Re: Formatting ext. drive for mac & windows

2012-12-16 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 15/12/2012, at 8:54 AM, Rod Blitvich wrote: > thanks Alan > > > Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Just as a side note - Harvey Norman (certainly at the Canningto store, adn I presume others as well) have a bin full of 750Gb Seagate G

Re: Formatting ext. drive for mac & windows

2012-12-14 Thread Rod Blitvich
thanks Alan Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Good Ideas 0409 681 256 rb...@iinet.net.au On 15/12/2012, at 8:31 AM, Alan Smith wrote: > Hi Blitto > > This is an observation, not a fix! Perhaps the "backup software" has an > impact.

Re: Formatting ext. drive for mac & windows

2012-12-14 Thread Rod Blitvich
i see Ronni I see They probably thought they could use Time machine AND windows on same hard drive i will tell them on monday ta blitto Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 681 256 rb...@iinet.net.au A Life? Cool! Where can I download o

Re: Formatting ext. drive for mac & windows

2012-12-14 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Blitto This is an observation, not a fix! Perhaps the "backup software" has an impact. I had problems about a year ago. just manually copying individual files was OK, but an auto process using SuperDuper! would not work. SuperDuper insisted on the format Ronni mentioned for Time Machi

Re: Formatting ext. drive for mac & windows

2012-12-14 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Blitto, Are the external drives Not recognised on the Windows or The Macbook Airs? I have all my external drives that I use on Windows & Macs formatted MS-DOS (FAT-32), never had a problem. If they are using these external drives for "Time Machine backups", they need to be formatted Mac OS E

Formatting ext. drive for mac & windows

2012-12-14 Thread Rod Blitvich
Dear WAMUGers Some of my students recently bought external drives to back up their laptops. Macbook Airs running 10.7 i think (12 months old) They said they want the Hard drive recognised by both windows and mac. I told them MS DOS FAT http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/22/format-drive-mac-pc-compatible/