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macOS - Operating System
Portable Hard drive works on Mac, but Not on PC
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<blockquote data-quote="jc1350" data-source="post: 542825" data-attributes="member: 18867"><p>You need to run Disk Utility and "erase" the drive and have it use the "MSDOS File System" (from the drop-down menu).</p><p></p><p>I could be wrong, but I suspect that you NEED it with the Mac OS file system to use Time Machine.</p><p></p><p>And, again I could be wrong, but I think the disk has to be dedicated to Time Machine (you can't/shouldn't use it for other purposes).</p><p></p><p>If Time Machine does require the Mac file system, you could try partitioning the drive with 2 partitions (done via Disk Utility), put Mac OS file system (journaled) on one partition and MS DOS file system on the other. </p><p></p><p>I do this with a very large external drive I use for different things. On the Windows machine it will mount only the MSDOS partition; the Mac will mount both.</p><p></p><p>But, again, I do not know if this will work with Time Machine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jc1350, post: 542825, member: 18867"] You need to run Disk Utility and "erase" the drive and have it use the "MSDOS File System" (from the drop-down menu). I could be wrong, but I suspect that you NEED it with the Mac OS file system to use Time Machine. And, again I could be wrong, but I think the disk has to be dedicated to Time Machine (you can't/shouldn't use it for other purposes). If Time Machine does require the Mac file system, you could try partitioning the drive with 2 partitions (done via Disk Utility), put Mac OS file system (journaled) on one partition and MS DOS file system on the other. I do this with a very large external drive I use for different things. On the Windows machine it will mount only the MSDOS partition; the Mac will mount both. But, again, I do not know if this will work with Time Machine. [/QUOTE]
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