Thanks for the quick replies. David
On 16 February 2011 09:36, Toby Leighton <[email protected]> wrote: > You have two main options here, the tried and true method is to have the > disk formatted as FAT32. The windows default is called NTFS which is what > you have at the moment. FAT32 is what ipods generally use so that both macs > and windows can write to them, you will need to put all the data back on > again after formatting. > > The second option is the new kid on the block, macfuse - > http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ This is a 3rd party application that > will allow your mac to be able to properly, or better, handle NTFS and > various other disk systems. because its 3rd party you could argue its not > as "safe" to use, but its quite mature now, I've not had a problem with it, > but I don't use it regularly enough to be an accurate gague to its > reliability. > > There are also some paid for programs that I can't think of the names of... > I think macfuse has mostly surpassed them now. > > Toby > > On 16 February 2011 09:24, David Ransom <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My boss has a portable hard drive which has been formatted on a PC. He has >> used it for backing up from the PC but would like to also use it on a Mac >> (without reformatting if possible!). >> >> When trying to use the drive on a Mac it is read only. Is this because it >> is PC formatted? Can anyone point me to a web page (possibly on the Apple >> website) that discusses formatting options. >> >> Thanks, >> >> David >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
