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Help reading USB that is Windows-formatted on MAC
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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1595633" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>If you formatted the USB drive on your Mac after you put the files on it via the Windows computer, then all the files are now gone. The simplest way to go about sharing files is to use FAT32 on the USB drive (exFAT is probably a better choice due to fewer limitations). If you need to use NTFS for any reason, then get a 3rd party driver to enable OS X to write to an NTFS drive (it can only read them natively). Paragon NTFS is the one we recommend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1595633, member: 38864"] If you formatted the USB drive on your Mac after you put the files on it via the Windows computer, then all the files are now gone. The simplest way to go about sharing files is to use FAT32 on the USB drive (exFAT is probably a better choice due to fewer limitations). If you need to use NTFS for any reason, then get a 3rd party driver to enable OS X to write to an NTFS drive (it can only read them natively). Paragon NTFS is the one we recommend. [/QUOTE]
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