| 04 Dec 2007 - External Hard Drive to move your data PC to MAC? Think Again! |
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| For some time now I have kept almost all my data on an external drive at work. Why? Who knows? To be sure big brother is not watching? to be sure i could do an easy upgrade should I be offered it? That aside, it proved handy now having this Mac for a few months. HOWEVER, there was a problem. Plugging it in - no issue Opening the files - no issue Editing the file - AHA, problem. The whole drive was READ ONLY. I spent some time on the PC trying to change this, and was then advised it was the MAC - MAC's wont read an external drive formatted with NTFS (the most common Windows formatting now days) Bummer, this could be a huge stumbling block in the potential conversion! However, thanks to my good mate SEAN from the MRN Engineering Dept, i found this link: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/paragonntfsformacosx.html Shareware, so pay the price - but it works! By gosh it works. Simple, easy to setup, and now that hard drive is completely portable. Fantastic stuff. |
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Jason, i am LOVING it, but i just cannot justify the price. There is a real premium on this quality and unique item. Trevor Trevor Long, Pyrmont Added: Friday , 18 Jan 2008 10:01 pm Keep Going Trevor! Jason, Central Coast add your comment: |