Or, better yet, XFAT which was designed to be used with flash storage. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info
On Aug 5, 2012, at 7:02 AM, erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> wrote: > Or, since it's only 128 gb, you could format it fat32 and then both mac and > windows could write to it. > > Best, > > Erik Burggraaf > Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at > $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. > Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 > or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2012-08-05, at 6:41 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > >> My thoughts exactly. It sounds like the file system in use is one the >> mac can't modify, probably ntfs. When you reformat it in disk utility, >> remember that all the data on the drive will be completely erased. >> >> On 8/5/12, chris hallsworth <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hmmm could you have not formatted it using Disk Utility and set it to use >>> the Mac OSX file system? >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Kevin Gibbs" <kevj...@gmail.com> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2012 9:11 AM >>> Subject: SSD external drive for Mac >>> >>> >>> Guys, >>> I had a very disappointing experience today. I bought a 128GB SSD drive, >>> only to learn that a Mac could not write to it. It was bad enough that I >>> couldn't find an SSD drive with FireWire ports, but to find a drive that >>> could only be written to buy a Windows computer? This was absolutely >>> unacceptable. Does anyone know of an SSD drive with FireWire ports that can >>> >>> be used by a Mac? >>> Thanks, >>> Kevin >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> -- >> 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.