I suspect you didn't understand the problem. The problem is not
formatting the drive for a Mac but formatting the drive using a format
that both Mac and Windows understand and can write to. ExFat was
suggested by Paul Braun. According to Wiki:
"exFAT is supported in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 with update
KB955704,[1] Windows Embedded CE 6.0, Windows Vista with Service Pack
1,[29] Windows Server 2008,[30] Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server
2008 R2 (except Windows Server 2008 Server Core), Mac OS X Snow Leopard
starting from 10.6.5,[31] Mac OS X Lion, OS X Mountain Lion, and OS X
Mavericks"
Chuck Norcutt
On 6/14/2014 10:39 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
I have not yet had a problem formatting any external HD for my Macs.
It’s been a while, but as I recall, it’s so easy it’s
counterintuitive, especially if you’ve come from Windows. Right now
I’ve got one from Iomega and one from Other World Computing running.
The Iomega backs up extra copies of my RAW files when I import into
LR, and the OWC is my Time Machine.
--Bob Whitmire Certified Neanderthal
On Jun 14, 2014, at 3:40 AM, Philippe <philippe.amard@xxxxxx> wrote:
I had the same problem two years ago - bought external HDs that
wouldn't run on the macs. Finally found I would have to reformat
and partition them, I think one partition was enough, and they now
work ok.
A CAUTION though Don't try this before other much more experienced
mac users chime in and confirm for I suffer from (personal) memory
leaks … FIFO = problem solved => forget about it.
I had found the solution in the Q&A of a mac users' site Must still
be there.
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