“If i format it for my MacBook can I still access the information using a windows based laptop?”
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If using a mac specific file format like HFS+ then no, it will not be readable by Windows. However you can format the drive using exFAT which will be compatible with both.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Only if you format using exfat. Exfat does not work with Time Machine...
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The best thing to do is to format the drive to exFat format. From there, both Macs and PCs can read and write to the drive. It's much easier than dealing with the Paragon NTFS software or the like. Just my opinion and that's what I did to our drive before giving it to my wife (we both have MacBook Pros) and I can plug it into my desktop PC in our office to access the pictures, too.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Once it is formatted to MacBook, Windows will see it as unusable disk and Windows will not recognize the information using the MacBook format of archived information.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I don't think so. You can leave the Windows format and your Mac should be able to read it.
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