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Kobo eReader with a MacBook

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joeblow7777

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When the M3 MBA arrives it’s very likely that I will, after decades, finally make the leap from Windows to Mac. In the meantime, I’ve been trying to anticipate all the hurdles I might face in the transition. One just occurred to me…

I currently use a Kobo eReader on which I mainly sideload epub files from my PC. Does anyone know if I will be able to do this on a Mac, or is my Kobo effectively formatted for Windows? If the latter, what can I do about it? My Kobo is pretty important to me, so if switching to a Mac renders it useless, it might even be a deal breaker. Or at least it will mean I have to always keep a PC around just to manage it.

Thanks in advance for any insights.
 
T'hain Esh Kelch said:
Nope, never. Shouldn't make a difference though, it is just mounted as an external drive.
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That's actually why I was worried. My understanding is that external drives don't read/write freely between Windows and Mac. For example, an external hard drive that has been formatted for Windows can be read by a Mac, but the Mac can't write new information to it. I was concerned that a Kobo might be the same.
 
joeblow7777 said:
That's actually why I was worried. My understanding is that external drives don't read/write freely between Windows and Mac. For example, an external hard drive that has been formatted for Windows can be read by a Mac, but the Mac can't write new information to it. I was concerned that a Kobo might be the same.
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Only a problem if it NTFS formatted, and there are even workarounds for that.
 
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