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I've searched many threads here and still can't find someone with the exact problem as me. (Or the description wasn't quite as exact)
Anyhow, I have several problems and I've listed them below:
1.) My external hard drive that I've used previously with my PC before switching to my Mac is only readable to my Mac but not writable. Do I need to reformat my entire hard drive or is there some setting I can tweak? And if I need to reformat it, do I use my Mac to reformat or my PC? I'd like it to be both readable and writable with any Mac and PC.
2.) I've got 3 pendrives out of which the first two were used on my PC before buying the Mac and the last one was first used on my Mac. When I inject them into my Mac to transfer / delete files and then inject them into my PC, the PC will show hidden files on my pendrives with the extension ".trash" which are all just duplicates of the files I have transferred into the pendrives. They take up the same space (as the original files) even after deleting the originals and cannot be seen or deleted from my Mac.
I've read from other websites that these .trash files are created by my Mac when ejecting the pendrives. I used to use an application (I think it was "FinderCleaner") that worked really well but it is no longer usable or downloadable after several months.
I've also tried deleting the original files from my pendrive and then right-clicking on my trash can with the drive window open and click "Empty Trash". It frees up some space (not all) but the .trash files are still there when I check with my PC.
Is there some way I can delete the .trash files with my Mac instead of having to use my PC every time? Or do I also need to reformat them with my Mac? Would they be read- and writable on my PC after reformating too?
And would there also be .trash files on my external hard drive once it is writable?
Thanks a lot in advance for anyone's reply. I really appreciate it because this problem is quite a... well, problem for me.
Anyhow, I have several problems and I've listed them below:
1.) My external hard drive that I've used previously with my PC before switching to my Mac is only readable to my Mac but not writable. Do I need to reformat my entire hard drive or is there some setting I can tweak? And if I need to reformat it, do I use my Mac to reformat or my PC? I'd like it to be both readable and writable with any Mac and PC.
2.) I've got 3 pendrives out of which the first two were used on my PC before buying the Mac and the last one was first used on my Mac. When I inject them into my Mac to transfer / delete files and then inject them into my PC, the PC will show hidden files on my pendrives with the extension ".trash" which are all just duplicates of the files I have transferred into the pendrives. They take up the same space (as the original files) even after deleting the originals and cannot be seen or deleted from my Mac.
I've read from other websites that these .trash files are created by my Mac when ejecting the pendrives. I used to use an application (I think it was "FinderCleaner") that worked really well but it is no longer usable or downloadable after several months.
I've also tried deleting the original files from my pendrive and then right-clicking on my trash can with the drive window open and click "Empty Trash". It frees up some space (not all) but the .trash files are still there when I check with my PC.
Is there some way I can delete the .trash files with my Mac instead of having to use my PC every time? Or do I also need to reformat them with my Mac? Would they be read- and writable on my PC after reformating too?
And would there also be .trash files on my external hard drive once it is writable?
Thanks a lot in advance for anyone's reply. I really appreciate it because this problem is quite a... well, problem for me.