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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 788227" data-attributes="member: 24160">1.&nbsp; NTFS was the format of the drive - NTSC is the video standard for TV's in the U.S.2.&nbsp; No, your Mac cannot write to NTFS natively.&nbsp; There are a couple of paid apps and at least one free app that will allow your Mac to write to NTFS.&nbsp; They can be found with a little searching of the forum.3.4.&nbsp; It had it's own mini Operating System with a media player on it which is what allowed it to be used on it's own when connected to a TV5.&nbsp; When you formatted the drive, you erased the Screenplay HD's Operating System and it's media player which allowed it to work as advertised.6.&nbsp; The CD/software provided with the drive which allows Windows to transfer music/video to the drive in a way that allowed it to be functional is Windows only software and will not run in OS X even if you could write to the drive.7.&nbsp; For the Screenplay HD to function as advertised and use it with your Mac, you will need to install Windows and then install the provided software in Windows for transferring your files to the drive.8.&nbsp; You will also need to restore the Screenplay HD with it's original OS and media player.9.&nbsp; Or you can use it with your Mac formatted as FAT32 or HFS and use it as a backup drive, but you will have none of the functionality you bought it for of connecting it to the TV and using it's HDMI outputs and the provided remote</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 788227, member: 24160"] 1. NTFS was the format of the drive - NTSC is the video standard for TV's in the U.S. 2. No, your Mac cannot write to NTFS natively. There are a couple of paid apps and at least one free app that will allow your Mac to write to NTFS. They can be found with a little searching of the forum. 3. 4. It had it's own mini Operating System with a media player on it which is what allowed it to be used on it's own when connected to a TV 5. When you formatted the drive, you erased the Screenplay HD's Operating System and it's media player which allowed it to work as advertised. 6. The CD/software provided with the drive which allows Windows to transfer music/video to the drive in a way that allowed it to be functional is Windows only software and will not run in OS X even if you could write to the drive. 7. For the Screenplay HD to function as advertised and use it with your Mac, you will need to install Windows and then install the provided software in Windows for transferring your files to the drive. 8. You will also need to restore the Screenplay HD with it's original OS and media player. 9. Or you can use it with your Mac formatted as FAT32 or HFS and use it as a backup drive, but you will have none of the functionality you bought it for of connecting it to the TV and using it's HDMI outputs and the provided remote [/QUOTE]

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