PC external hard drive to Mac

[MacPC]

All you need to do is format it in Disk Utility to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

All you need to do is format it in Disk Utility to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format.

For whom is your answer? The OP? If so, then your answer is incorrect.

FAT32 (File Allocation Table)

• Read/Write FAT32 from both native Windows and native Mac OS X.
• Maximum file size: 4GB.
• Maximum volume size: 2TB

NTFS (Windows NT File System)

• Read/Write NTFS from native Windows.
• Read only NTFS from native Mac OS X
  [*]To Read/Write/Format NTFS from Mac OS X: Install NTFS-3G for Mac OS X (free)
  
• Some have reported problems using Tuxera (approx 33USD).
• Native NTFS support can be enabled in Snow Leopard, but is not advisable, due to instability.
• AirPort Extreme (802.11n) and Time Capsule do not support NTFS
• Maximum file size: 16 TB
• Maximum volume size: 256TB

HFS+ (Hierarchical File System, a.k.a. Mac OS Extended)

• Read/Write HFS+ from native Mac OS X
• Required for Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner backups of Mac internal hard drive.
• To Read/Write HFS+ from Windows, Install MacDrive
• To Read HFS+ (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer
• Maximum file size: 8EiB
• Maximum volume size: 8EiB

exFAT (FAT64)

• Supported in Mac OS X only in 10.6.5 or later.
• Not all Windows versions support exFAT. See disadvantages.
• exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table)
• AirPort Extreme (802.11n) and Time Capsule do not support exFAT
• Maximum file size: 16 EiB
• Maximum volume size: 64 ZiB

 

[nohoch]

New to the site... and to mac.. have same problem Thanks for this information (found via search) will put to use

 

[Alwaystriumph]

Same Problem

I'm new to Mac as well and having the same issue. I reformatted to FAT32 and then HFS+ both won't let me access my library from iTunes. I just don't want to keep all my media on my Mac. It is too much and will continue to grow. I haven't tried the programs that were mentioned yet. I'm taking it an Apple Store and get a right answer. I will share if find out anything. Let me know if there is anything else I can do.

 

[radek42]

R/W to NTFS

Hi,

I played with NTFS-formatted disks under SL couple weeks ago. I was looking for R/W support and I found this solution (this is off MR forum, but I found it elsewhere as well.

Alternative Method by iBlacky:
Rename the original /sbin/mount_ntfs tool:

sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.orig

Create a script like this:

#!/bin/sh
/sbin/mount_ntfs.orig -o rw "$@“

save the script to /sbin/mount_ntfs

sudo chown root:wheel /sbin/mount_ntfs
sudo chmod 755 /sbin/mount_ntfs

Enjoy R/W access to NTFS volumes...

In case you don't like it

sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs.orig /sbin/mount_ntfs

and everything is back to R/O.

I tried it and it worked for me (I just did couple tests with my NTFS USB flash drive). It seems that OS X already supports writing to NTFS, but Apple just disables it. There might be a catch, but I have not found one yet (after 5 minutes using it 🙂

Enjoy, R>