Benjamin Timmins Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 They can be used on macs or apples correct? Only preinstalled software on the external hard drives could be only for mac or windows, or am I thinking wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Angel Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Nope. Although if you have an ex-FAT or NTFS drive your options on some older operating systems are limited however. Usually though most externals are FAT32 which is pretty much universally read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Timmins Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Thanks Javik. I ordered an external for my macbook pro without realizing the hd said it was windows required. Im thinking thats got to be for the backup software that comes on the hd, which I dont plan on using anyways, so I should be ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Angel Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Yes, the backup software is only limited to Windows but I would imagine the drive itself will still be fine. Do you have a link to the specific drive you ordered, it should be pretty easy to give you a certain answer from that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Timmins Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Thanks Javik http://www.amazon.co...ils_o00_s00_i00 Its a Seagate Expansion 3 TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive STBV3000100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKay Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 If you format that to FAT64 (ExFAT) It will work on OS X & Windows. I have an external drive formatted in that and it works on my Windows PC and my friends iMac. Benjamin Timmins 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Angel Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Yep, it's OSX and Linux compatible Benjamin Timmins 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Timmins Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Much appreciate the help guys! You guys killed my stress lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Angel Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Happy to help :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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