Win 7 to mac lion Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1 TB USB 3.0/2.0 Ultra Portable External Hard Drive (Black)So i just bought an MBP 13in for college and was wondering can i transfer my files from my win 7 desktop to my MBP. I kno that u can reformat it to work with both system, but i want to kno do u lose ur datas on it after u reformat it? Also if u reformat it do u have limits on how big the file can be? I have about alot of HD movies,musics,etc around 800GB. Win 7 to mac lion Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1 TB USB 3.0/2.0 Ultra Portable External Hard Drive (Black)So i just bought an MBP 13in for college and was wondering can i... » Read More Win 7 to mac lion Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1 TB USB 3.0/2.0 Ultra Portable External Hard Drive (Black)So i just bought an MBP 13in for college and was wondering can i transfer my files from my win 7 desktop to my MBP. I kno that u can reformat it to work with both system, but i want to kno do u lose ur datas on it after u reformat it? Also if u reformat it do u have limits on how big the file can be? I have about alot of HD movies,musics,etc around 800GB. « Show Less
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I also ended up using FAT32; I haven't seen any downside if you want to just store files... except the maximum file size. I don't know of any cross-platform format that has no file size limit, so my advice is FAT32 with the hope somebody else here knows of a better one! :)P.S: I have this exact product, and after a a few different attempts I found FAT32 to work for using it to move stuff from my windows 7 desktop to snow leopard macbook pro
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If you reformat the drive you'll erase all the present data on it. If it's a brand new drive, just format it for FAT32 and both -Win7 and OS X- can read it.As to the file size limit, there is none.
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I think the question is does the drive come preformated for Mac or PC or do you have to format it for either OS and setup two partitions if you want to use it across platforms.
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You should be able to use it on both Windows and Mac to read and write. You just have to reformat the drive for FAT32 rather than NTFS. I did this with my WD my passport ultra, works fine unless Toshiba has documentation that states you cannot format FAT32, but I doubt it.
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in the paper that comes with the drive it directs you to seesupport.wdc.com --> knowledge base article #287The 2TB version I just bought was pre-formatted for NTFS (which Disk Utility recognized just fine...I reformatted for Mac just for the better file system)
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I have recently used it to backup all my photos and iTunes music from my Mac. But it comes setup for windows and has to be reformatted for a Mac. Not sure if you would lose your data.
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Windows does not have native support for reading Mac formatted devices. Mac systems, on the other hand, can read and write FAT32 formatted drives and can read but not write NTFS formatted drives. If you want to use this drive to transfer files between Mac and Windows computers, re-format it as FAT32; or, purchase a drive that is already formatted for the PC.
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If using for MAC you need to buy one formatted for MAC BUFFALO MiniStation Stealth 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive - HD-PCT1U2/BK Buffalo MiniStation Stealth 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive - HD-PCT1U2/BK
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I don't have a Mac with me, so I'll just give you rough instructions. When you're on the desktop, at the top of your screen, one of the menu drop downs will take you to the disk utility. In there, you should see this disk listed somewhere in the left pane. Click the drive to highlight it, then on the right, you'll have an option to erase/format the disk. I believe you format it to extended journaled or something like that, don't pick case sensitive. After you do that, you should be able to use the drive with your Mac. I believe it's originally formatted to NTFS, which should be useable with OSX as well, but not as fully compatible, though it would also work with Windows. If you want good compatibility between the two operating systems, you can format it to FAT32, I believe those are better compatible. I haven't had much time with Macs, so not 100% sure on that, but you can give it a try. :)
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On my computers (Macbook Air and iMac) this loads as a drive and I can backup or do anything else I can do regularly with any other type of drive with this unit, up to its capacity of 128GB. Note, though, that my experience is under MacOSX and not Windows. My sense is that it should work the same way with Windows but i have not tested it. Good luck.
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I'm not sure what you mean by 'perfectly,' but I use it in a macbook air without issue. I did not need to reformat it. I immediately transferred data to it and then transferred data from it to a PC laptop at work. I have loaned it to folks with Macbook Pros and PCs to upload data from it and no one has had any issues. I hope that helps.
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I use it for my Macbook pro, as I selected Mac cable to connect with it, It works perfectly with me. I can transfer a lot of data in a short time. I know that this device is compatible with Mac and Windows but I prefer it with Mac because it has Time Machine Software to backup your data for double protection of data loss, this feature available only for Mac and supported to all Apple products. For further information contact their support team at www.g-technology.com. Thanks for contacting me and I hope this helped you. Regards.
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Worked fine for me. Didn't work with my 32GB USB, but it worked fine with my 2GB one.1. Plug the USB drive.2. Hit record (the gray button).3. Hit play (the silver button).Here are instructions to format the USB drive for DOS using a Mac computer:http://www.hgst.com/support/faqs/how-format-my-drive-use-windows-and-mac-fat32
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I actually have the WD My Passport for Mac 1TB and it is functional with OS X Yosemite (version 10.10.1). I back up my MacBook Pro approx. every ten days.
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Yes, I have a USB 2 drive connected to that port. It shows up om Mac as another volume (drive) as if it were plugged into the computer. I believe it will show up in Win explorer as just another drive. Don't know the transfer rate. That depends a lot on your network.
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This hard drive can be used on Windows, and inside the drive there is a folder for mac. Because it's an external USB 3.0 drive (compatible with 2.0), you can work for backups or data store from several devices.
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I have used with XP, 7, Linux and assorted flavors of Mac OS. There is no reason it should not work with Win 8. 8 is a NTFS file system - the same as Win 7. If I recall correctly, the WD Elements is a FAT 32 formatted drive - and should work just fine. You can easily reformat as NTFS if desired.
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Can't help with any specific advice as I am using my drive with a Mac, but I can't see why there would be a problem. If you received a drive pre-formatted for a Macintosh, then doubtless, you need to use a Windows program to reformat it. Good Luck!