32</p><p>b. Add an NTFS driver to your Mac (I don't know the best one but there are several) to enable writing to NTFS. Then all three of your systems should be able to read and write to NTFS.</p><p></p><p>Caveat: Do not be tempted to make any other drives NTFS. Your Mac's boot drive MUST be formatted for Mac, as must bootable backups. Storage drives: do what you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1212469"] 1. Mac OS X can read from, but not write to, NTFS (the default format of Windows computers these days). 2. You have two options if you want to use this drive with both systems: a. Format it as FAT32 and limit your files to no more than 4GB. Macs and PCs and other devices can read and write FAT32 b. Add an NTFS driver to your Mac (I don't know the best one but there are several) to enable writing to NTFS. Then all three of your systems should be able to read and write to NTFS. Caveat: Do not be tempted to make any other drives NTFS. Your Mac's boot drive MUST be formatted for Mac, as must bootable backups. Storage drives: do what you want. [/QUOTE]
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