“My Mac files usually can't be read on my Dell, and vice versa. Will your internal software allow me to backup both without partitioning? My WD clouds solves this automatically. Thanks, Ralph”

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• I format my drives in exFat so the drive can be read/written on both systems.

  Answered by DeeNelz 3 years ago

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• Paragon Software NTFS for MAC allows you to use an NTFS drive with Mac without reformatting. I use my drives with both Windows and Mac

  Answered by Tim123 3 years ago

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• Hello, Please be informed that the WD Easystore External drive comes preformatted in NTFS format for Windows OS, However, in order to use the drive for macOS you can reformat the drive with macOS supported HFS+J file system by using this link: https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3879 - Please be informed that you can use Time machine to do backup by using this link: https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/18952/initiator/user Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.

  Answered by Western Digital Team 3 years ago

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