Re: External Drive for Mac?

2022-11-09 Thread Eric Oyen
There shouldn’t be much difference between any of the external drives, although some marketed specifically for apple users might have some hardware optimizations (unsure on this, so don’t quote me on it). Now, most externals work with USB and often work best with USB 3.0. There are some with

Re: External Drive for Mac?

2022-11-06 Thread Bradford Snyder
It doesn’t matter. The same drive will work on either system. Only thing to be aware of, is that a drive formatted as an NTSF drive, should be reformatted for best performance on a Mac. - Brad - On Nov 6, 2022, at 18:55, Mohammad Fazil wrote: Hi, Group. I am looking for an external drive

Re: External Drive for Mac?

2022-01-26 Thread Herbie Allen
om>> On Behalf Of Herbie Allen > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 2:47 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: External Drive for Mac? > > Almost any drive will work with the Mac. I have used several thumb drives

RE: External Drive for Mac?

2022-01-26 Thread Fazil M.
So any drive can be used? There is no specific drive for Mac, right? Thanks! From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Herbie Allen Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 2:47 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: External Drive for Mac? Almost any drive will work

Re: External Drive for Mac?

2022-01-26 Thread Herbie Allen
nt: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 5:47 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: External Drive for Mac? > > Almost any drive will work with the Mac. I have used several thumb drives > and regular hard drives, one as new a

RE: External Drive for Mac?

2022-01-26 Thread Rebecca Skipper
Did you have to format the drive first? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Herbie Allen Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 5:47 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: External Drive for Mac? Almost any drive will work with the Mac. I have used several thumb

Re: External Drive for Mac?

2022-01-26 Thread Herbie Allen
Almost any drive will work with the Mac. I have used several thumb drives and regular hard drives, one as new as a couple years a go and one that’s several years old and was frequently used on a Windows machine with no problems. > On Jan 26, 2022, at 16:32, Fazil M. wrote: > > Hi, list. >