Thanks Sam. Helpful as always. Are you able to give me an update as to where we stand with the drive I sent you?
Cheers. Jonathan Brady Photography, Multimedia, Video tel: +44(0) 7931 541 489 Twitter: @HiredGunJB LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/jmebrady web: http://www.jonathanbrady.net email: [email protected] On 29 Jan 2013, at 10:21, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > Hi Jonathan > > You have three choices : > > Mac OS Extended : Read/Write on Mac, Read/Write on PC with MacDrive software > FAT32 (also called MS-DOS in DIsk Utility) : R/W on Mac, R/W on PC, no single > file greater than 4GB > NTFS : R/W on Mac with open source software NTFS-3G, R/W on PC natively > > If you're going to be using the drive with your Mac primarily, I'd format Mac > OS Extended, then download a trial of MacDrive on your PC laptop. > > Regards > > Sam > MacAmbulance > Providing affordable Apple & PC services > > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022 > http://www.macambulance.co.uk > [email protected] > > > On 29 Jan 2013, at 10:17, Jonathan Brady <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello. >> I have some 200 or so Gb of images that are currently stored on a windows pc >> work laptop. I need to clear the laptop. I was planning on placing the files >> on an external hard drive that I will eventually transfer them off of and >> onto a Mac. So, what type of format does the hard drive need to be set to? I >> believe the one I am planning to use is already formatted to the standard >> Mac OS default that disk utility uses. Can I write to this drive with that >> formatting convention from the pc laptop? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Jonathan Brady >> Multimedia photography and video >> Tel: +447931541489 >> Email: [email protected] >> LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/jmebrady >> Twitter:@HiredGunJB >> Web: http://www.jonathanbrady.net >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
