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How to play music formatted in windows on a mac?
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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1696851" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>@Cider Monkey</p><p></p><p>How about trying a simple experiment. You have nothing to lose by this. If everything is gone, it's gone; but maybe not...</p><p></p><p>Let's start by determining how the External Hard Drive (EHD) is actually formatted at this moment. Attach/Mount the EHD.</p><p></p><p>Now go into Disk Utility (found in Finder > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility). Click on Disk Utility (DU).</p><p></p><p>This will open a window showing all mounted drives as well as your Mac's HDD on the Left side.</p><p></p><p>Now click on your EHD (it may have a name if you gave it one or just show as a generic name related to the manufacturer; you are bound to recognise it as it will be the only EHD mounted).</p><p></p><p>Once you have highlighted it - from the top menu on the right of the window, Select Erase (DON'T WORRY, it will not erase anything at this stage)</p><p></p><p>After clicking on Erase, it will open a smaller window or box showing Name, and below it, Format. Note what it says in the FORMAT box. </p><p></p><p>Now hit CANCEL and exit Disk Utility.</p><p><u></u></p><p><u>Please tell us what appeared in the FORMAT box</u>. For that is the crucial factor here. Once we know that, we can take it from there.</p><p></p><p>(in parentheses, I am not only greatly puzzled by what happened like everyone else; but wonder how, if the EHD was somehow really formatted for the Mac, you are able to read it on your Windows PC).</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1696851, member: 83420"] @Cider Monkey How about trying a simple experiment. You have nothing to lose by this. If everything is gone, it's gone; but maybe not... Let's start by determining how the External Hard Drive (EHD) is actually formatted at this moment. Attach/Mount the EHD. Now go into Disk Utility (found in Finder > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility). Click on Disk Utility (DU). This will open a window showing all mounted drives as well as your Mac's HDD on the Left side. Now click on your EHD (it may have a name if you gave it one or just show as a generic name related to the manufacturer; you are bound to recognise it as it will be the only EHD mounted). Once you have highlighted it - from the top menu on the right of the window, Select Erase (DON'T WORRY, it will not erase anything at this stage) After clicking on Erase, it will open a smaller window or box showing Name, and below it, Format. Note what it says in the FORMAT box. Now hit CANCEL and exit Disk Utility. [U] Please tell us what appeared in the FORMAT box[/U]. For that is the crucial factor here. Once we know that, we can take it from there. (in parentheses, I am not only greatly puzzled by what happened like everyone else; but wonder how, if the EHD was somehow really formatted for the Mac, you are able to read it on your Windows PC). Ian [/QUOTE]
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