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what you want the name to be) and click “OK”.

You will be asked how you want to “partition” the hard drive:.

Click on the “Create” button from the top:.

Keep in mind the hard drive will not be exactly as advertised on the box (i.e. Based on your specific needs and select a proper way to achieve your goal. You can do this by seeing if it is “unallocated” and the hard drive size. It is obvious that you can use Seagate external hard drive or flash drive with Mac and Windows computer as long as you format Seagate drive for Mac and PC. Verify the disk you have selected is your “Mac hard drive” and not one of your main hard drives.

Single left click on the hard drive to select it.

If you have more than one hard drive in your computer, your hard drive may show up as “Disk 3”, “Disk 4”, etc.

#Having a external drive for mac and pc install#

Download and install Partition Wizard on your computer.

#Having a external drive for mac and pc Pc#

That being said, what to do if you have a “Mac hard drive” but you are a Windows user? Well there are many ways to turn the “Mac hard drive” into a “Windows PC hard drive” but I did it this way (in my opinion it is the fastest, most simple, and universal method): A “Mac hard drive” will work just fine on a Windows PC (after a little work). The physical hard drive, the actual hardware, is the exact same and will work on a Mac and Windows PC both. Now you would be able to use the external hard disk on both the computers. Now connect the external hard drive to Windows 8 computer and format it in FAT32 file system. A “Mac hard drive” is formatted using HFS or HFS+ while a “Windows PC hard drive” is either FAT or NTFS. Connect the external hard drive to your Mac and copy the important data to the Mac PC. You see the only difference between a “Mac hard drive” and a “Windows PC hard drive” is the file system. Well people, if you ever happen to see a good deal on a “Mac hard drive” yet you are a Windows users do not pass up on the deal.

I say “successful” because by reading the posts made by some people, Best Buy (and/or Western Digital) has effectively convinced people people this external hard drive is a proprietary Mac hard drive and will not work on a Windows PC… as if Mac and Windows PC use different hardware (ha-ha). I had to chuckle at the obvious (yet successful) marketing at work here. Turns out Best Buy is selling a 1 TB “Mac” Western Digital My Book for $65 (you can get it for $58 with 10% off coupon). Most laptops with either operating system now come with at least one oval-shaped.

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Naturally I jumped when I read that and decided to get more info. Format External Hard Drive For Use With Mac And PC (Windows) NTFS, MS-DOS (FAT), Mac OS Extended (journaled) etc. Buying an external hard drive or SSD for your Mac is not all that different from buying one for your Windows PC. I was roaming SlickDeals as I usually do and came across a post about a 1 TB USB external hard drive going for $65 (!).