Forums
New posts
Articles
Product Reviews
Policies
FAQ
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
General Discussions
Switcher Hangout (Windows to Mac)
Help please: I cannot access my new External Hard Drive!
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="AliOop" data-source="post: 1400099" data-attributes="member: 118941"><p>Slydude and chas_m, maybe I want more than I need. Or perhaps I'm making a mountain out of a moIe hill. Not seeing the forest for the trees so to say? I've heard about Paragon NTFS for Mac. And I'm thinking about it. But I foresee situations where I might have an ext HD formatted for Mac and need or want a Win user to copy or use the info. Having a drive formatted for the Mac OS would present a problem for the Win user. Would it not? Perhaps they could read it but not do much other than that. The same would apply to a Mac user using an ext NTFS drive. </p><p></p><p>It chaps me that the computer world does not have a standard format. But that's the way it is. For my use or another Mac user this would not be a problem. But what about the kazillion Win users out there? How would they deal with reading, copying and writing to an external Mac formatted HD? I'm not too concerned with a thumb/flash drives. I'd reformat them in FAT 32. No big deal. But the larger drives...? What about them? Or for that matter, transferring files to a Win machine?</p><p></p><p>Being a new Mac user these are some of the concerns I have. Why I was not worried about this when I was using Linux - and I still am - I don't know. But I am with Mac. Go figure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AliOop, post: 1400099, member: 118941"] Slydude and chas_m, maybe I want more than I need. Or perhaps I'm making a mountain out of a moIe hill. Not seeing the forest for the trees so to say? I've heard about Paragon NTFS for Mac. And I'm thinking about it. But I foresee situations where I might have an ext HD formatted for Mac and need or want a Win user to copy or use the info. Having a drive formatted for the Mac OS would present a problem for the Win user. Would it not? Perhaps they could read it but not do much other than that. The same would apply to a Mac user using an ext NTFS drive. It chaps me that the computer world does not have a standard format. But that's the way it is. For my use or another Mac user this would not be a problem. But what about the kazillion Win users out there? How would they deal with reading, copying and writing to an external Mac formatted HD? I'm not too concerned with a thumb/flash drives. I'd reformat them in FAT 32. No big deal. But the larger drives...? What about them? Or for that matter, transferring files to a Win machine? Being a new Mac user these are some of the concerns I have. Why I was not worried about this when I was using Linux - and I still am - I don't know. But I am with Mac. Go figure. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
General Discussions
Switcher Hangout (Windows to Mac)
Help please: I cannot access my new External Hard Drive!
Top