I see this can be used on Reg computer and a MAc book. But can work on both at same time or committed to one or other type of computer? Thxs null

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Nivek · Accepted Answer

Depends what format you use. 

If you try to do TimeMachine or use it for Photos in the Mac, then macOS will format the disk as HFS+. Windows won’t natively need able to read it in this format. If you use Windows and try to use it for File History, then Windows 10 is going to want it in NTFS. If you format in NTFS, then macOS cannot read the drive natively. 

There are tools that let macOS read NTFS and Windows read HFS+ but both are reverse engineered hacks since neither company licenses their file systems. 

If you use the FAT32 or ExFAT formats, you can seamlessly share across macOS and Windows.

Sion · Answer

Everything will depend on the format you select, if you need to to work on both i would recomend EXFAT format, it can be used by both operative systems, just make sure to format it before starting to store something on it

Answered by Sion 6 years ago

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WillTheBZar · Answer

They can be used on both PC and Mac if you format it ExFat. NTFS and HFS aren't compatible.

CommunityAnswer · Answer

Yes, but you would have to format it to exFAT format.

Peter · Answer

Yes, it can be used with MacBook and PC at the same time.

“I see this can be used on Reg computer and a MAc book. But can work on both at same time or committed to one or other type of computer? Thxs”

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