Unfortunately, this is correct. There are free programs you can get to read the drive, but there are also paid programs. > On Jan 5, 2015, at 6:15 AM, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@charter.net> wrote: > > OK, I find myself somewhat confused here; does this mean that if I have an > existing external drive that had been created via Windows NTFS format (yes, > complete with desired files) that I will not be able to simply hook it up to > my (as of yet not purchased) Mac unless I install specialized software on the > Mac to access that drive? > ---- > - Bill > - "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." > - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gabe Griffith" <gabrielgriff...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 7:23 PM > Subject: Re: Using an external hard drive on both Mac and Windows > > > Hi, > > I've got an external drive that I have formatted as x fat and it works well > with both the mac and windows. > > Gabe > > > On Jan 4, 2015, at 3:20 PM, David Taylor <e.david.tay...@icloud.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> You can use software, or, you can format as X Fat, which works fine on both, >> or, you could share the drive if using a VM. >> >> Cheers >> Dave >> >> On 4 Jan 2015, at 06:07 pm, Edward Green <ergreen1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have an external hard drive that I’d like to read and write to on both >>> Mac and Windows. >>> >>> I found an oldish article (from 2012) suggesting that I could use either >>> NTFS software on Mac or HFS+ software on Windows to accomplish this, rather >>> than dealing with the drawbacks of using FAT32. >>> >>> Does anyone have any experience of this and have a view as to which >>> solution is most accessible? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Ed >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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