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    External HDD questions....

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ifti, Apr 20, 2010.

  1. ifti

    ifti Undiscovered

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    Ive never owned or used a MAc before, but Im interested in buying a MacBook Pro....

    I have 2 external HDDs.

    My 2TB drive is formatted in NTFS, and is used by anyone in the house for backups etc. Hence I would prefer to keep it as NTFS.
    I understand Macs can access NTFS drive data, but cannot write to them. Will I be able to write to the drive through a Windows Boot Camp installation as normal?

    My second external HDD is a portable My Passport 500GB, which would be used by the Mac only - so Im assuming HFS+ would be the best format for it?
     
    ifti, Apr 20, 2010
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  2. SP Forsythe

    SP Forsythe Notebook Evangelist

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    Question 1: Yes
    Question 2: Yes, While you do have other options, HFS+ is arguably the best file system format for use on a drive destined to be used exclusively by a Mac running OS X.
     
    SP Forsythe, Apr 20, 2010
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  3. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    you can use 3rd party tools to add full read/write to NTFS from Mac OS X.
     
    doh123, Apr 20, 2010
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  4. ifti

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    Are these free tools??
     
    ifti, May 2, 2010
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    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes, Search for NTFS-3G
     
    blue68f100, May 2, 2010
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