Mac was easy to move to, the operating system is easy to understand, the interface pretty clear without a lot of. then reformat (deleting everything) to HFS+ and use with your mac. Answer (1 of 7): I just did, about 8 weeks ago I bought a new pc, had used one before and switched to Mac in 2010, so was 5 years using a Mac. If you definitely never want to use the drive with a pc again, or with bootcamp, then reformat as fat32 or expat, copy the files from pc to drive, drive to mac. however doesnt handle individual files over 4 gigs.ĮxFAT- i always have one drive formatted as this so i can access from bootcamp and pc, a modern version of fat32, can handle big files, works on mac and pc.

windows can't see it without buying a clunky app.įAt32 - very old format, works on anything, and i mean anything. HFS+ - apple's format, so if your drive was bought with a mac sticker on it, its prob this. can't be read or write from a mac unless you buy a 3rd party driver and I've had problems in the past with both of the two main options. There are different formats for drives, all drives can be formatted in any of them but changing format virtually always means deleting all data. Someone else will probably answer this better, but in the meantime.

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