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Post by anneinwa on May 17, 2016 22:04:46 GMT
I have a new computer arriving in a couple days. Figured I would see if I can get my hard drives ready so they work with the Mac. Apparently, they are formatted as NTFS, which will not be write-able to with a Mac. I have two hard drives, but only one has files on it. I want to reformat the other so that it can be writeen/read by the Mac and then transfer the files from the PC external hard drive to it.
The user manual says this: To use the drive on Mac OS X operating systems, and to
use Time Machine, if you want, you must reformat the drive to a single HFS+J partition.
Is this something I need to do once I get the new computer, or can I do it on the PC so I can then transfer from the HD that is NTFS, to the one formatted for a Mac? If it makes a difference, the hard drives are WD My Books.
On the same thought, if I read correctly, NTFS is readable by Mac, so if this is true, I could format the new drive and move the information once I have the new computer set up, correct?
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Post by fotos4u2 on May 17, 2016 23:25:35 GMT
I'd be careful. I believe formatting the drive could possibly erase it. That being said, I have a drive I created with info from my PC. I was able to copy FROM the drive to my Mac, but couldn't copy TO it. I ended up copying everything to my Mac and then getting a new Mac hard drive and copied everything on there (plus a second hard drive that I use for Time Machine backups).
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Post by anneinwa on May 17, 2016 23:30:37 GMT
I'd be careful. I believe formatting the drive could possibly erase it. That being said, I have a drive I created with info from my PC. I was able to copy FROM the drive to my Mac, but couldn't copy TO it. I ended up copying everything to my Mac and then getting a new Mac hard drive and copied everything on there (plus a second hard drive that I use for Time Machine backups). This helps. I should be able to set up the computer and then copy the one drive to the other, once I have formatted it to the correct format. to clarify, and I will update in OP, I have two drives, only one has files on it. I want to reformat the second one, so that it was be written to by the Mac and then copy the first drive to it (and then I guess reformat that one). |
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Post by Basket1lady on May 18, 2016 1:06:32 GMT
I have a new computer arriving in a couple days. Figured I would see if I can get my hard drives ready so they work with the Mac. Apparently, they are formatted as NTFS, which will not be write-able to with a Mac. I have two hard drives, but only one has files on it. I want to reformat the other so that it can be writeen/read by the Mac and then transfer the files from the PC external hard drive to it. The user manual says this: To use the drive on Mac OS X operating systems, and to use Time Machine, if you want, you must reformat the drive to a single HFS+J partition. Is this something I need to do once I get the new computer, or can I do it on the PC so I can then transfer from the HD that is NTFS, to the one formatted for a Mac? If it makes a difference, the hard drives are WD My Books. On the same thought, if I read correctly, NTFS is readable by Mac, so if this is true, I could format the new drive and move the information once I have the new computer set up, correct? Call Apple. Actually, have them call you. It's faster. This is exactly why you pay the big bucks. They will literally walk you through it step by step. I can't say enough good things about Apple Support. I just used them today for my new 6s phone. |
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