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Jumping in with both feet !. Only took 10 years.
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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 1304713" data-attributes="member: 8287"><p>Do you know how your 2TB External is formatted? If it's FAT32 it will work with OSX just fine, but I would later move the files and format it native OSX. If it's NTFS, out of the box, you will be able to plug it in and read the files but not write. There are a few ways to enable NTFS Write, one a terminal command and a few apps. If I were you though and only going to use the external with your new iMac, I would copy off the files and again partiton the drive using Apples file system.</p><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/" target="_blank">Paragon</a></strong> is the best (to me) software for using OSX with NTFS formated drives.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to Mac Forums BTW! Feel free to ask away and we will do our best to help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 1304713, member: 8287"] Do you know how your 2TB External is formatted? If it's FAT32 it will work with OSX just fine, but I would later move the files and format it native OSX. If it's NTFS, out of the box, you will be able to plug it in and read the files but not write. There are a few ways to enable NTFS Write, one a terminal command and a few apps. If I were you though and only going to use the external with your new iMac, I would copy off the files and again partiton the drive using Apples file system. [b][URL="http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/"]Paragon[/URL][/b] is the best (to me) software for using OSX with NTFS formated drives. Welcome to Mac Forums BTW! Feel free to ask away and we will do our best to help. [/QUOTE]
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