Sep 18, 2013 - I have files backed up on an external WD My Passport drive. Or is there something else that needs to be done. Which will erase all the files - so how do I get my files on my PC formatted MyPassport to my new Mac? I work on a Mac at work and a PC at home. I took my external HD (a WD Passport 500 GB drive) into work to store some files before a big business trip, but NO LUCK. It won't allow me to add any files or folders from my Mac to the drive, but I can access all files already on the the drive (from my PC). Mac address block by router for not access web facebook. I don't recall the exact error, but it basically tells me that the action is not allowed. I checked the software that always tried to load with the drive and attempted to 'unlock' the drive, but was told that it was already unlocked. I have no idea why I can't transfer the files. I don't think it's a storage space issue because I have open storage space on this drive (267 GB). The drive is NTFS formatted. Does this make a difference? Any ideas on what I can try to get it to work? Or am I stuck buying a 16 GB Flash drive? Thanks in advance! Originally Posted by jvkua;15209588 A better solution is to backup all your data in the hard drive then format it to exFAT on your desktop since you're using vista anyways. Works better than NTFS-3G(the other free solution) since it's more stable. So, I can take my HD right now, as is, and reformat it to exFAT and it will work my MAC? Or, if I took a fresh drive and formatted it on the MAC first, would I be able to then use it on the PC machine? Is this a better option? Thanks again for the help!! Originally Posted by jvkua;15209784 Yeah. As long as it's Mac OSX 10.5+ (which is technically most of the macs), it should be able to read exFAT. You can format it using Disk Utility in the MAC or just right clicking it on your My Computer in Windows then click reformat. Make sure you backup your files 1st. I really think it's a better solution since NTFS-3G crashed on me last time. I think it may be a better solution but isn't exFAT limited to 4gb file size and slower speeds? Besides, I thought Apple only offered MS Dos Fat as an option to formatting anything both pc and mac play well with (which I thought was synonomous with fat32). Hi, I recently bought a WD Passport Essential to back up my Macbook. When I plugged in the WD Passport, my Mac asked if I want to use this storage device for my Time Machine. Should I use the WD Passport as the Time Machine storage device or use the WD Passport software to run back-ups? If I use it for my Time Machine, will I be able to access my files on other machines? Is it possible to have files stored on the WD Passport, such as photos, but not have those files on my Macbook. If I am using the Passport for back-ups? Thank you so much! I apologize if this is the wrong area. I just joined the group and feel a little overwhelmed by all the info. While it's your choice as to whether you'd like to do this or not, I'd definitely recommend doing it. I love knowing that if I accidentally delete a file, I can go back in time to see it exactly how it was. I can even see previous versions of it if I go back further. It's definitely worth it for peace of mind. Snapchat for mac os x 10.6.8. ![]() ![]() Not too sure on this one, I've never had the need to plug in my portable hard drive anywhere but my mac. Yes, while I had my 320GB hard drive I kept 121GB of movies on it, and the other space allotted was used for backups. TimeMachine will only delete content in the backups.backupdb folder, so you don't have to worry about your stuff being deleted when the disk becomes too full. PROTIP: I'd recommend having a hard drive that's bigger than your computer's hard drive. I have a 500GB hard drive in my MacBook Pro and I use a 1TB drive to back it up daily. I'd use Time Machine over the WD software anyday. In order to get the best of both worlds, I'd do the following: 1. Ignore/do not install the WD Passport software. Using Disk Utility, re-partition the WD drive into two partitions: one at least slightly larger than your Macbook's hard drive, formatted as HFS+; the other formatted as FAT32. In Time Machine Preferences, indicate the HFS+ partition as the one to be used for Time Machine. This leaves the FAT32 partition for storing other offline files (photos, etc.), and the partition can be recognized by others' Windows PCs for file transferring. Time Machine is designed as a backup solution for a particular Mac, not a file sharing solution between computers. I recommend that the Time Machine partition remain untouched except by Time Machine itself. Use the other partition for sharing copies of your photo/video/music; it remains unaffected by Time Machine. Here's my setup, as an example: My iMac has a WD MyBook Studio with a 500Gb drive. The WD is partitioned into three: TMachine (200Gb HFS+ for Time Machine backups); ExtraSpace (approx 200Gb HFS+ for additional video storage); WINFAT32 (60 GB for use with Windows XP via Boot Camp). The WINFAT32 partition can be seen by any PC I plug it into, but not the others. Formatting the Partitions Question dXTC, In formatting the partitions, I am given these options.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |