do you need to reformat to use with a mac?
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Hi, I'm Jewel with Kingston Technical Support and would like to address your question. All of our USB drives are formatted to FAT32 by default and do not require to be reformatted for use with any particular Operating System. FAT32 is an older file system that is compatible with all current operating systems.
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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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To format it for a MAC, simply plug it in and use Disk Utility (Macintosh HD>Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility) Select the volume of the Flash Drive, select Partition Tab, Select Options (Button), select GUID (use with all newer MACS (2006 and later) Then select HFS+ journaled and name it if you wish. Then "Apply" and it will erase it and set it up for your mac.
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To format it for a MAC, simply plug it in and use Disk Utility (Macintosh HD&gt;Applications&gt;Utilities&gt;Disk Utility) Select the volume of the Flash Drive, select Partition Tab, Select Options (Button), select GUID (use with all newer MACS (2006 and later) Then select HFS+ journaled and name it if you wish. Then "Apply" and it will erase it and set it up for your mac.
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Nope. It's good to go, right out of the box. Works on either platform, or both, with no problems.
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I couldn't get it to be writeable, even after reformatting in several different formats on my mac with Disk Utility.
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It works well on a Mac with the original formatting; I didn't reformat it to HFS+ because I have to use it also with various Unix, Linux and Windows machines, as well as Macs.
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Yes. You will need an enclosure, then connect via usb or thunderbolt, then format the drive Mac OS extended journaled or as need.
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I specifically purchased to back up my MacBook. I am unsure if you can reformat it to use it with a PC.
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Hi Stephen. All my systems are Mac. Therefore I have not tried using a PC format.
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Yes you can. It would need to be reformatted in order to work with both systems. It's default format is NTFS (Windows friendly, not Mac OS). Using a Windows PC and possibly the Mac you can reformat it to exFAT which will allow read/write on both platforms.
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Yes, I reformatted mine to ExFAT immediately after I got it. Been working fine as a media drive I switch between Windows and OSX with no issues at all.
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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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Just to throw in my 2 cents here, the Disk Utility reformat mentioned above in Andrew's post is spot-on. The drive so far as been great to use. However, I'm running Mac 10.5.6 and it was immediately recognized when I first plugged it in: it mounted and Time Machine asked if I wanted to use it for backups... I did the reformatting anyway as the apps on board are no use to a Mac owner. BTW, the $99 price was unbelievable! Fingers crossed on reliability, Yikesboy
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Yes and no. It doesn't necessarily need formatted but the computer you are using it with will probably need the proper drivers, if you are using it as an external hard drive.
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If you were using windows I would say go to disk management and format, create partitions, and give it a drive letter but I have no idea what you need to do with a mac.
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It sure can and it is the first thing I do when I got my new drive. Remember that a OSX formatted drive can only be read by a Mac. (FAT32 can be read by both Mac and PC, so I always keep one or two drives formatted FAT32, the rest are formatted OSX journaled
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Here is a quick tutorial for reformatting this drive to work on a Mac. Very easy and helpfulhttp://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/291/#exfatmac
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you can format it for either or. If you formatted windows you'll only be able to read the files on a Mac. You won't be able to right to it from a Mac and vice versa.
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It will work on a mac computer. Check the file system when you get it. If it is NTFS, yes you will have to reformat. If it is fat32 you can use it in the mac straight away. Either way, I would recommend you reformat it to exfat because fat32 has a much smaller file size limitation.
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Once you plug in the USB cable your Mac should recognize the drive immediately and you can just use disk utilities to reformat the drive to Mac format. Remember if you reformat it to Mac format. A PC may not be able to read the contents of the drive
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Yes, - it has to be reformatted. It's easy - my non-tech sister just did it.