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Failing to repair an external HFS volume
Trying to repair an external hard drive (Seagate portable 2TB), it had one partition that contained both time machine stuff and some files that i only have one copy of unfortunately.
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Mac OS won't properly recognize both partitions on external drive
I have a big external drive that's already in use by my Windows computer. I also need to use it for a Time Machine backup of a Mac.
So far I've partitioned it up with MiniTools Partition Wizard. ...
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How to access an APFS volume on Windows machine
I have a Lacie 4TB external HDD which have 1.5 TB of data but I am not able to access it as it looks like the the file system of the volume which contains my data is Apple's File System and I cant ...
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What is the best filesystem for an external USB drive - 2 - 3 TB shared between OSX/Windows/Linux? [duplicate]
I have been using NTFS, but I recently took a drive which is normally attached to a Mac mini running Lion (using Paragon NTFS) and attached it to Windows 7 because the drive was disconnecting ...
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What Filesystem should be used for a 4TB drive for both Windows and OSX compatibility? [closed]
Note: I am aware of similar questions. The one's I seen here are for Windows, OSX, and Linux (which I do not need). I also can use Mountain Lion, which the other questions did not mention.
I was ...
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Which harddrive format do I use for both Mac and Windows to write/read?
Is there a format for a hard drive that both Mac and Windows OS can read/write to?
I want an external hard drive that stores files they can both read/write, and use for backups, etc.
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Partition read/writeable USB drive between Mac OSX and Ubuntu
I am attempting to transfer a 6.1 GB file between a Ubuntu Linux 9.10 and a Mac OSX 10.6. As the file size is over 4GB I can't use Fat32 and I cant seem to format the USB drive to NTFS in either OS. ...
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How to use Seagate hard drive for both Mac and Windows
I recently bought a Seagate for Mac 1 TB external hard drive. When I connect to my MacBook through the FireWire, it works fine, but I also have media on my Dell laptop which is running Windows Vista. ...
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Formatting 1TB External Drive - Mac/PC
We have 1 mac user in a PC environment... and I have bought a 1TB WD external hard drive and need to format it so that both PC and Mac can read/write to it. Doing this from the mac should be easy, but ...
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