“Is this compatable with an old mac mini with high sierra os ?”

Asked by Jimiface 5 years ago

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Hi Jimiface, Please be informed that the WD Easystore drive is a plug 'n' play device tested and designed for Windows and Mac computers. However, it comes preformatted in NTFS format, and can be reformatted with macOS supported HFS+J file system by using this link: "Reformatting Required for Mac OS Compatibility" https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3879 To know more about compatibility of the drive please refer to the link: http://products.wdc.com/library/AAG/ENG/4078-705145.pdf -Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information
Answered by Western Digital Team 5 years ago
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The drive is agnostic. You may run into a problem because the drive is so large. I think the early versions of macOS had a hard coded limit on the size of a drive. As I remember, it's 2tb. And re-partition it as an Apple disk. I'd recommend going with a smaller capacity drive than this 5tb drive.
Answered by ChargerDrama 5 years ago
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yes just format it first it will come ntfs
Answered by Jb82 5 years ago
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