I thought that NTFS was readable by Max but not writable. Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:37 AM, Aleeha Dudley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Unfortunately, this is correct. There are free programs you can get to read > the drive, but there are also paid programs. >> On Jan 5, 2015, at 6:15 AM, Bill Gallik <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> OK, I find myself somewhat confused here; does this mean that if I have an >> existing external drive that had been created via Windows NTFS format (yes, >> complete with desired files) that I will not be able to simply hook it up to >> my (as of yet not purchased) Mac unless I install specialized software on >> the Mac to access that drive? >> ---- >> - Bill >> - "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on >> society." >> - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gabe Griffith" >> <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 7:23 PM >> Subject: Re: Using an external hard drive on both Mac and Windows >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I've got an external drive that I have formatted as x fat and it works well >> with both the mac and windows. >> >> Gabe >> >> >>> On Jan 4, 2015, at 3:20 PM, David Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> You can use software, or, you can format as X Fat, which works fine on >>> both, or, you could share the drive if using a VM. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Dave >>> >>>> On 4 Jan 2015, at 06:07 pm, Edward Green <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have an external hard drive that I’d like to read and write to on both >>>> Mac and Windows. >>>> >>>> I found an oldish article (from 2012) suggesting that I could use either >>>> NTFS software on Mac or HFS+ software on Windows to accomplish this, >>>> rather than dealing with the drawbacks of using FAT32. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any experience of this and have a view as to which >>>> solution is most accessible? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Ed >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> protection is active. >> http://www.avast.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
