What filesystem should I use? I think the card is sort of SSD, is Mac OS Extended (Journaled) a good choice?
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ExFat is default. But i used Mac OS Extended (Journaled), because i won't remove it often. And this card is a short one, so i think it may not match other sd card slot.
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I initially used the card as formatted (ExFat) but found that the data transfer speed was slower than advertised. I reformatted Mac OS Extended and found it to be much quicker.
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Haven't tried large files, do not own a MAC, but noticed it writes slower than my older USB 3.0 drives.
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Hi, the best way to use this is to use a Sandisk. I have a 32 GB sdhc chip that goes (upside-down) into the back of the scanner, and then you can stick the chip into either the Mac or PC. Works well for us.
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DB, I've been using the SanDisk ImageMate 12-in-1 card reader on both Windows and Mac machines for over two years now... works like a champ. John
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It should. Format it as a Mac OS X (Journaled) file system using Disk Utility, and you should be good to go.I only use it as a Time Machine backup HDD, so there's no troubles there.
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Well you would have to format it to the mac format anyways, it takes seconds, drive is a beast!
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you can get any external drive ..... for it to work properly on a mac the first thing you will have to do is format it to "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" then every thing will go smooth if you are using a mac only.
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I actually have the WD My Passport for Mac 1TB and it is functional with OS X Yosemite (version 10.10.1). I back up my MacBook Pro approx. every ten days.
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Buy a San Disk brand card. Make sure it is in a "RETAIL" package. Not a "Bulk" type of package or a "Hassle Free" package. There have been reports that sellers are substituting low grade parts for the "Bulk" sales programs. BOZO
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The first thing you have to do is to make sure that the drive is set to the format your MAC uses. It should work perfectly fine.
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Even though it may be the same form factor, I believe that the mac drive is PCI, not SATA. Try the samsung PCI m2 pci.e 2280. its about 500 dollars though for the 512 gb versio.
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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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I believe they may have added Macintosh support since the time I bought mine, because on the Maxtor Site, under the Software Downloads section for the "Shared Storage Family", it lists some Macintosh software. That being said, I would heavily recommend using the included back-up software (which I find to be extremely unreliable) and provide your own back-up software.
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Use either SD or CF, but I recommend a fast card; at least 600x speeds. Manufacturer does matter, Lexar, Sandisk are two of the approved cards.
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Thanks Mr. Brown for your fast Reply!I am going to try to format the Card to exFAT...Do you know if the exFAT could handle large 6 or 12 GB Files?
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DB,I've been using the SanDisk ImageMate 12-in-1 card reader on both Windows and Mac machines for over two years now... works like a champ.John
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This drive is very slow which is fine for data storage but may not be ideal for an OS system drive. It depends on what you are trying to do but you could go with an microSD card like the SanDisk SDSDQUA-064G-U46A Ultra 64 GB microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card 30MB/s with Adapter and take up one of your USB slots with the elago Mobile Nano II USB 2.0 microSDHC Flash Memory Card Reader to achieve the same nearly seamless effect for less money. Granted it is half the storage but you can always upgrade later.