“I have both a Dell lap top and a Mac desktop can i use this hard drive to back up both computers or will it only work with one due to the difference in a Dell over a Mac? I need to back up both devices.”
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Your WD Easystore can only be used to back up one or the other Operating System (Windows or Mac - AppleDOS or whatever they call their OS). However, you can check and see if the WD Easystore HDD can be Partitioned and Formatted for both Mac and Windows. Depending on your budget and how much data you need to backup, you should consider buying another WD Easystore and label one for Dell and other for Mac. The Easystore units are small and light weight. I am hoping one day that SSD's will have large storage capacity and become affordable as we can dream about a 10TB SSD for $100.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.No, do not format this drive to NTFS or Apple File System. But format to exFAT, this is compatible with both systems. You will lose some of the fast searching function in MacOS, but it is a good in-between. Format on Windows machine to exFAT is easier.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.believe if it is formatted for one operating system it will not work for other. Without losing your information saved on it. Maybe if it is possible to partition it with two different operating systems on it,but not sure about that.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, you can use the hard drive both on your Mac and your Dell.
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