Can I use this interchangeably between a mac and pc?
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Tabitha. I am not certain because I do not normally use MACs. However....note the tech specs on Amazon.com. It says "Preformatted for PCs, easily reformatted for Macs" What this PROBABLY means is the drive is NTFS formatted (Microsoft proprietary formatted) so will work plug and play with PCs running Microsoft operating systems. Which is why I can just plug it into a USB port and begin using it. For a MAC user you will probably have to format it (to HFS) for your specific MAC operating system. It should be fairly straight-forward. The manufacturer gives directions for this here: http://www.hgst.com/support/faqs/how-format-my-drive-mac-only-hfsHope this helps.Tim Tabitha. I am not certain because I do not normally use MACs. However....note the tech specs on Amazon.com. It says "Preformatted for PCs, easily reformatted for Macs" What this PROBABLY means is the drive is NTFS formatted (Microsoft proprietary formatted) so will work plug and play with PCs running Microsoft operating systems. Which is why I can just plug it into a USB port and begin using it. For a MAC user you will probably have to format it (to HFS) for your specific MAC operating system. It should be fairly straight-forward. The manufacturer gives directions for this here:... » Read More Tabitha. I am not certain because I do not normally use MACs. However....note the tech specs on Amazon.com. It says "Preformatted for PCs, easily reformatted for Macs" What this PROBABLY means is the drive is NTFS formatted (Microsoft proprietary formatted) so will work plug and play with PCs running Microsoft operating systems. Which is why I can just plug it into a USB port and begin using it. For a MAC user you will probably have to format it (to HFS) for your specific MAC operating system. It should be fairly straight-forward. The manufacturer gives directions for this here: http://www.hgst.com/support/faqs/how-format-my-drive-mac-only-hfsHope this helps.Tim « Show Less
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I re-read your question. It sounds like you want to use it on BOTH a MAC and a PC from interchangeably. One to do this which I am familiar with is to format the drive to FAT32. This makes it readable and writable by both mac and windows os...however there are file size limitations with FAT32...but as long as your files are smaller than a couple GB you should be good. There are other solutions....but would be best if you conduct the research yourself.
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I only used this with a Mac, it had to format to the Mac, not sure it can to two devices.
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You can partition a drive into two or more partitions. Each partition can be formatted differently. One of them can be for a Mac and the other can be for a PC.
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I believe so, but is a piece of crap. It failed on my 4th time of using it and it out of warranty.
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I don't know much about Macs but I would say no. I don't know of any internal PC hardware that will work in a mac.
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Can you further explain how to format this for Mac -- and can it be interswitched between a Mac and a PC?
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I have PC's only. I believe you will have no problems using this mouse on both PC and Mac because you will be connecting through the mouse different channels.
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Yes, it will work perfectly for a PC, its the Mac that would need an adjustment,
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Yes. You can mix Mac & PC. However, depending on your keyboard, because of CMD & CNTL keys, you may wish to find a shareware app for Mac that will remap the CMD and CNTL keys with each other, so a PC keyboard will work with the familiarity you have when you are on the Mac.
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I'm not knowledgeable about Mac, but it should theoretically work with any PC software that can work with generic audio devices.
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I am no expert. However, having and being familiar with it, I would venture to respond That I could see no apparent reason why it would not work on mac as well as PC. I would think it to be fairly universal.
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Yes but it has to be formatted. It won't work with data from both windows and Mac
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Absolutely. And cross compatible between PC and Mac even. I highly recommend this product.
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I only use IOS software and it works great. Easy to set up, connect right away, even overseas. Not sure about PC or Mac. Sorry for not being able to help.
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Yes. On Mac use image capture app and use preview to convert to anything you want. On pc use included software in box.
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i'm using pc and it works. do not know about mac osx, sorry i am unable to help.
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I have the same setup as you. Mac at home and PC at work. We use them on both systems.
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Yes, easily. I use it with my PC and I think it'll work with a Mac as well.
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I'm using it on my mac book right now... can't see why it wouldn't work on a pc.
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Yes both Mac and PC compatible. It can connect with Pin port or HDMI cable. It has turned out to be a decent monitor. Heads up that the little raised bumps on bottom right are the adjustment buttons, it took me forever to figure that out! That's how you'll select the connection type you're using.