Error Code -36 This drive worked fine for 2 weeks and now, every time I try to transfer a file from my Mac, I get this message that the file can not be read or written. Has this happened to you? How can I fix it? Error Code -36 This drive worked fine for 2 weeks and now, every time I try to transfer a file from my Mac, I get this message that the file can not be read or written. Has this happened to you?... » Read More Error Code -36 This drive worked fine for 2 weeks and now, every time I try to transfer a file from my Mac, I get this message that the file can not be read or written. Has this happened to you? How can I fix it? « Show Less
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Same problem here. When backing up my music and photos I kept getting this error message, now I'm thinking the hard drive might be dead. Hope I can recover my backed up files.
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The drive is supported, it comes formatted in fat32. You can reformat to mac only or exFat if you want. USB 3 is not supported on macs (yet, you'll need a new mac), but the drive works just fine.I have 2, use them both on mac's and pc's with no issues. Great drive, really fast even on usb2.
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I have a Macbook Air, purchased in 2011, and this drive has worked very well for me. There are some DVDs that it would not play. Not sure why. I took it to Japan, and it switched formats easily so that I could view DVDs from that region. I used it there for 11 weeks and had no problems. Back in the states and it's still going strong. Good luck!
2006924
This Drive is NTFS formatted so it will not work on MAC. For MAC system you will need either FAT32 or MAC journal formatted.
771097
I don't have experience with MAC. However, I am having issues currently with the system. A cloud change was made and all my records are missing. Not very excited about it at this time.
879668
My LaCie is connected to an Apple Extreme Base Station. I also have trouble with transfer rates particularly when backing-up. I connected by Ethernet the first time to back-up 200GB+ -- took about 5 hours. Have only had the LaCie for a few week and have not had time to troubleshoot the transfer rates. Sorry cannot be more helpful.
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If you found out an answer to this problem let me know. I am trying to use it on a windows, from a mac, and it wont even read it.
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I did not format the drive as it was from an older computer and I needed the files from it. If it was a new drive you may need to format it. Most new ones are formatted to use with a Windows computer. I have a Mac and they pretty much will read anything. If it was a new drive I would format it just to make sure it worked with my computer, Mac or PC.
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The file systems are different. You would need a 3rd party program to accomplish both. If you plug the drive into a PC and save files, MAC will not be able to read it. You can reformat it to MAC or PC. Hope this info answers your question.
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I believe it works for PC and Mac. You'll have to do your own formatting and that should take care of it. It's funny you should ask about this drive. I have two of these 1 TB drives both the same. I was doing pretty good up until 2 weeks ago when the most recent drive started to cut out and giving me error messages. I had heard about the port and cable having problems and I think I just started having this problem. I use LaCie because my porche drive is still going and doing great. This "Rugged" model is suspect at this moment. I'm going to try re working it and hope I can get it back in operational mode. Best of luck. I believe it works for PC and Mac. You'll have to do your own formatting and that should take care of it. It's funny you should ask about this drive. I have two of these 1 TB drives both the same. I was doing pretty good up until 2 weeks ago when the most recent drive started to cut out and giving me error messages. I had heard about the port and cable having problems and I think I just started having this problem. I use LaCie because my porche drive is still going and doing great. This "Rugged" model is suspect at this moment. I'm going to try re working it and hope I can get it... » Read More I believe it works for PC and Mac. You'll have to do your own formatting and that should take care of it. It's funny you should ask about this drive. I have two of these 1 TB drives both the same. I was doing pretty good up until 2 weeks ago when the most recent drive started to cut out and giving me error messages. I had heard about the port and cable having problems and I think I just started having this problem. I use LaCie because my porche drive is still going and doing great. This "Rugged" model is suspect at this moment. I'm going to try re working it and hope I can get it back in operational mode. Best of luck. « Show Less
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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?
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Yes, the drive is compatible with a Mac, you'd just have to reformat the drive for the Mac file system, not a big deal to do though.
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Shouldn't be a problem. The Red's are pretty reliable drives but statistically even the best drives have failures. It's possible you got some DOAs. Can you see them in OS X's Disk Utility? If so you can format them there. When you do, click on "security" and slide the slider over one click to the right to the first option which is "erase with one pass of zeroes". This in effect writes to every location on the drive. If there's a problem with the drive the procedure will either hang indefinitely, or take and abnormally long time to complete. It should take about 4 hours for a single 2 TB WD Red to complete a single pass. Shouldn't be a problem. The Red's are pretty reliable drives but statistically even the best drives have failures. It's possible you got some DOAs. Can you see them in OS X's Disk Utility? If so you can format them there. When you do, click on "security" and slide the slider over one click to the right to the first option which is "erase with one pass of zeroes". This in effect writes to every location on the drive. If there's a problem with the drive the procedure will either hang indefinitely, or take and abnormally long time to complete. It should take about 4 hours... » Read More Shouldn't be a problem. The Red's are pretty reliable drives but statistically even the best drives have failures. It's possible you got some DOAs. Can you see them in OS X's Disk Utility? If so you can format them there. When you do, click on "security" and slide the slider over one click to the right to the first option which is "erase with one pass of zeroes". This in effect writes to every location on the drive. If there's a problem with the drive the procedure will either hang indefinitely, or take and abnormally long time to complete. It should take about 4 hours for a single 2 TB WD Red to complete a single pass. « Show Less
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It really depends on the file format, Windows and Mac have never been known to play well together, so the answer is yes the drive will function on either system, but the files you wish to transfer may turn out to be the problem.
1008247
This drive has a lot of computability problems, I would not try it on mac, most likely it will not work.
482506
I have been loking around for an external drive, and I've noticed they all fail! IMO the best way to gois to have 2 of the drives and do a periodic copy of each to each. I have a free agent on my mac and it has been working perfectly, but I am looking for a drive to back up between a PC and a mac. Two cheap drives may be more reliable than a single more expensive, since they all fail and you cant "pay out" of the uncertainty. Change that: Buy two expensive hard drives and dont even fool with the Seagates..
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It is probably the file system your USB drive is formatted to. Mac's can not read NTFS, unfortunately due to the limitation of Fat32, which Macs can read, you can not use NTFS. Try exFAT formatting on your USB drive to allow usage on Mac (10.6.5 and higher) and Windows with 4+ Gig file size support.