My HDD from MACBook doesn't get recognised either on Windows or on MACBOOK Pro, other HDD (Windows formatted) works fine. Any suggestions?
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I only used it on Windows however the unit malfunctioned and died within 2 weeks. I do not recommend this product
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Thank you so much for your response! You also answered my next question as to whether or not it would recognize external HDDs connected to the Mac.Have you experimented connecting external drives to the WD TV Live Plus directly through the USB? If so are you able to transfer files wirelessly from your Mac to the external drive?It's a shame the WD TV Live Plus doesn't have built in wireless like the Apple TV.
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I don't have a MacBook (but I have used macs in the past and like the ability to just plug something in and have it work - but would encourage you to look elsewhere for a good external USB drive - the one I got was a POS!
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you have to go in to the utility of the drive an you'll see a box for formatting the drive to use for mac. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq6-KQ3o2uk this is a good place to start and you can find more it you look up on the internet how to set up "WD My Book Hard Drive for Mac 2..."
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Can't help with any specific advice as I am using my drive with a Mac, but I can't see why there would be a problem. If you received a drive pre-formatted for a Macintosh, then doubtless, you need to use a Windows program to reformat it. Good Luck!
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in the paper that comes with the drive it directs you to seesupport.wdc.com --> knowledge base article #287The 2TB version I just bought was pre-formatted for NTFS (which Disk Utility recognized just fine...I reformatted for Mac just for the better file system)
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I put in a drive with data on it and windows wouldn't recognize it unless I formatted it first. Works fine after formatting, but I had to backup all of my data before using the drive.
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Windows does not read Mac formatted dis as far as I know. I have an external floppy drive that I use with Windows 7 Pro for my wives use in the law office. There is nothing in the specs that says that it will allow Windows to read Mac formatted disc. Sorry
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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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Just got one and it works great, but no, it doesn't show up in Mac OS X as a drive. I'm using 10.4.6 and can't see it in the finder, disk utility, or in /Volumes/. Bummer.
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I, too, have a Mac and a Windows. I've ended up having separate hard drives for each. Most of my data--years and years of documents and images--are on my Windows computer. I got the Mac because I needed a laptop and didn't want to get Vista. My experience is that I can plug the Windows hard drive to the Mac and it will recognize and read just about everything. The PC, on the other hand, will not recognize the drive from the Mac (at best) or will have a blue-screen tantrum (at worst--so far).
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Two things you can try... 1. Try and reinstall it from scratch. As if it is brand new. OR... Check your device manager in your computer and make sure it is selected. Hope it helps! :-) (And what you'll want to select is the BD (which is your external disc drive we're trying to get recognized)...
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My Mac is USB 2.0 as well and the WD HD is perfectly compatible, no problems encountered.
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I don't have a Mac with me, so I'll just give you rough instructions. When you're on the desktop, at the top of your screen, one of the menu drop downs will take you to the disk utility. In there, you should see this disk listed somewhere in the left pane. Click the drive to highlight it, then on the right, you'll have an option to erase/format the disk. I believe you format it to extended journaled or something like that, don't pick case sensitive. After you do that, you should be able to use the drive with your Mac. I believe it's originally formatted to NTFS, which should be useable with OSX as well, but not as fully compatible, though it would also work with Windows. If you want good compatibility between the two operating systems, you can format it to FAT32, I believe those are better compatible. I haven't had much time with Macs, so not 100% sure on that, but you can give it a try. :)
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You can format your HDD to exFAT which is windows and Mac compatible. Maybe android will pick it up.
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You may need to format it, first. On Mac OS X, run Disk Utility. If it does not show up in Disk Utility, something is wrong.
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You have a MacBook Pro that has a built in Superdrive. Per Apple the new, external Superdrive will not work with an of the older, aka Built in Superdrive computers. If you have time to return it, I'd return it to Amazon for a credit.