I bought this for my daughter who has a MAC, she was concerned that it would change the file names if put on the external storage, is that true?
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My daughter has a Mac and is using the hard drive normally, with no complaints. I don't think any fine names were changed, since the new mac OS lets me exchange files over a thumbrave with no problems. I hope this helps!
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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 am using this external drive on a PC; sorry I can't say if it will work with a Mac. KAY
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I had the same problem when I 1st purchased this product. Apple then had an update and I haven't had a problem since. This is the only external hard drive I've used with my MacBook Air.
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For me it just worked as is - plug it in using the provided USB cable, and the drive icon will show up on your desktop after several seconds. You can re-format it with Apple's file system (HFS+) if you only intend to use it with Apple computers, but the default should work fine too.
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I use it on my Macbook as a time machine drive. I just plugged it in and it backs my machine up without any manual steps. So it can be used as an external without using any of the software that may have been on the drive. I hope this helps
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Yes and no. Here's why: Yes if you are storing your FC project on the drive for long term storage or archive. In this way, you'll used the Macbook's internal drive for editing and the external drive for archiving. No if you are directly editing video files on the external drive. In all cases, the resolution of your video files will dramatically effect how your machine/drive responds.
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Ok this is how I enabled it to work on my Mac and it also works on my Windows computer:Well I figured it out for all those of you who need to format this for a MAC.Open your Disk Utility and find the Drive WD External HADD... Click on it once and you will see options on the right.Hit the button on top called PARTITION. Where it says VOLUME INFORMATION, change the name to something like 'backup' or whatever name you choose, and then where it says FORMAT, hit the drop down menu and choose MS-DOS FATHit APPLY. Let it run thru it's thing. Then eject the drive. Plug it back in and then drag and drop your files. It works perfectlyHope this helps! Ok this is how I enabled it to work on my Mac and it also works on my Windows computer:Well I figured it out for all those of you who need to format this for a MAC.Open your Disk Utility and find the Drive WD External HADD... Click on it once and you will see options on the right.Hit the button on top called PARTITION. Where it says VOLUME INFORMATION, change the name to something like 'backup' or whatever name you choose, and then where it says FORMAT, hit the drop down menu and choose MS-DOS FATHit APPLY. Let it run thru it's thing. Then eject the drive. Plug it... » Read More Ok this is how I enabled it to work on my Mac and it also works on my Windows computer:Well I figured it out for all those of you who need to format this for a MAC.Open your Disk Utility and find the Drive WD External HADD... Click on it once and you will see options on the right.Hit the button on top called PARTITION. Where it says VOLUME INFORMATION, change the name to something like 'backup' or whatever name you choose, and then where it says FORMAT, hit the drop down menu and choose MS-DOS FATHit APPLY. Let it run thru it's thing. Then eject the drive. Plug it back in and then drag and drop your files. It works perfectlyHope this helps! « Show Less
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YES, if you use MSC mode. The player just acts like a flashdrive or portable harddrive. Drag and drop/ copy and paste (whatever the Mac users call it... ) your files. Some of the players don't have the newest firmware to begin with, so you'd have to update it w/ a Windows computer One Time then be a'right.
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Yes, I used time machine from Mac to back up my files. Worked slick when I moved them to another Mac.
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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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I wrote you a response (which is below) but I realized you might be confused as to what this product is. This isn't an external hard drive. It's a hard drive enclosure, it's basically an empty shell that holds a hard drive. You have to buy the actual drive separately You should be good in that direction PC to Mac. Windows uses the NT File System on it's drives, Mac's can read those files and copy them to the mac, but mac's can't write to a NTFS drive. So you couldn't add or save anything on to the drive. A solution for this would be to make a partition that's FAT32 both mac and windows can read and write to that, it's the file system flash drives usually have. Sometimes there's a 32GB limit on FAT32 drives so you might not be able to turn the whole drive into it. But you can partition one drive into multiple parts.
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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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Yes it is.....when you get the drive reformat it to Mac os extended journal
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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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Yes. Just need to format it in a format thats appropriate for Windows. Like exFAT. There are some formats that will be read/write for both Mac/Window. These will be most versatile
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You should be able to access most files that have a common app (Mac and PC) - the challenge will be saving any updates.Typically PC formatted external drives are FAT32, which will convert to the MAC, but not able to be write enabled back.The exception will be music and photos, they should be available for iTunes and iPhoto imports.