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- Macbook Pro 14" M1 Pro, 16GB, 1TB, OS 12.6.9
I have something that i've been noticing little by little. About a year ago, before I made the PC to Mac switch, I bought an external USB drive and backed up all my data. I formatted the drive in FAT32, knowing i'd probably be switching to a Mac sometime after.
Fast forward...i've been noticing that a number of my pictures have some very noticeable degradation and pixelation. I'd like to know where in the process this happened, but it's tough, as a lot of these are digital camera pics from family events and stuff that I don't look at very often.
I guess it could be from the following:
-Transferring from the PC to the external drive.
-Transferring from the PC to the Mac.
-Moving the Data around within the drive(s) to organize it.
-Defragmenting the drive when I was using it with the PC.
-Something else.
Any ideas on how this can happen, and how I can avoid it in the future? I plan on replacing the HD in my Macbook, and i'm afraid that i'll have files degrading that I won't be able to replace.
-Nick
Fast forward...i've been noticing that a number of my pictures have some very noticeable degradation and pixelation. I'd like to know where in the process this happened, but it's tough, as a lot of these are digital camera pics from family events and stuff that I don't look at very often.
I guess it could be from the following:
-Transferring from the PC to the external drive.
-Transferring from the PC to the Mac.
-Moving the Data around within the drive(s) to organize it.
-Defragmenting the drive when I was using it with the PC.
-Something else.
Any ideas on how this can happen, and how I can avoid it in the future? I plan on replacing the HD in my Macbook, and i'm afraid that i'll have files degrading that I won't be able to replace.
-Nick