need to reformat for Mac?
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The canned answer is no. There is a NTFS Driver for MAC OS that allows you to read/write an NTFS partition. This allows you to share the same files and folders with a Windows-based machine. Now that I've said that, let's talk about why this might not be the best idea. NTFS is a proprietary file system format developed by Microsoft. There are several drivers out there that tout "full compatibility" with NTFS; Seagate and Paragon are just two. I wouldn't bet my family photos and important documents on that statement, unless Microsoft itself created the driver. It's just another example of unwanted risk. I love the fact that it's convenient to share the drive between both, but there are other ways to accomplish this that are less risky. Personally, I reformat the drives to "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" and share the volume to my other systems using the File Sharing capability of the Mac OS. I also run VMWare's Fusion on my Mac, and share a path from my Mac OS volumes to my Virtual Windows Machine in order to perform data transfers. Bottom line, you can leave the volume NTFS. Seagate includes the driver that allows the Mac OS to write to an NTFS volume (or you can download it if needed). I do not know of any specific problems with this configuration. However, it is not a configuration that I use; call it professional paranoia if you like. I hope that answers your question and helps with your decision.
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Yes it will. It comes formatted as NTFS which is Windows only but it is very simple to reformat it to FAT32 on your Mac to make it work. Don't spend the extra money on the Mac specific drive. Search youtube for Reformatting a drive from NTFS to FAT32.
211416
Yes, - it has to be reformatted. It's easy - my non-tech sister just did it.
2113269
No. Do not reformat to use on a Mac. Each time my computer is shut down, the Porsche window opens, informs that the device cannot be found -- is then found -- and asks again if I/you want the device reformatted. Click: No.Aside from this minor annoyance, the device appears to work fine.
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Can't say. Never owned an Apple product. I would think you'd be able to use without reformatting as FAT32
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Use Disk Utility to format the drive as a Mac drive. Takes about 2 minutes.
684979
Yes you can. When you go to format it make sure you set it to be used on both macs and pcs.
1036809
I'm not familiar with Mac, but I think the problem is that you can not keep changing the format. I would advise that if it works on one of those, use it for that and purchase a new one for the other. The problem today is that programs and computers update too fast and the older ones become obsolete. Hope that helps.
135685
I am an idiot- specifically, how do you format this for a Mac? Also, is it fine to do this, or should I buy a specific hard drive already formated or designed for Macs?
878343
Yes but it has to be formatted. It won't work with data from both windows and Mac
1510454
I have not done that but I see no reason you can't. When a disk is formatted it is optimized for the PC or Mac operating system but the files are not affected. My Rocstore has been a solid performer since it was installed but at the moment I am an all Mac operation.
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You just need to reformat your drive to HFS+ (Mac OS Extended) or some other format that allows for read/write access to your drive on MacOS. You can usually do this in Disk Utility on your Mac. If you are unfamiliar with reformatting Hard Drives try Googling for a How-to. It's not difficult. Just a warning in case you've already saved anything on you drive from a PC--reformatting will completely wipe any saved/existing data on that drive.
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it all depends on how you use it. This version I bought was the drive formatted for MAC OS
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I used an msd card right out of the package and it worked fine, however, I do not know if Apple reformats the sd card. Your MacBook may have an option of reformatting in several different formats including the format the card was originally in. Experiment and check it out.
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The drive for mac comes already formatted for an apple computer. The regular one would need to be formatted to use in a mac. This can be done by you after it is purchased in disk utility.
603727
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!
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I'm sorry to say that I can't help you because I don't use Macbook Pro AND my operating system is older than yours as well. But I would suggest you contact support provided by EZCAP as they were helpful to me with my Mac! Oh, you could try changing the default choice for what file format you want to use - I had to do that (choose the only other option available as they only had two)!