The mac can read ntfs but not write to it, if you want the drive to be read and written to on both platforms, format it as fat32 On Aug 7, 2011, at 12:26 AM, Paul Henrichsen wrote:
> It appears you can't copy files from a Mac to a passport NTFS drive. It must > first be formatted to Mac extended journal. > I was hoping to copy files to the NTFS drive so I could retrieve them on > either Mac or windows. > You can retrieve files from an NTFS drive, but it doesn't appear you can copy > to it from a Mac. > > On Aug 6, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Cody wrote: > >> open the first drive, interact with the area where your files area, press >> command C, then navigate to your destination folder in the finder and press >> command V >> >> hth, >> Cody >> On Aug 6, 2011, at 9:55 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: >> >>> Is there a way to copy from one external drive to another? >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
