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YvonneC

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on my mac it shows i have movies, but when I try to connect to tv on my usb 2 which is compatible it says the usb memory is disconnected. Help!
I'm using a WD My Passport
 
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Are you sure your tv works with an external harddrives? Quite a few older ones only work with flash drives on the usb.
Another thought, since you use a MAC, is the format of the drive. You should make sure its in FAT32 format to work with both MAC and PC environments. The TV is probably fat/fat32 capable.
 
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thank you, I haven't checked the format. How would I make it compatible with both? The movies were originally downloaded by a friend with windows, but they made the passport readable only so I had to redownload to the passport. Now it's only watchable on my computer.
The tv is new and has two usb ports for 1 and 2. It just says the usb memory is disconnected.
 
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http://www.geek.com/apple/geek-101-how-to-format-a-mac-hard-drive-1485995/


Mac should be able to read/write ntfs, exfat, and fat32 (as well as the mac formats)

What i dont know is what format your tv needs . I would try ntfs first actually. exfat is newer.

Be sure to copy your stuff to the mac before you start, we dont want you loosing anything.
 
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