- External hard drives, thumb drives, USB drives, Flash memory cards, and devices like iPod are examples of storage devices that you can connect to your Mac using Thunderbolt, USB, or FireWire cables, or connect wirelessly using Bluetooth. Storage devices (such as external hard drives.
- Mac owners have good machines, with plenty of battery life and power. Backing the hard drive up to an external HD is tricky, though, which is why we've put together this guide on how to backup a.
Transcend Hard Drive Reviews
Typically new hard drives, or ones that have been used with Windows, are formatted to NTFS. Macs can read but not write to NTFS. Are you sure the drive is fully functional with your Mac? If you format a drive to Mac format you will find it does not work with windows unless you buy third party software to enable it. Likewise, you have to use third party software to get NTFS to fully work on Macs. The only format that really works with both without additional support is FAT, but there are many limitations to using this pretty old formatting system. There's no ideal solution for dual use and it would help to have more details as to what you intend to do with this drive. I use a Flash drive for dual use but I leave it as FAT since I don't need to copy on huge files.
Jun 12, 2012 7:19 AM
How To Format Transcend Hard Drive For Mac And Pc
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- How To Format Transcend Hard Drive For Mac And Pc
- Transcend External Hard Drive For Mac
- External hard drives, thumb drives, USB drives, Flash memory cards, and devices like iPod are examples of storage devices that you can connect to your Mac using Thunderbolt, USB, or FireWire cables, or connect wirelessly using Bluetooth. Storage devices (such as external hard drives.
- Mac owners have good machines, with plenty of battery life and power. Backing the hard drive up to an external HD is tricky, though, which is why we've put together this guide on how to backup a.
Transcend Hard Drive Reviews
Typically new hard drives, or ones that have been used with Windows, are formatted to NTFS. Macs can read but not write to NTFS. Are you sure the drive is fully functional with your Mac? If you format a drive to Mac format you will find it does not work with windows unless you buy third party software to enable it. Likewise, you have to use third party software to get NTFS to fully work on Macs. The only format that really works with both without additional support is FAT, but there are many limitations to using this pretty old formatting system. There's no ideal solution for dual use and it would help to have more details as to what you intend to do with this drive. I use a Flash drive for dual use but I leave it as FAT since I don't need to copy on huge files.
Jun 12, 2012 7:19 AM
How To Format Transcend Hard Drive For Mac And Pc
Transcend External Hard Drive For Mac
Transcend makes my favorite external hard drives and this is no exception. Transferring data is fast and easy with its USB 3.0 specs. The hard drive's high capacity ensures that I can wait another few years before filling it completely or forced to upgrade.
