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Apple Computing Products:
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Maxtor USB hard drive on Mac OSX
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 810304" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Your new Maxtor hard drive is probably formatted as NTFS. In order to format it so that it will be read\write capable from your MacBook you'll need to use either FAT-32 or HFS+. FAT-32 is compatible with most operating systems but can not be used with Time Machine. If you intend to use the drive as backup for Time Machine, you will have to use HFS+.</p><p></p><p>Attach the drive to your MacBook. It should mount on your desktop. Open Utilities, Disk Utilities. Highlight the line that shows the disk capacity. Click erase at the top of the screen. Now select the format you wish to use. (see info above)</p><p></p><p>Name the drive if you wish. Click on erase again and the formatting should begin. May take a while if the drive is large. Once it's done the drive will be ready for read\write from your MacBook.</p><p></p><p>This website may help. <a href="http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html" target="_blank">Link</a></p><p></p><p>Regards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 810304, member: 46727"] Your new Maxtor hard drive is probably formatted as NTFS. In order to format it so that it will be read\write capable from your MacBook you'll need to use either FAT-32 or HFS+. FAT-32 is compatible with most operating systems but can not be used with Time Machine. If you intend to use the drive as backup for Time Machine, you will have to use HFS+. Attach the drive to your MacBook. It should mount on your desktop. Open Utilities, Disk Utilities. Highlight the line that shows the disk capacity. Click erase at the top of the screen. Now select the format you wish to use. (see info above) Name the drive if you wish. Click on erase again and the formatting should begin. May take a while if the drive is large. Once it's done the drive will be ready for read\write from your MacBook. This website may help. [URL="http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html"]Link[/URL] Regards. [/QUOTE]
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