Win 7 to mac lion: I kno that u can reformat it to work with both system, but i want to kno do u lose ur datas on it after u reformat it?
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If you reformat the drive you'll erase all the present data on it. If it's a brand new drive, just format it for FAT32 and both -Win7 and OS X- can read it. As to the file size limit, there is none.
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There is no reason to believe that will corrupt any of your data on the hard drive. Consider it as yet another application you just installed. It is a software layer virtualization engine that will allow you to run windows under your MAC OS and yes, you will need to install Windows as soon as you install Fusion on the hard drive. Hope this helps.
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Yes. The Mac version is (obviously) formatted to be fully compatible with all Macs. You can very easily format it to an exFAT file system (look for tutorials online) to make it work seamlessly with any modern Mac AND Windows computer.BTW, consider upgrading from Mountain Lion to the latest OS X Mavericks. It's easy and free.
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Unfortunately, I can't answer this as I have no experience with Mac's. The instructions only discuss how to install with these versions of Windows: 98, ME, 2000 & XP. I happen to have Windows 7 as my OS, and it works just fine, however I don't know what OS Mac's use. If Windows, then you will probably be ok, if another, then I would not waste time or money, because returning the item does not look very easy. Wish I could help more!
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Aleksei, it works perfectly fine with my win 7 based PC, No noice no problems with overheat, not sure ab. MAC nither if native for it.. definitely native for WIN )))
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Only if you format it as MS-DOS (FAT). If you format it as OSX Extended, no. Windows can't access it typically that way.
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Yes. If you format the drive to NTFS, the PC will be able to write and read the drive, and the Mac will be able to read it (but not write to it). Your best bet, if you want to be able to read and write on both PC and Mac, format the drive in exFAT (NOT FAT32, since this is an outdated file type).
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"Can I use it for switching back and forth between a Mac and a PC without reformatting?" - Only if you reformat with a filesystem that is compatible with both OSX and Windows."If so, does this remove the option to use Time Machine?" - Yes and no. Time Machine requires HFS+ filesystem, and Windows cannot read/write to HFS+. However, it is possible to partition the disk and have part of the disk using NTFS and the other part using HFS+.
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Well, I have a 250GB disk inside, formatted as exFAT. I use at home with my Win7 machine and at work with a MacBook (Mountain Lion) and both systems can read and write with not problems at all. If you are going to use only mac you can format it with Mac OS Extended, if you want both systems to use it then go for exFAT. Short answer: YES, it does support Mac.
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No. Do not reformat to use on a Mac. Each time my computer is shut down, the Porsche window opens, informs that the device cannot be found -- is then found -- and asks again if I/you want the device reformatted. Click: No.Aside from this minor annoyance, the device appears to work fine.
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Windows does not have native support for reading Mac formatted devices. Mac systems, on the other hand, can read and write FAT32 formatted drives and can read but not write NTFS formatted drives. If you want to use this drive to transfer files between Mac and Windows computers, re-format it as FAT32; or, purchase a drive that is already formatted for the PC.
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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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It will not work on Win7 if it's been formatted to work Mac. I have a mac that I backed up mp3s and stuff on this drive. Can't get it off using my Win7 machine.
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I also ended up using FAT32; I haven't seen any downside if you want to just store files... except the maximum file size. I don't know of any cross-platform format that has no file size limit, so my advice is FAT32 with the hope somebody else here knows of a better one! :)P.S: I have this exact product, and after a a few different attempts I found FAT32 to work for using it to move stuff from my windows 7 desktop to snow leopard macbook pro
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I think the question is does the drive come preformated for Mac or PC or do you have to format it for either OS and setup two partitions if you want to use it across platforms.
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You can install it without need for Tiger, Leopard, etc. I think that legally, you should have Tiger or Leopard to install Snow Leopard, but I wouldn't recommend upgrading over an existing system. It's OK if you don't have iLife or iWork, as when I bought my Mac over three years ago (had Tiger) that didn't have serial number for iWork, and so I'd assume that any 'bonus' software like that you'd have to pay for anyway. Hope this helps. Don't use Time Machine--just copy all your important documents and whatever else to the other drive manually. That's what I do. I don't trust backup programs (many people don't--I've read some horror stories in the past on data loss).
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Yes. It can be reformatted if not in the correct windows format. I only two formats I know are FAT-32 (Mac and pc) and Windows NT (Mac read and PC readwrite).