External Hard drive question

[Hobodale]

I just ordered a 2.0 GHz Macbook. It will be my first mac. I am thinking about buying an external hard drive but I was wondering if I could also use it with my PC without reformatting. Is this Possible? I know I can use my iPod as an external hard drive without reformatting but is this different?

 

[DeSnousa]

Yes it will be fine, Macs can read and write in Fat32 (Windows format). I believe when you plug in the drive for the first time on the Mac it will ask you to format it, just choose Fat32. If not use disc Utility

 

[MrT8064]

It Does Work

Hi there, ive done this and it does work; the only slight problem is you will see many useless windows files, such as .db files

 

[Hobodale]

ok cool thanks for your help!!!

 

[obrien234]

The one thing to watch out for is that in order to write through OS X you'll need to use FAT32. That has a file size limit of 4 GB, so its no good for video editing.