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<blockquote data-quote="mrplow" data-source="post: 1358270" data-attributes="member: 38928"><p>That drive comes pre-formatted with the NTFS file system. OSX can natively read from NTFS but it can't write to it.</p><p></p><p>Your options really depend on how you intend to use it. </p><p>If it's going to be used purely for Mac use, I'd go to Disk Utility and format for mac HFS+.</p><p>If you want to exchange/share files across OSX and Windows, leave it as NTFS and treat yourself to a $20 copy of Paragon's NTFS software. Which enables read and write of NTFS on OSX.</p><p></p><p>The alternative is to get yourself a different drive that supports not just USB but firewire and/or thunderbolt as an interface.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the forums btw. There are many knowledgeable and friendly people on here. I switched in 2007 this forum was been the single biggest resource for learning Mac.</p><p></p><p>Feel free to start a new thread on your email issues and anything else. There's no saying there's an answer for every query but if nothing else it may help ease the transition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrplow, post: 1358270, member: 38928"] That drive comes pre-formatted with the NTFS file system. OSX can natively read from NTFS but it can't write to it. Your options really depend on how you intend to use it. If it's going to be used purely for Mac use, I'd go to Disk Utility and format for mac HFS+. If you want to exchange/share files across OSX and Windows, leave it as NTFS and treat yourself to a $20 copy of Paragon's NTFS software. Which enables read and write of NTFS on OSX. The alternative is to get yourself a different drive that supports not just USB but firewire and/or thunderbolt as an interface. Welcome to the forums btw. There are many knowledgeable and friendly people on here. I switched in 2007 this forum was been the single biggest resource for learning Mac. Feel free to start a new thread on your email issues and anything else. There's no saying there's an answer for every query but if nothing else it may help ease the transition. [/QUOTE]
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