External Hard Drive for Mac OS X
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Hey all, quick question about Macs. (I am a Windows user with basically no mac knowledge, so consider me a complete newbie to the world of Apple![:)]( ":)")
Are all external hard drives compatible with a Macbook? I need an external (USB) hard drive to get a bunch of iTunes movies off a Macbook. (and I'd like to be able to watch them on the Macbook when the hard drive is connected to it as well.)
What do I need to know to purchase one?
Thanks!
Are all external hard drives compatible with a Macbook? I need an external (USB) hard drive to get a bunch of iTunes movies off a Macbook. (and I'd like to be able to watch them on the Macbook when the hard drive is connected to it as well.)
What do I need to know to purchase one?
Thanks!
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U won't have any problems with a drive formatted in fat32 other than the 4GB file size limit. (most external drives use FAT32 by default)
If you want to move bigger files, u either have to split them or use NTFS.
Mac OS 10.6 does support writing to NTFS but doesn't enable it by default. Here's how u can do it:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20090913140...
If you want to move bigger files, u either have to split them or use NTFS.
Mac OS 10.6 does support writing to NTFS but doesn't enable it by default. Here's how u can do it:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20090913140...
Vladyka said:
You do not need anything. Almost whatever you connect to a Mac works, except some Sony devices (walkmans, for example) but there are few.Just buy some external HDD (I would recommend iomega product) and enjoy it.
Vladyka
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