this drive will be hooked up to my Mac, BUT I will store photo files on it which will from time to time be TRANSFERRED to a PC. Yes? No?
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Only if you format it as MS-DOS (FAT). If you format it as OSX Extended, no. Windows can't access it typically that way.
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You would have to find a way to get the hard drive to work for both a Mac and a PC before anything. Then i believe if the pictures are in some type of JPEG format it shall work.
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I'm assuming you will only connect the My Book to your Mac and copy photos from the My Book through another device (USB Drive, cloud storage, etc.) to the PC. Photo (graphic) formats are interchangeable between platforms (OS X. Windows, etc.). I regularly move photos from the WD My Book on my iMac to a USB drive or Dropbox to copy to my Windows laptop, and vice versa. Graphic formats are OS independent and transfer freely back and forth between platforms. The WD My Book will work just fine for this. If you wanted to connect the My Book to BOTH the Mac and PC, you would have to format it as Mr. Moore mentioned in order for it to connect to both devices. I'm assuming you will only connect the My Book to your Mac and copy photos from the My Book through another device (USB Drive, cloud storage, etc.) to the PC. Photo (graphic) formats are interchangeable between platforms (OS X. Windows, etc.). I regularly move photos from the WD My Book on my iMac to a USB drive or Dropbox to copy to my Windows laptop, and vice versa. Graphic formats are OS independent and transfer freely back and forth between platforms. The WD My Book will work just fine for this. If you wanted to connect the My Book to BOTH the Mac and PC, you would have to format it as... » Read More I'm assuming you will only connect the My Book to your Mac and copy photos from the My Book through another device (USB Drive, cloud storage, etc.) to the PC. Photo (graphic) formats are interchangeable between platforms (OS X. Windows, etc.). I regularly move photos from the WD My Book on my iMac to a USB drive or Dropbox to copy to my Windows laptop, and vice versa. Graphic formats are OS independent and transfer freely back and forth between platforms. The WD My Book will work just fine for this. If you wanted to connect the My Book to BOTH the Mac and PC, you would have to format it as Mr. Moore mentioned in order for it to connect to both devices. « Show Less
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You should be able to access most files that have a common app (Mac and PC) - the challenge will be saving any updates. Typically PC formatted external drives are FAT32, which will convert to the MAC, but not able to be write enabled back. The exception will be music and photos, they should be available for iTunes and iPhoto imports.
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Not sure, since I do not own a Mac computer. This question should be referred to the Seagate Customer Support.
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yes, the device in general is USB so it will interface. It will depend on the format of the drive as to how it is accessible. MAC can read NTFS, so your friend shouldn't have a problem. But yes it will work fine for both. The software that come with it can be downloaded for either pc or mac
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Yes. It's easy to setup since the drive operates independently from either Windows or Mac.
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No problem at all just plug the usb into your mac and browse files like you normally would
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I believe you can format it for PC even though it was designed for mac. I have 350 of it designated as a mac partition and 50 of it designated as a PC partition, just in case I have to store something from a PC. You can check the LaCie website for more information.
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Well you would have to format it to the mac format anyways, it takes seconds, drive is a beast!
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Yeah I have a mac and used it. If you want to be able to use it and switch between a mac and a pc, format it. Here's some directions. I did this because I gave this usb to someone full of music as a Christmas present. http://www.ehow.com/how_5795930_format-usb-drive-mac-pc.html
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The file systems are different. You would need a 3rd party program to accomplish both. If you plug the drive into a PC and save files, MAC will not be able to read it. You can reformat it to MAC or PC. Hope this info answers your question.
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not really, there is a default software in the Mac, just like in windows that can transfer photos to your Mac.
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I can't really say as I don't have a mac but would think as long as you can plug in the usb it would. It transfers great on to my PC just like you were using a flash drive.
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I don't have a MAC, but to my knowledge this is Sata and they all provide info via the Sata cables.. othern than that this drive is barebones.
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I use this strictly to do OSX backups using TimeMachine. This drive is formatted for use with Apple computers and is not formatted to be accessed by PCs. I have no idea what you are trying to accomplish, whether it is backing up data using backup tools or just trying to copy files to an external drive that either system can read. Regardless, this is not a good, cost effective, starting point for you. You would need to totally reformat the drive and consider if your PC supports USB 3 because this drive is built to support that higher transfer rate.
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I use PC not MAC. You could use this hard drive, however, WD support for MAC is not the best. I would suggest Seagate, Hitachi, or Samsung as they provide better support. You may also need to download additional drivers no matter which Hard drive you choose. I also suggest you check our ZDNET's recent article on the Best Hard Drives.
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Yes. Time Machine can automatically back up to this, and you can use the drive as a regular network share and store files on it that you no longer want on your mac. It works well with OSX, works horribly with Windows.
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The USB connection is for uploading it to your computer. Do not know about MAC, Sorry